observed in the Vicinity of Wei Hai Wei . 
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As the time was early in June, there is every likelihood tliat 
they breed in that part of Shantung. 
Accipiter nisus. 
Swinhoe noticed at Chefoo, nearly forty years ago, that 
Sparrow-Hawks were often in the possession of the Chinese, 
who used them for hawking small birds. He observed that 
this bird did not occur in the vicinity, or, at any rate, did 
not breed there. 
Young Sparrow-Hawks were occasionally seen at Wei Hai 
Wei, and as early as the end of May these birds either came 
from inland, possibly not from very far away, or had been 
brought in junks from some neighbouring part of the coast. 
When it is remembered how extraordinarily localised species 
often are, and nowhere more so than in China, the former 
assumption appears the more likely. 
Milvus melanotus. 
The Black-eared Kite, which is only fairly common about 
Wei Hai Wei in the spring and summer, at the end of 
August suddenly becomes very numerous, on account of the 
arrival of many migrants from the north. 
So far as the writer is aware, in Shantung, this species 
nests in rocks, and not in trees, as it usually does in the 
south of China. The eggs are laid in the first half of April, 
and although the birds do not actively resent their removal 
from the nest, they fly round with a peculiar mewing cry. 
When, however, they have young they may fiercely attack 
an intending marauder. 
The average of nine eggs from Shi Tao, Shantung, 
= 2*28 x 1*65 inches. The greatest length is 2*46 and the 
least 2’2 ; in width they vary from 1*78 to 1*87. 
Falco peregrinus. 
The Peregrine Falcon undoubtedly occurs as a resident 
about Wei Hai Wei, and is known by the Chinese to breed 
at some distance inland. Swinhoe knew the bird to breed 
about Chefoo in his time. 
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