﻿Bi7'ds 
  of 
  the 
  Loo-Choo 
  Islmids. 
  53 
  

  

  255. 
  Mergus 
  serrator. 
  

  

  A 
  winter 
  visitor; 
  an 
  example 
  shot 
  on 
  the 
  26th 
  of 
  February. 
  

  

  288. 
  Larus 
  cachinnans. 
  

  

  Probably 
  a 
  winter 
  visitor 
  ; 
  an 
  example 
  shot 
  on 
  the 
  22nd 
  of 
  

   December. 
  

  

  303. 
  Charadrius 
  fulvus. 
  

  

  Four 
  examples 
  shot 
  in 
  February 
  appear 
  to 
  belong 
  to 
  the 
  

   typical 
  race 
  (wing 
  from 
  carpal 
  joint 
  6^ 
  to 
  6^ 
  inches). 
  Mr. 
  

   Hoist 
  says 
  that 
  they 
  were 
  very 
  common 
  on 
  the 
  sea-shore. 
  

  

  306. 
  Charadrius 
  minor. 
  

  

  Winter 
  visitor 
  ; 
  an 
  example 
  shot 
  on 
  the 
  27th 
  of 
  January. 
  

  

  309. 
  Charadrius 
  cantianus. 
  

  

  A 
  female 
  shot 
  at 
  Nagomagiri 
  Choda, 
  on 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  

   Okinawa-sima, 
  on 
  the 
  9th 
  of 
  February^ 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  remarkable 
  

   bird. 
  On 
  the 
  right 
  foot 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  perfect 
  hallux, 
  with 
  claw 
  

   complete 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  left 
  foot 
  the 
  hallux 
  is 
  there, 
  but 
  the 
  claw 
  has 
  

   never 
  been 
  developed 
  or 
  has 
  been 
  broken 
  off. 
  The 
  bird 
  

   appears 
  to 
  have 
  very 
  pale 
  legs, 
  and 
  consequently 
  belongs 
  to 
  

   the 
  Chinese 
  race 
  known 
  as 
  Charadrius 
  cantianus 
  dealbatus. 
  

  

  329. 
  TOTANUS 
  HYPOLEUCUS. 
  

  

  Two 
  examples 
  (one 
  shot 
  on 
  the 
  7th 
  of 
  February 
  and 
  the 
  

   other 
  on 
  the 
  4th 
  of 
  April) 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  both 
  adult, 
  but 
  the 
  

   April 
  bird 
  is 
  in 
  summer 
  plumage. 
  Compared 
  with 
  the 
  winter 
  

   example, 
  the 
  streaks 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  breast 
  are 
  far 
  more 
  dis- 
  

   tinct, 
  as 
  are 
  also 
  the 
  dark 
  bars 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  parts. 
  

  

  367. 
  Gallinula 
  chloropus. 
  

  

  An 
  example 
  shot 
  on 
  the 
  15th 
  of 
  April. 
  

  

  371 
  a. 
  PODICEPS 
  CRISTATUS. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  no 
  authentic 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  Great 
  Crested 
  

   Grebe, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  I 
  know, 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  any 
  collection 
  of 
  birds 
  

   from 
  Japan, 
  but 
  an 
  example 
  shot 
  on 
  Tsu-sima 
  in 
  January 
  

   admits 
  the 
  species 
  into 
  the 
  avifauna 
  of 
  the 
  Japanese 
  Empire. 
  

   The 
  example 
  is, 
  of 
  course, 
  in 
  winter 
  plumage, 
  and 
  has 
  white 
  

   lores. 
  

  

  