NOTES ON COREAN AND MANCHURIAN BIRDS. 



497 



Distr., Apr. 19. I have purchased another specimen of the species from 

 the same locality. This egret is a common summer resident in the 

 middle parts of Corea. There exists as yet no report of its occurrence 

 in Manchuria. 



6. Herodias alba alba (Linn) 



Daisagi, Momojiro. 



A specimen of this typical for.n is preserved in the Seoul Higher 

 Common School. It was collected at Hëkai, Kögen Distr., Apr. (?), 

 19 1 6. Four specimens from Corea but without dates are in my posses- 

 sion ; they measure as follows : 



Loc. 



Exp. culm. 



Willg 



Tail 



Exp. thigh 



Tarsus 



Middle toe 

 with claw 



Breed, 

 pi. or 

 non-br. pL 



Fusan ? 







164 mm 









Non-br. 



I - c mm. 



450 mm. 



142 mm. 



205 mm. 



124 mm. 



pi. 



? 



123.5 •• 



445 » 



169 „ 





200 „ 



115 » 





Issan, Këki 



129 „ 



45 J ■. 



1.4 » 



123 „ 



210 „ 



122 





Distr. 















Suishoku, „ 



125 „ 



440 ., 



172 5 



125 „ 



198 ,j 



117 » 





The smaller form, H. alba timoriensis (Cuv.), also occurs in Corea 

 as well as in Manchuria, as was reported by Giglioli and Salvadori 

 and by Taczanowski. Two specimens measured by them of that form 

 show the wings to be only 385 mm and 370 mm. re- pectively in length. 



7. Demi egretta eulophotes (Swinhoe). 

 Kara-shirasagi. 



Herodias eulophotes Sw , David et Oust., Ois Chine, p. 441 ; Clark. Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., Vol. XXXVIII, p. 152. 



A fine m ile in breeding plumage was obtained in the Kay of 

 Sötöwan, near Port Arthur, May 8. Exposed culmen 81 mm., wing 

 271 mm , tail 93 mm., tarsus 93.5 mm., middle toe and claw 63 mm. 



This species is found also in Corea during summer only. It is 



