1870.] MR. R. SWINHOE ON ASIATIC BIRDS. 603 
23. GLAREOLA ORIENTALIS, Lath. 
*“No. 17. Male. Iris chestnut ; white semicircle round the lower 
eyelid ; eye large and elongated ; under wing-feathers red. N. lat. 
19°, E. long. 120°. North end of Luzon, 20th April, 1865.” 
24. TRINGOIDES HYPOLEUCUS (L.). 
“No. 40. Female. 7th May, 1866. Eyes dark. Crop empty. 
N. lat. 24°, E. long. 122°. East coast of Formosa.” 
25. Bupuus coromanpvs (Scop.). 
“No. 38. Crane, female. 8th May, 1866. Gizzard containing 
remains of snails, and worms alive (seeming parasites), of pure white, 
about 3 inch in length. Iris bright yellow; eyeball dark blue. 
N. lat. 25° 50/, E. long. 122° 50! Coast of China.” 
26. PorzaNna ERYTHROTHORAX, Temm. & Schleg. F. J. 
“No. 54. Male and female. Iris crimson. N. lat. 32° 20’, 
E. long. 125° 80'. Between coast of China and the Corea. Body 
literally covered with fat.” 
27. PHaLacrocorax carso (L.). 
‘No. 45. Cormorant, female. Iris green ; eye dark blue; yel- 
Jowish green under the head. Very fat when caught. N, lat. 39°, 
E. long. 138°. Japan Sea, October 1866.” 
28. Sua Fusca, L. 
“No. 15. Gannet, female. Eye black; iris stone-grey. Small 
flying-fish in crop. Bird very lean. Feet and bill yellow. N. lat. 
20°, E. long. 116°. China Sea. 14th April, 1864. 
“No. 26. Gannet, male. 7th May, 1866. Eyeball indigo ; iris 
straw-colour ; light blue ring round the eye. N. lat. 24°, KE. long. 
- 122°. Kast coast of Formosa.’’ 
29. Larus MELANURUS, Temm. & Schleg. F. J. 
“No. 20. Gull, female. Red circle round the eye. Shotin Hako- 
dadi harbour, North Japan, March 1865. 
“No. 42. Gull, gender uncertain. Red round the eye and base 
of the beak. Hakodadi, June 1866.” 
30. STERNA PANAYANA, Scop. 
“No. 121. “ Hakodadi. 4th November, 1865.” 
Two others without labels. From North J apan one would rather 
have expected S. fuliginosa. 
31. Anous sroipvus (L.). 
“No. 29. Male Noddy. Eye black; iris dark grey. N. lat. 
28° 40’, E. long. 129° 30’. Loochoo Islands. July 1865. 
** No. 38...) N.-latw23° 16!,. E: long. 122°. North-east coast of 
