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Show 1887.] THE FAUNA OF COREA. 585 13. SQUATAROLA HELVETICA (Linn.). Squatarola helvetica, David et Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 424 (1877) ; Salvad. Orn. Pap. e Mol. iii. p. 293 (1882). a, b. Olga Bay, September 1879. c. Gensan, 15th August, 1880. The first two look like young birds, the underparts being much spotted and both being of small size. Specimen c is a large specimen with a very big bill, perfectly adult ; the middle region of the underparts is nearly covered with the black feathers of the summer garb. 14. CHARADRIUS FULVUS, J. F. Gm. Charadrius fulvus, David et Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 424 (1877); Salvad. Orn. Pap. e Mol. iii. p. 294 (1882). a, b. Olga Bay, September 1879. Both young birds, fulvous on flanks and underparts. Their dimensions are :-Bill (culmen) 0*020 m., wing 0*164 m., tarsus 0*040 m. 15. CHARADRIUS DOMINICUS, Mull. Charadrius dominicus, Mull. S. N. Suppl. p. 116 (1776). Charadrius virginicus, Harting, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 115 ; Dress. B. of Eur. vii. p. 447 (1871). a. Olga Bay, September 1879. W e were rather surprised to recognize a specimen of this species amongst the Plovers collected on the Manchurian coast; still it must be remembered that C. dominicus and C. fulvus have both been found in Heligoland (cf. Blasius, Ibis, 1862, p. 71), and that both species occur at Alaska (cf. Stejneger, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. no. 29, p. 105). It is evidently a young bird, with the underparts greyish, more or less spotted with white. Its dimensions are :-Bill (culmen) 0*022 m.; wing 7-2 inches = 0*180 m. j tarsus 0040 m. It agrees with all the characters of the North-American Golden Plover, and differs from specimens of C. fulvus in being larger, less golden above, and more greyish on the nape. 16. iEGIALrnS MONGOLICA (Pall.). AEgialitis mongolicus, David et Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 427 (Corea). AEgialitis mongolica, Salvad. Orn. Pap. e Mol. iii. p. 299 (1882). a, b, c, d. Olga Bay, September 1879. The first specimen is an adult in perfect plumage, the three following are immature birds, similar, and agreeing also in being smaller than the first. 17. STREPSILAS INTERPRES (Linn.). Strepsilas interpres, David et Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 433 (1877); Salvad. Orn. Pap. e Mol. iii. p. 289 (1882). a, b. Olga Bay, September 1879. Two young birds in their first plumage, the feathers of the upper parts being margined with ochraceous. |