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Mr. J. D. D. La Touche on the 
[Ibis 
Towards the end of July 1889, I saw on the river at 
Newchwang a brown Albatross. This bird allowed a native 
to fire at it repeatedly at very close range without rising 
from the water. After several shots had been fired, it rose, 
apparently none the worse, and sailed away, passing a hundred 
yards or so from the boat I was in. 
262. Ibis melanocephala (Lath.). 
Ibis melanocephala D. & O. p. 452. 
A white Ibis with black head and neck seen at the 
marshes on the 5th of October, 1913, was without doubt an 
example of the White Ibis. 
When at Newchwang, in 1889, I was given a skin of the 
Japanese Crested Ibis ( Nipponia nippon) by Mr. Farmer, 
then Constable of H.B.M/s Consulate at the port, who 
told me that he had seen a breeding-colony of these birds 
some way up the River Liao. I saw a flock fly over the 
settlement towards the end of the autumn. 
263. Platalea leucorodia L. 
Platalea major D. & O. p. 451 (part). 
I Saw a Spoonbill passing on the 13th of October, 1912, 
and shot another on the 12th of October, 1913. The latter 
bird, a male, is in fresh immature plumage. The shafts of 
the wing-quills and the tips of these are black. The colours 
of the soft parts were as follows:—Iris dull burnt-sienna; 
bill livid violet-black at the base, the greater part of the 
upper mandible yellow with black stripes; skin of throat 
and lores yellow ; legs and feet black, the soles spotted with 
yellowish. Bill 9*35 in., wing 15’5 in. 
, 264. Ciconia ciconia boyciana Swinhoe? 
Ciconia boyciana D. & O. p. 450. 
Four very large white birds with black wings seen passing 
on the 20th of November, 1910, were most probably White 
Storks. I have a male example purchased in the market at 
Chinwangtao. It is almost adult. 
