588 PROF. GIGLIOLI AND COUNT T. SALVADORI ON [DeC. G, 



28. LiMOSA BREViPES, G. R. Gray. 



Limosa brevipes, David et Oust. Ois. Chiue, p. 460 (1877) ; 

 Salvad. Orn. Pap. e Mol. iii. p. 328 (1882). 



a, b, c. Olga Bay, September 1879. 



All three look like young birds, and have the feathers of the upper 

 parts margined with ochraceous grey. 



This species differs froin L. melanura of Europe in its smaller 

 size. 



29. Limosa baueri, Naum. 



Limosa baueri, David et Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 459 (1877) ; Salvad. 

 Orn. Pap. e Moll. iii. p. 329 (1882). 



a, b. Olga Bay, September 1879. 



The first specimen is in winter plumage.but the second still shows 

 large traces of rufous on the underparts. 



30. NuMENius cyanopus, Vieill. 



Numenius tahitiensis, David et Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 458 (1877» 

 nee Gmel.). 



Numenius cyanopus, Salvad. Orn. Pap. e Mol. iii. p. 330 (1882). 



a. c??; b. $? Vladivostok, October 1879. 



c. Gensan, August 17th, 1880. 



The first two are fully adult birds ; the supposed male differs from 

 the supposed female, as is the case with iV. arquatus, in having a very 

 considerably shorter bill. Specimen c appears to be immature, and 

 shows no trace of the reddish tinge which the full-grown birds 

 present, especially when in breeding-plumage. 



31. Gallinago megala, Swinh. 



Gallinago megala, David et Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 477 (1877); 

 Salvad. Orn. Pap. e Mol. iii. p. 337 (1882), 



Scolopax megala, Seebohm, Ibis, 1886, p. 133. 



a. Gensan, 15th August, 1880. 



A single specimen of this Eastern Asiatic species, having only 20 

 rectrices, of which the outer four on each side are much attenuated, 

 but less so than in G. stenura (Kuhl). 



32. FuucA atra, Linn. 



Fuliea atra, David et Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 489 (1877). 

 a. Possiette Bay, October 18/9. 



Evidently a young bird, with frontal shield slightly developed, and 

 feathers on the underparts slightly margined with whitish. 



33. Ardea cinerea, Linn. 



Ardea cinerea, David et Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 437 (1877). 



a. Gensan, August 16th, 1880. 



b. Olga Bay, September 1879. 



The first is an adult bird, the second is much younger, we should 

 say in the second year ; neither differ from European specimens. 



