682 Staff-Surgeon K. II. Jones on Birds 



Nettion crecca. 



Teal were very abundant on the freshwater lagoons on 

 North-East Promontory during the month of September. 



IVIaRECA PENELOPE. 



Wigeon become plentiful about Wei Hai Wei in August, 

 but most of them keep out at sea^ and only a few take to the 

 freshwater lagoons. 



^THYIA MARILA. 



Scaup Ducks occurred in immense flocks at the end of 

 August, and were especially abundant in the vicinity of 

 Kyming Island. A few of these Ducks began to arrive 

 quite early in August and some took to the freshwater 

 lagoons. 



CoLUMBA RUPESTRIS. 



The Eastern Rock-Pigeon is a very common bird on tiie 

 rocky portions of the coast near Wei Hai Wei, and is there 

 a resident. Although this species is supposed chiefly to 

 frequent inland hills and cliff's it certainly, in Shantung, 

 is much more abundant on the coast. Large numbers of these 

 birds descend to feed upon the bean-fields in the autumn. 



Sometimes this species nests on an inland cliff", but about 

 Wei Hai Wei a cliff' on the sea-coast is usually selected. 

 The eggs are laid from April until July, and the nests are 

 made of small sticks and placed in a crevice of the rock. 



Eleven eggs average 1'51 x 1-12; they vary in length from 

 1-63 to 1-44 and in width from 1-17 to DOS. 



CoLUMBA lANTHINA. 



The Black Pigeon is a summer visitor to the neighbour- 

 hood of Wei Hai Wei, and is not common there. The birds 

 arrive in ^lay and leave again in October. 



This species breeds from IMay until July, and the nest 

 is placed in a tree and closely resembles that of Turtur 

 orientalis. 



Three eggs measure respectively rSGxl'Ol, l*39xl'04, 

 and 1-32 X 1-04. 



