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N. KUROPA : NOTES ON FORMOSA M ÜIRPS, WITH 



Enteishö, Tainan Distr.: incest. & 1 £ (est., May 9 ; Tcishiryöshö, 

 Tainan : 1 Çrest., May 10. This Sandpiper is rather common in the Tainan 

 District. 



41. Hcferopjßffin acuminata (Horsf.). 



Uzurashigi. 



Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus., XXIV, p. 566; Ogawa, Annot. Zool. Japon., 

 IÇOS» P- 220 ; Tringo acuminata (Horsf.), Swinhoe, P.Z.S., 1871, p. 409 ; 

 Blanford, F. B. Ind., Bds., IV, p. 276 ; Dresser, Man. Pal. Bds., II, p. 767; 

 Grant & La Touche, Ibis, 1907, p. 268 ; Uchida, Annot. Zool. Japon, 1912, 

 p. 161, Hctcropygia aurita (Lath.), McGregor, Man. Phil. Bds., I, p. 138. 



Four adult females obtained at Tcishiryöshö, Tainan Distr., May ro. 



42. Phalaropus /ij/fierfoorcMs (Linn.). 



Akaeri-hircashishigi. 



Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus., XXIV, p. 698; Blanford, F. B. Ind., Bds., IV, 

 p. 281, fig. 65; Dresser, Man. Pal. Bds., II, p. 754; Grant & La Touche, 

 Ibis, 1907, p. 269; Uchicla, Annot. Zool. Japon., 1912, p. iói ; Lobipes 

 Jiyperborcm (L.\ Swinh., P.Z.S., 1 871, p. 40S'; Lobipes lobatus (L.), McGre- 

 gor, Man. Phil. Bds., I, p. 149. 



Fnteishö, Tainan Distr.: incest., May 9. The specimen was found 

 mixed in a flock of other waders. A number of the same bird were 

 observed swimming in the Keelung harbour, May 25. 



Family LARIDJE. 



43. Sterna melanauchen Temm. 

 F r i gu r o-a j i sa s h i . 



Saunders, Cat. B. Br. Mus., XXV, p. 126; Ogilvie-Grant, P.Z.S., 1900, 

 p. 500; Blanford, F. B. Ind., Bds., IV, p. 322; Ogawa, Hand. Bds. Jap., Annot. 

 Zool. Japon., 190S, p. 370; Uchida, "Nihon Chörui Zusetsu" (The Birds of 

 Japan) I, p. 293, Pl. XIV, fig. 1. 



The specimens of the species are preserved in the Taihoku Museum. 



