On Birds observed in the Vicinity of Wei Hai Wei. 657 
XXYIT .—On some Birds observed in the Vicinity of Wei 
Hai Wei , North-East China. By Staff-Surgeon K. H. 
Jones, M.B., F.Z.S., R.N., M.B.O.U. 
Between. 85° and 38° north latitude the coast of China 
tends strongly to the north and east, to form the con¬ 
spicuous peninsula terminating in the promontory of Shan¬ 
tung, which separates the Strait and Gulf of Pechili from the 
Yellow Sea. On the northern shores of this peninsula and 
about twenty-seven miles from North-East Promontory, its 
easterly extremity, is the territory of Wei Uai Wei. Situated 
in latitude 37 o, 30 North, and longitude 122°T0 East, Wei Hai 
W r ei comprises a considerable area of the mainland and an 
island, Leu Rung Tao, so placed that the water intervening 
between it and the coast forms a harbour of some size. 
Leu Rung Tao is about two and a quarter miles long, and 
a mile wide at its broadest part. The long axis of the 
island runs approximately east and west. The island is hilly 
and somewhat rocky and barren, especially on its steeper 
northern slopes. The highest point is about five hundred 
feet above the sea-level. This island contains the naval 
establishment. 
Leu Rung Tao is separated from the mainland by a wide 
strait to the eastward, and by a much narrower and deeper 
one to the westward. About half-way across the eastern 
entrance to the harbour is the rocky islet of Itan, sur¬ 
mounted by a ruined fort and fringed on one side by 
considerable reefs. The western entrance, towards its 
seaward opening, contains several small islets, which are 
favourite sitting-places of the Pelagic Shag, so plent ful at 
Wei Hai Wei. 
On the mainland opposite to Leu Rung Tao is the walled 
city of Wei Hai Wei, whence the territory derives its name. 
Forty miles to the westward is Chefoo, and between these 
places and thirteen miles from the last-named is the rocky 
islet known as the White Rock. 
