Mr. It. Swinhoe on Birds from Hakodadi. 835 
the north.” I take this to be the ordinary C. alpinus; but it 
is not easy to make out species of Tringa without actual 
handling of specimens. 
-f-138. Ardea cinerea, L. 
Immature specimen received. 
139. Egretta modesta, G. It. Gray. 
An Egret in winter plumage, with yellow bill, like our 
China bird. 
140. Ardetta eurhythma, Swinh. 
A female sent. 
“ I have four specimens only, two females alike, of which 
I send you one. A male of this species, I think, almost cer¬ 
tainly, has a pure cinnamon back. Another male, evidently 
another species, general colour of the large common Bitterp, 
bill not so stout as other species, and legs feathered to knee- 
joint.” This may be Gorsachius melanolophus (Baffles). 
141. Gallinula chloropus, L. 
“ Compared with English specimens ” (. Blakiston ). 
142. Porzana exquisita, Swinh. Ibis, 1875, p. 135, pi. iii* 
Blakiston sends a female, and notes that “the male is just 
the same.” 
He notes that he has another species, of which he says, 
“ Another species, long toes, size about the same, bill larger. 
This may be the Pigmy Crake.” 
From Kamtchatka he has “ Anser segetum , Spatula cly - 
peata , Anas crecca , A. falcata, A. penelope , Clangula histri - 
onica , and Somateria dispar; also Phaleris cristatella (Pall.), 
Mormon cirrhatum (Pall.), Thalassidroma fur cat a (Gm.), and 
Sterna ? ” The last he sends a bit of; but it is such a frag¬ 
ment I cannot make it out. 
He also notes from Kamtchatka “ Larus ridibundus and 
L. niveus.” 
* [First described in 1873. Of Swinh. Ann. & Mag. N. H. ser. 4, xii. 
p. 376 ,—Ed.] 
