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Staff-Surgeon K. H. Jones on Birds 
the flats opposite Kyming Island. These flocks did not 
remain long, hut others continued to come in until about 
the middle of September. 
Limosa belgica. 
Black-tailed God wits were much scarcer than Bar-tailed, 
and unlike them were not seen in flocks of any size ; many 
individuals seemed to be solitary. 
Numenius vartegatus. 
This species occurred on its northward migration in 
considerable numbers about Wei Hai Wei at the end of 
May, and a few were observed returning in August. Some 
individuals appeared to be still frequenting the mud-flats 
between White Bock and Wei Hai Wei as late as June 18th, 
when they were in company with Curlews. 
Numenius arquata. 
Curlews were seen until after the middle of June near 
Wei Ilai Wei. Their behaviour was peculiar in 1902, for 
in a letter from Mr. F. W. Styan it is stated that on 
July 9 ih at one place on the Yangtze they were heard 
going north, and at another place passing to the south. In 
August and September these birds are fairly common on 
the flats opposite to Kyming Island. 
Sterna melanauchen. 
Terns referred to this species were noticed in large 
numbers near Taku, and in September they began to 
put in an appearance in the neighbourhood of Kyming 
Island. 
Sterna caspia. 
The Caspian Tern was met with only once, at a salt-water 
lagoon which opens into the sea opposite Kyming Island, 
on September 14th. 
Larus canus. 
Common Gulls were first noticed in September, near 
North-East Promontory, in heavy weather. 
