680 Staff-Surgeon K. II. Jones on Birds 



Falcg saturatus. 



This dark-hued Kestrel may perhaps breed in some parts 

 of Shantung, as it does apparently further south, but it was 

 seen about Wei Hai AVei only as an autumn migrant. The 

 earliest arrivals appear at the end of August, and some are 

 still coming from the north at the end of September. 



Generally the birds are in pairs and are wilder than 

 Common Kestrels. 



Pandion haliaetus. 



An Osprey was once observed at Shi Tao early in October. 



Phalacrocorax carbo. 



Cormorants are fairly abundant on the coast about Wei 

 Hai Wei, and there can be no doubt that they breed in 

 numbers in some place yet to be found. 



Early in June a Cormorant, accompanied by two young, 

 was seen on White Rock. 



Phalacrocorax pelagicus. 



The Pelagic Shag is a far more abundant bird about Wei 

 Hai Wei than the preceding species, and, like it, is 

 apparently a resident in this part of China, but, at the same 

 time, it must be admitted that nests, eggs, and young have 

 not yet been observed. 



Ardea cinerea. 



Herons were fairly numerous in August at a large fresh- 

 water lagoon on the coast opposite Kyming Island. They 

 were very wild and no specimens were obtainable. At Shi 

 Tao only single birds were noticed, and they were scarce. 



No information as to their breeding was ohtained. 



Ardea alba. 



Great White Egrets were plentiful on the same lagoon as 

 the Herons, but, like them, sparingly noticed elsewhere. 

 These birds were also very wild. 



Ardetta sinensis. 



The Chinese Little Bittern was noticed on migration, in 

 small numbers, at North-East Promontory during the first 

 half of September. 



