1871.] Mil. R. SWINHOE ON THE BIRDS OF CHINA. 411 



Numenius rufescens, Gould, P. Z. S. 1862, p. 286 ; B. of As pi ■ 

 Ibis, 1863, p. 4 10 (summer); P. Z. S. 1863, p. 318. 



Breeds in Amoorland ; common near Pekin in August ; found, 

 during the season of migration, in Japan, Formosa, Moluccas,' 

 Australia, Tasmania, and the Society Islands. Not yet noticed on 

 South-China coast. 



575. Ibidorhynchus struthersi, Vigors. 



Ardea ?, Ibis, 1861, p. 344. 



" Frequents the banks of the most solitary fish-containing streams 

 of the mountains near Pekin, where it sometimes breeds" {David). 



576. Ibis propinq.ua, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 428 



Threskiornis inelanocephalusl, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 318. 

 Talienwan ; Canton river, 



577. Ibis Nippon, T. & S. Faun. Jap. ; Ibis, 1863, p. 416, 1867, 

 p. 413, 1870, p. 365; P.Z.S. 1863, p. 318. 



China coast in winter, as far south as Hainan. 



578. Ibis falcinellus, L. 



Seen on the lakes between Shanghai and Ningpo. 



579. Platalea major, Temm. & Schl. ; Ibis, 1863, p. 41/ 

 1864, pp. 364, 370 ; P. Z. S. 1863, p. 319. 



Platalea leucorodia, Ibis, 1860, p. 65, 1861, p. 344. 

 Formosa ; Swatow. 



580. Tantalus leucocephalus, Gmel. Syst. Nat. i. p. 6 19. 

 Tantalus longimembris, Swinh. Ibis, 1867, pp. 227, 232. 

 Procured at Amoy. 



581. Leptoptilus javanicus (Horsf.); Ibis, 1870, p. 364. 

 Hainan. 



582. Ciconia alba, Linn. ; P. Z. S. 1863, p. 319. 



Pere David saw it on one occasion, in November, at Takoo, mouth 

 of the Peiho river. 



583. Ciconia nigra, Linn. ; Ibis, 1866, p. 401 ; P. Z. S. 1863, 

 p. 319. 



"Inhabits, in small numbers, the mountains near Pekin that yield 

 streams containing fish; nests on the most inaccessible rocks" {David). 



584. Ardea cinerea, L. ; Ibis, 1860, p. 63, 1861, pp. 51, 343, 

 1863, p. 417, 1870, p. 365 ; P.Z.S. 1863, p. 319. 



Throughout China, Hainan, and Formosa. 



585. Ardea purpurea, L. ; P. Z. S. 1863, p. 319. 

 Hankow (Central China). 



