434 Mr. R. Swanhoe's Ornithological Notes made at Chefoo. 



In the beginning of October I received a male of the same 

 from M. A. Fauvel^ a French gentleman engaged as Assistant 

 in the Imperial Customs, who had bought the bird from a 

 native, and kept it alive for some days. This specimen mea- 

 sured in total length 6^ ; wing 6, extending to end of tail, 

 1-15 longer than tertiary tips. Tail 3, soft, hogged and 

 rounded, plumage brown, splashed with rufesccnce. Bill 

 yellowish grey. Eyelids light yellowish brown. Iris fine 

 yellow. Feet brown, with whitish edges to scutes, ochrcous 

 on sides ; claws light brown. The female bird before noted 

 had no rufescence ; and I think, as a rule, males are oftener so 

 distinguished than females. I have a rufescent specimen from 

 Hakodadi without such markings, collected by Mr. H.Whitcly, 

 that is of much larger size than any of my examples from 

 China. The total length of the skin is about 7| inches, of 

 its wing 6^. The Hakodadi bird may be the Scops kennicotti, 

 Elliot, procured before in Alaska (see Trans. Chicago Ac. Sc. 

 1869, p. 331. 



13. LoNG-EARED OwL. Asio otllS (L.). 



Quite a fall of these occurred in the first week in October 

 on their southward migration. I got five specimens from 

 Lighthouse Island of both sexes, all more or less rufescent. 

 Their wings slightly exceeded the tail in length. The ear- 

 conch was enormous. Bill and claws blackish brown ; tips 

 of toes grey. Iris orange-yellow. Inside of mouth flesh- 

 colour. In Shanghai, on the 1st November, my brother John 

 shot another in a wood outside the town. All the specimens 

 are much like home birds. 



14. Goatsucker. Caprimulgus jotaka, Temm. & Schlcg. 

 Faun. Jap. 



On the 4th May we saw two of this species in the Bois de 

 Boulogne. The ground was covered with sand; so they roosted 

 conspicuously along the thick branches of trees. They were 

 disturbed by our passing under, and flew to adjoining trees. 

 They must have rested with their eyes open in such exposed 

 places. 



