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Staff-Surgeon K. H. Jones on Birds 
Nettion crecca. 
Teal were very abundant on the freshwater lagoons on 
North-East Promontory during the month of September. 
MARECA PENELOPE. 
Wigeon become plentiful about Wei Hai Wei in August, 
but most of them keep out at sea, and only a few take to the 
freshwater lagoons. 
iETHYIA MARILA. 
Scaup Ducks occurred in immense flocks at the end of 
August, and were especially abundant in the vicinity of 
Kyming Island. A few of these Ducks began to arrive 
quite early in August and some took to the freshwater 
lagoons. 
CoLUMBA RUPESTRIS. 
The Eastern Pock-Pigeon is a very common bird on the 
rocky portions of the coast near Wei Hai Wei, and is there 
a resident. Although this species is supposed chiefly to 
frequent inland hills and cliff’s it certainly, in Shantung, 
is much more abundant on the coast. Large numbers of these 
birds descend to feed upon the bean-fields in the autumn. 
Sometimes this species nests on an inland cliff, but about 
Wei Hai Wei a cliff on the sea-coast is usually selected. 
The eggs are laid from April until July, and the nests are 
made of small sticks and placed in a crevice of the rock. 
Eleven eggs average 1*51 x 1*12; they vary in length from 
L63 to 1*44 and in width from 1*17 to 1*08. 
COLUMBA IANTHINA. 
The Black Pigeon is a summer visitor to the neighbour¬ 
hood of Wei Hai Wei, and is not common there. The birds 
arrive in May and leave again in October. 
This species breeds from May until July, and the nest 
is placed in a tree and closely resembles that of Turtur 
orientalis. 
Three eggs measure respectively 1*36x1*04, 1*39x1*04, 
and 1*32 X 1*04. 
