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Show 1870.] MR. R. SWINHOE ON ASIATIC BIRDS. 603 23. GLAREOLA ORIENTALIS, Lath. "No. 17. Male. Iris chestnut; white semicircle round the lower eyelid ; eye large and elongated; under wing-feathers red. N. lat. 19°, E. long. 120°. North end of Luzon, 20th April, 1865." 24. TRINGOIDES HYPOLEUCUS (L.). "No. 40. Female. 7th May, 1866. Eyes dark. Crop empty. N. lat. 24°, E. long. 122°. East coast of Formosa." 25. BUPHUS COROMANDUS (Scop.). "No. 38. Crane, female. 8th May, 1866. Gizzard containing remains of snails, and worms alive (seeming parasites), of pure white, about f inch in length. Iris bright yellow; eyeball dark blue. N. lat. 25° 50', E. long. 122° 50'. Coast of China." 26. PORZANA ERYTHROTHORAX, Temm. & Schleg. F. J. "No. 54. Male and female. Iris crimson. N. lat. 32° 20', E. long. 125° 80'. Between coast of China and the Corea. Body literally covered with fat." 27. PHALACROCORAX CARBO (L.). " No. 45. Cormorant, female. Iris green ; eye dark blue; yellowish green under the head. Very fat when caught. N. lat. 39°, E. long. 138°. Japan Sea, October 1866." 28. SULA FUSCA, L. "No. 15. Gannet, female. Eye black; iris stone-grey. Small flying-fish in crop. Bird very lean. Feet and bill yellow. N. lat. 20°, E. long. 116°. China Sea. 14th April, 1864. "No. 26. Gannet, male. 7th May, 1866. Eyeball indigo ; iris straw-colour; light blue ring round the eye. N. lat. 24°, E. long. 122°. East coast of Formosa." 29. LARUS MELANURUS, Temm. & Schleg. F. J. " No. 20. Gull, female. Red circle round the eye. Shot in Hakodadi harbour, North Japan, March 1865. " No. 42. Gull, gender uncertain. Red round the eye and base of the beak. Hakodadi, June 1866." 30. STERNA PANAYANA, Scop. "No. 121. "Hakodadi. 4th November, 1865." Two others without labels. From North Japan one would rather have expected S. fuliginosa. 31. ANOUS STOLIDUS (L.). " No. 29. Male Noddy. Eye black ; iris dark grey. N. lat. 28° 40', E. long. 129° 30'. Loochoo Islands. July 1865. "No. 38. N. lat. 23° 10', E. long. 122°. North-east coast of |
