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observed in the Vicinity of Wei Hai Wei . 
large flights of these birds came to Shi Tao, where they 
established themselves on the mud-flats, and where, contrary 
to their usual custom, they proved, at any rate at first, un¬ 
commonly tame. They did not remain long, however, on the 
mud; but took to the grass, where they at once became as 
wary as they are elsewhere. 
Near Kyming Island, on the sandy grassy flats near the 
coast, for several days a flock of these birds was seen, but 
they were very wild and never came within shot. This was in 
the second week of August, so that their period for autumn 
migration is considerably extended. 
SqUATAROLA HELVETICA. 
Grey Plovers were found in some numbers at Shi Tao 
during the first half of October. No large flocks were seen, 
but parties of three or four birds were frequently met with 
on the mud-flats, and were decidedly tame. It was thought 
that the main body of migrants had either passed to the 
south or had yet to come. 
Many specimens still retained a great deal of black on 
the breast. 
jEgialitis cantiana. 
The Kentish Plover is one of the commonest breeding- 
birds on the sandy wastes which border the Yellow Sea and the 
Gulf of Pechili in so many parts of Shantung Promontory, 
and most of the observations on this species were made on 
the flats between Wei Hai Wei and Chefoo. 
On the flat tracks of sand which a retreating sea leaves 
behind it, these birds breed in thousands and gave me ample 
opportunities of studying their habits, for they are very 
tame. This form of the Kentish Plover is considered to be 
subspecifically distinct from that which occurs in Western 
Europe ; but it does not seem to Mr. Dresser to be separable. 
Probably this bird breeds in suitable localities all down the 
coast of China, for La Touche reports eggs from as far south 
as Swatow; it was observed about Hong Kong at the end 
of May. 
During September, so far as is known, all birds of this 
