Birds of the Quangtung Coast. 245 



121. TURNIX PUGNAX. 



This bird is sometimes shot iu winter along with the 

 Common Quail. 



122. Hypot.enidia striata. 



Not common. 



123. PORZANA PUSILLA. 



Not uncommon in winter. 



124. Amaurornis akool. 



This is a common bird, though shy, and keeps to the dense 

 vegetation of the small paddy-field streams and runnels, 

 coming to the cultivated ground morning and evening to feed. 

 The stomachs of two specimens examined were full of paddy. 



125. Amaurornis phcenicurus. 



One of the commonest resident waterfowl. 



126. Gallicrex cinerea. 



A common bird in the paddy-fields in summer. 



127. FULICA ATRA. 



A very common resident on the creeks and rivers. 



128. Grus cinerea. 



Seen in large flocks up the West River in winter. 



129. Hydrophasis chirurgus. 

 Not common. 



130. Strepsilas interpres. 

 A winter visitant. 



131. Charadrius fulvus. 

 Common in winter. 



132. ^Egialitis geoffroyi. 

 Apparently a spring visitant. 



133. iEGIALITIS placida. 

 A winter bird. 



134. ^Egialitis minor. 

 Verv common in winter. 



