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 Mergus squamatus Gould.

Ibis, 1913, p. 283.

I have two females, obtained in winter iti central Folikien.

Podicipes holboelli Reinhardt.

Rickett, Ibis, 1891, p. 226.

I have lately received two skins from Foocliow, one of them shot in central Fohkien and dated December 1915; wing 7'6 inches, culmen 2. The other, merely labelled " Fokhien," is dated 20 January, 1917; wing 7-85 inches, culmen 2.

Larus glaucescens Naum.

An immature example of this Gull, obtained at Foochow, was identified by the late Mr. Howard Saunders.

Larus affinis Reinh.

An adult example, obtained on the coast between Chekiang and Foochow, was identified as being of this species by the late Mr. Howard Saunders. Another, an immature skin, was doubtfully stated by him to be of the same species.

XXX.—The Birds of Dirk Hartog Island and Peron Peninsula, Shark Bay, Western Australia, 1916-17. By Thomas Carter, M.B.O.U.; with Nomenclature and Remarks by Gregory M. Mathews, M.B.O.U.

(Plates IX.–XI.)

Island forms the main western boundary of Shark Bay on the extreme west coast of Australia, and is the most westerly land of the island continent, the meridian of 113° E. running almost through Cape Inscription at the north-west corner of the island. The most westerly point of the mainland is Steep Point, immediately below the south end of Dirk Hartog Island, and separated from it by the South Passage, which, at its narrowest part, is barely a mile in