80 Mr. R, Swinhoe on the Ornithology 



Length 8|-, wing 7, tail 3 « in. Bill pale flesh-grey, with a 

 pale yellowish rim to the mandibles. Eyes very large, about ^ in. 

 in diameter; iris golden burnt-sienna, but so narrow that this 

 colour is seldom visible, the immense pupil filling neai'ly all the 

 space between the lids. Skin round the eye madder-brown. Ear- 

 conch very large and oval, nearly f in. in length by about f in 

 width, the lunar-shaped orifice occupying about one-third of the 

 oval on the part distant from the eye ; colour of the conch-rim 

 yellowish, inside light blue-grey. Legs feathered to the end of 

 tarsus. Toes naked, light brownish flesh-colour j claws light 

 brownish grey, with blackish tips. 



There were numerous eggs in the ovary ; oviduct folded zig- 

 zag, semitransparent, and about 4 inches in length, terminating 

 in a distinct cloaca. Proventriculus granulated, somewhat en- 

 larging towards the gizzard, which was flabby and oval, about 

 \ in. in length by 1| in breadth, lined inside with a fixed rugose 

 cuticle of a yellow colour. The cseca were long and bulging at 

 their ends, the left longer than the right ; but unfortunately I 

 have lost the measurements of these parts. 



11. Caprimulgus ? 



Probably the same species as that procured at Amoy. I did 

 not obtain a specimen. I saw a pair in March, gamboling 

 about the top of Monte Guya, in Macao, just after the sun had 

 set. Mr. Bowring informed me that in the fall of the year they 

 occurred abundantly in Hongkong, and might be seen in num- 

 bers every evening hawking after insects in the valley. 



12. Caprimulgus ? 



Our second species, with naked tarsus*. One was shot at 

 Stanley, Hongkong, which was shown to me. 



13. Cypselus affinis, J. E. Gray. 



I saw a small party of these one afternoon at Hongkong ; but 

 they do not appear to be permanent residents at any of the three 

 places, as at Amoy. 



14. HiRUNDO GUTTURALIS, Scop. 



A few arrived in February ; but in March they were to be 



* This will probably be a Lyncornis. L. cerviniceps, Gould, is said to 

 be from China. — P. L. S. 



