wcaptain 15/03/2016 15:55
Twentieth Century Impressions of Hongkong, Shanghai
Published in 1908
[url]https://archive.org/stream/twentiethcentury00wriguoft#page/138/mode/1up[/url]
A general description of fauna in HK - page 138
Birds - p141
"A Fox,...., is common on the mainland, and occurs on the island"
kmatthew 15/03/2016 23:21
Interesting note on the "Babbling-thrushes", first being no doubt Masked Laughingthrush, the other sounds like Black-throated Laughingthrush. So, it's likely that Black-throated have been in HK longer then we think? Avifauna stated it was recorded by Vaughan and Jones in 1913.
orientalstork 11/05/2021 21:40
Interesting, I wonder if most starlings such as black collared starlings and crested myna were only recently recorded, becuse according to the book, the only starling recorded was the white shouldered starling (Sturnia sinensis). Also, most starlings are very loud, and is hard to miss. Also, it says that two species of quail where common, which includes japanese quail (uncommon-scarce) and button quail(scarce). Is it possibe that bor=th button quail and quail number in Hk decreased?
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