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Staff-Surgeon K. H. Jones on Birds 
Falco saturatus. 
This dark-hued Kestrel may perhaps breed in some parts 
of Shantung, as it does apparently further south, but it was 
seen about Wei Hai Wei only as an autumn migrant. The 
earliest arrivals appear at the end of August, and some are 
still coming from the north at the end of September. 
Generally the birds are in pairs and are wilder than 
Common Kestrels. 
Pandion haliaetus. 
An Osprey was once observed at Shi Tao early in October. 
Phalacrocorax carbo. 
Cormorants are fairly abundant on the coast about Wei 
Hai Wei, and there can be no doubt that they breed in 
numbers in some place yet to be found. 
Early in June a Cormorant, accompanied by two young, 
was seen on White Bock. 
Phalacrocorax pelagicus. 
The Pelagic Shag is a far more abundant bird about Wei 
Hai Wei than the preceding species, and, like it, is 
apparently a resident in this part of China, but, at the same 
time, it must be admitted that nests, eggs, and young have 
not yet been observed. 
Ardea cinerea. 
Herons were fairly numerous in August at a large fresh¬ 
water lagoon on the coast opposite Kyming Island. They 
were very wild and no specimens were obtainable. At Shi 
Tao only single birds were noticed, and they were scarce. 
No information as to their breeding was obtained. 
Ardea alba. 
Great White Egrets were plentiful on the same lagoon as 
the Herons, but, like them, sparingly not : ced elsewhere. 
These birds were also very wild. 
Ardetta sinensis. 
The Chinese Little Bittern was noticed on migration, in 
small numbers, at North-East Promontory during the first 
half of September. 
