14 Rev. F. Coiirtois on a 



well be a more or less regular visitor to the island on 

 migration. 



1121, Sterna anglica Mont. 



The Gull-billed Tern had only been recorded by Schrader 

 in 1876-8 during his stay in the island. We obtained this 

 bird for the first time this year (1912)^ Mr. Baxendale 

 shooting a specimen on May 24th at Kouklia reservoir. It 

 is probably a tolerably regular migrant, bnt apt to be 

 overlooked. 



1147. Larus fuscus Linn. 



Mr. Baxendale saw some parties of the Lesser Black- 

 backed Gull on his visit to the Klides Islands in mid-April 

 1912j but did not find them breeding, although he took fresh 

 eggs of Larus cachinnans Pall. 



1168. PuFFTNUs YELKOUANus (Accrbi). 



When leaving the island from Famagusta, the steamer 

 being a few miles from the southern coast, I observed several 

 Shearwaters close to the vessel and watched them with 

 glasses for quite a long time. I have no doubt that they 

 were the Eastern Manx Shearwater. 



III. — Note on a neiv Species of Pucras Pheasant found in 

 the Province of Anhwei or Ngun-Hivei, China. By the 

 Bev. F. CouRTOis, S.J., Director of the Siccawei Museum 

 near Shanghai. 



(Plate III.) 



This species, which was briefly described in the 'Bulletin' 

 of the B. O. C. for October last as Pucrasia joretiana, is 

 intermediate in some respects between P. darwini and 

 P. xanthospila. From the first-named it presents the 

 following difierenccs : — 



1. The feathers of the back of the shoulders and of the 

 sides of the breast have two wide triangular black streaks 

 converging to the tip, instead of four. 



