observed in the Vicinity of Wei Hal IVei. 689 



The eggs vary from 1*35 to 1'17 in length and from 

 •95 to '87 in breadth, and the average of seventy-six eggs is 

 l-27x'92. 



^GIALITIS CURONICA. 



The Lesser Ringed Plover is not nncoramon in Shantung, 

 but on the seaboard it is much scarcer and more local than 

 the Kentish Plover. As in Europe, this species shews a 

 preference for the neighbourhood of fresh water, and it 

 does not often nest close to the sea. The birds are found 

 in scattered pairs or in small communities. The breeding- 

 season about Wei Hai Wei may be said to extend from 

 about May 20th to June 10th. 



Twenty eggs from Shantung average 1"14X'85, and vary 

 in length from 1-20 to 1-08 and in width from -88 to -84. 



StREPSILAS INTERPRES. 



Turnstones Avere observed on their northward journey at 

 Leu Kung Tao at the end of JNIay, and in greater numbers 

 on their southern migration early in September, at a point 

 on the coast opposite Kyming Island. 



Phalaropus hyperboreus. 



The only occasion on which Red-necked Phalaropes were 

 seen about Wei Hai Wei was on August 14th, 190.2, when 

 a flock of six settled on a small pool of fresh water near 

 Kyming Island. These birds had still a great deal of red 

 on their necks. 



SCOLOPAX RUSTICULA. 



Woodcocks occur both going north in spring and coming 

 back in autumn. At the time of the spring-passage they 

 are, as a rule, very fat and lazy and shew poor sport, but in 

 October, on the southern passage, they are no easier to shoot 

 than elsewhere. 



Gallinago C(ELESTIS. 



The Common Snipe occurs in large numbers about Wei 

 Hai Wei on the spring and autumn migrations. The Snipe 

 come in as early as the first week in August, and continue 

 to do so in flocks of various sizes, until the latter part of 



