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Show 588 PROF. GIGLIOLI AND COUNT T. SALVADORI ON [Dec. 6, 28. LIMOSA BREVIPES, G. R. Gray. Limosa brevipes, David et Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 460 (1877) ; Salvad. Orn. Pap. e Mol. iii. p. 328 (1882). a, b, c. Olga Bay, September 1879. All three look like young birds, and have the feathers of the upper parts margined with ochraceous grey. This species differs from L. melanura of Europe in its smaller size. 29. LIMOSA BAUERI, Naum. Limosa baueri, David et Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 459 (1877) ; Salvad. Orn. Pap. e Moll. iii. p. 329 (1882). a, b. Olga Bay, September 1879. The first specimen is in winter plumage.but the second still shows large traces of rufous on the underparts. 30. NUMENIUS CYANOPUS, Vieill. Numenius tahitiensis, David et Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 458 (1877» nee Gmel.). Numenius cyanopus, Salvad. Orn. Pap. e Mol. iii. p. 330 (1882). a. 31; b. $? Vladivostok, October 1879. c. Gensan, August 17th, 1880. The first two are fully adult birds ; the supposed male differs from the supposed female, as is the case with N. arquatus, in having a very considerably shorter bill. Specimen c appears to be immature, and shows no trace of the reddish tinge which the full-grown birds present, especially when in breeding-plumage. 31. GALLINAGO MEGALA, Swinh. Gallinago meg ala, David et Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 477 (1877); Salvad. Orn. Pap. e Mol. iii. p. 337 (1882). Scolopax megala, Seebohm, Ibis, 1886, p. 133. a. Gensan, 15th August, 1880. A single specimen of this Eastern Asiatic species, having only 20 rectrices, of which the outer four on each side are much attenuated, but less so than in G. stenura (Kuhl). 32. FULICA ATRA, Linn. Fulica atra, David et Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 489 (1877). a. Possiette Bay, October 1879. Evidently a young bird, with frontal shield slightly developed, and feathers on the underparts slightly margined with whitish. 33. ARDEA CINEREA, Linn. Ardea cinerea, David et Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 437 (1877). o. Gensan, August 16th, 1880. b. Olga Bay, September 1879. The first is an adult bird, the second is much younger, we should say in the second year; neither differ from European specimens. |
