Extracts from Correspondence, Announcements, §c. 409 
Pallas, the second species noted in the f Fauna J aponica/ This 
bird is not usually found at Amoy, but its occurrence here is 
probably due to the unusually cold and high winds that have 
lately occurred on this coast. My specimen is partially moulted 
into the plumage of the adult, and has a few white filamentous 
feathers on the head and neck. 
“ The Common Crane ( Grus cinerea) occurs every winter at 
Swatow, lower down the coast than Amoy, in flocks of 100 or 
so. They live during their stay chiefly on sweet potatoes (the 
tuber of Batatas edulis). I have procured a partially moulted 
specimen from that port. 
“ The Dutch Consul at Amoy has lately made an excursion to 
the tea-districts at Hing-yang, some 150 miles inland of this, 
and has brought back the following birds not found near Amoy: 
Urocissa sinensis , Emberiza cioides of the 1 Fauna Japonica/ 
Enicurus schistaceus (?), Ruticilla fuliginosa, and my Hypsipetes 
holtii . These specimens are at present in the hands of Mr. 
G. Schlegel at Amoy, and will eventually grace the Leyden col¬ 
lection.” 
“ Amoy, May 4,1861. 
“ Referring to my letter of 20th February *, I must tell you 
that I have this summer procured a couple of Larvivora gracilis, 
one similar to the one described, and the other of the same form 
and size, but blue on the upper parts and pure white on all the 
under parts. This last was a male, and the former a female. 
Therefore the bird described in the letter referred to was a male 
in the e livree de passage/ and not in full plumage, and the 
species may yet prove to be L. cyanea of Hodgson. 
“ Of the Common Cormorant that winters on this coast, I have 
lately procured a full-plumaged male. It resembles the bird of the 
‘ Fauna Japonica/ except that its cheeks are not white, as there 
represented, but of a uniform bronze with the rest of the head 
and neck, which are thickly sown with thick white filaments. 
“ The Brachypternus from Foochow is much larger (nearly 
double the size) than B. badius of Java, of which Mr. Blyth has 
favoured me with a pair. It is of a much richer brown, but 
would appear otherwise similar. 
* See antea , p. 262. 
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