262 Ornithology of Amoy. Xo. 3. 



marks on some skins sentfby myself to him, " It is so exceed- 

 ing like our common A. leucoptera in winter dress as to be 

 hardly, if at all, distinguishable ; but utterly unlike it in sum- 

 mer garb."* 

 Our bird resides here all the year through, feeding in paddy- 

 fields and marshy ground. Its food is not confined to fish, 

 but grasshoppers, and insects of most kinds are acceptable. 

 In confinement it soon becomes omnivorous. It is more or less 

 solitary in habits, building loose nests of sticks on the topmost 

 boughs of banyan trees. The fledged young keep together 

 for some time after they leave the nest. [I consider this bird 

 to be true speciosa. E. B.] 



124. Ardetta flavicollis, (Latham.) 



Rare here ; but common during summer at Fowchow. 



125. Ardetta cinnamomea, (Gmelin.) 

 A summer visitant. 



126. Ardetta sinensis, (Grmelin) ; lepida, Horsfield. 



Common during summer among the bushes that line the banks 

 of the river. 



127. Butorides javanica, (Horsfield.) Summer visitant. 



128. Nyctiardea grisea, Vigors. 



Rare here, but common at Fowchow. 



129. Platalea leucorodia, L. Rare winter visitant. 



130. Numenius major, Fauna Japon., Temm. 

 Regular winter visitant ; frequents mud flats. 



131. Totanus glareola, (L.) 



Common on inland marshy ground during winter. 



132. Totanus ochropus, (L.) 



Met by small streams of fresh water during winter, very seldom 

 near pools of salt water. 



133. Totanus chloropygius, Vieillot ? 



Resembles the former in appearance and in habits, but is rarer. 



134. Totanus glottoides, Vigors. [Identical with T glottis. E. B.] 

 Common during winter on mud flats at the river's mouth. 

 Totanus pulverulentus, Miiller and Schleg. 



In the collection of Gr. Schlegel, Esq., and shot at Amoy. 



* The same^ remark applies to the European and African A. comata r. 

 ralloides. E. B. 





