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265. Ciconia nigra L. 
Ciconia nigra D. & O. p. 450. 
The Black Stork breeds, I am informed, among the high 
rocks in the mountains about 30 miles north of Chinwangtao. 
I saw it soaring overhead on the 30th and 31st of October, 
1911. It passes regularly in spring and autumn. I have 
two adult specimens shot in this neighbourhood :— 
$ , 2nd Nov., 1915. Bill crimson, skin round the eye 
and chin vermilion ; legs crimson, the scales on the front of 
the tarsus and on feet black, soles of feet vermilion. Total 
length 41*20 in., wing 22 in., tarsus 8 in., tail 930 in., 
culmen 7*30 in. 
$, 4th March, 1916. Soft parts as above. Total length 
43*75 in., wing 23*30 in., tail 10*20 in., culmen 7*4 in., 
tarsus 8*40 in. 
I saw, while riding on the plain near Newchwang, in 
1889, two large birds, which were without doubt Black 
Storks. 
266. Ardea manillensis Meyen. 
Ardea purpurea D. & O. p. 438. 
Ardea manillensis La T. p. 583. 
The Eastern Purple Heron is common on migration. It 
was specially abundant in 1911, when I saw numbers in the 
marshes on the 14th of April. On the 6th of October 
following, some 200 passed over the plain. It passes in 
April, May, September, and October. 
267. Ardea cinerea L. 
Ardea cinerea D. & O. p. 437; La T. p. 582. 
The Grey Heron is an abundant migrant. It passes from 
the latter half of March to the end of May and from the 
last ten days of July to the end of October. A few must 
summer in the vicinity of Chinwangtao, as I have seen twice 
in the early summer a pair which were evidently settled for the 
breeding-season. Hard-sat eggs were brought to me on the 
26th of May, 1917, and two young birds the following June. 
I saw the Grey Heron at Newchwang in May 1889. 
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