1863.] MR. R. SWINHOE ON THE BIRDS OF CHINA. 325 



cimens and the English bird. It only winters in South China, 

 returning to the north and Amoorland to breed. 



400. Phalacrocorax capillatus. Faun. Jap. pi. 83. 



Carbo filamentosus , Temm. & Schleg. Faun. Jap. p. 129. 



This species from Japan is recognized as distinct by Temminck, 

 and well described and figured in the ' Fauna Japonica.' I admit it 

 on the authority of that work, though I have never met with it in 

 China. 



401. Phalacrocorax bicristatus, Pall. 



Sea of Ochotsk (Midd.). Also Japan, according to Temminck 

 and Schlegel, ' Fauna Japonica,' where it is described and figured. 

 A straggler was procured one winter at Amoy, South China. 



402. Pelecanus onocrotalus, L. 



Said by Temminck to have been procured in Japan. From East 

 Europe and Hindostan. 



403. Pelecanus philippensis, Gmel. 



This bird visits the south coast of China during winter in small 

 parties. 



404. SuLA FuscA, Shaw. 



A bird from Shanghai is of this species. I have never met with it 

 on the Chinese coast. It is recorded in the ' Fauna Japonica ' from 

 Japan. 



405. Larus niveus. Pall.; Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 224. 



L. canus, var. major, Midd. Sib. Reise. 



The Eastern representative of L. canus, with larger and stronger 

 bill ; irides yellowish grey ; eyelids red ; bill unspotted, greenish 

 yellow ; legs yellowish green. Is found in Kamtschatka and North- 

 eastern Asia, visiting the south coast in winter. I have several from 

 Amoy in all plumages, and one without a hind claw. The immature 

 birds that reach us have always the back more or less grey, proving 

 the plumage completed in two years. 



406. Larus tridactylus, var. brachyrhynchus. 



Rissa brachyrhyncha, Gould. 



Gavina citrirostris , Bruch. ; Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 226. 



The Eastern representative of Rissa tridactyla, L. Found in 

 Kamtschatka. Not yet procured in China. Thus distinguished by 

 Bonaparte : — " Minor : alba, pallio plumbeo-cano : remigibus pri- 

 mariis griseis, nee intus albis, extimis duabus apice late nigris ; tertia, 

 quarta et quinta fascia subapicali nigra ; sexta macula tantum nigra 

 in pogonio externo : rostro brevi, robusto, incurvo, flavissimo : pe- 

 dibus rubro-flavis. 



"Long. 14 poll. Rostr. l^. Al. 12 poll. Caud. 4f Tars. 1 poll." 



