48 Mr. R. Swinhoe on the Ornithology 



that it is to the round domed nests of the Magnals {Gracupica 

 nigricollis and Acridoiheres cristatellus) that this bird chiefly 

 resorts to deposit her eggs. 



Tongue fleshy, sagittate, horn-edged and rounded at the tip ; 

 basal half papillose, more conspicuously at the edge. Ear-conch 

 moderate, nearly circular, with a lunate recess on the part furthest 

 from the eye, — the inner edge of the ear and the outer angle of 

 the eye being within the same plane. The eggs in the female 

 were well developed, and some ready to drop ; the oviduct was 

 large, measuring in length o\ in., and in diameter | in., formed 

 of a thick white elastic membrane, folded zigzag, and enlarging 

 into a distinct cloaca. 



The male had white oval testicles, about \ in. long. Proven- 

 triculus granulated, and narrowing as it joins the gizzard, which 

 is somewhat ovato-circular, 1| in. long, well flattened, flabby, and 

 capable of much extension : its interior cuticle moveable, nearly 

 smooth, and of a pinkish colour, containing wild figs. Intestine 

 17 in. long, varying in thickness from f to |. Cseca given off 

 2 inches from the anus, the one |, the other 1 in. in length, very 

 thin, and of uniform size throughout. 



93. Centropus ? {C. lignator, nobis.) 



This small specie», in mature plumage, I first met with in 

 Kelung, Formosa. One was afterwards shot at Amoy, in imma- 

 ture plumage ; and in Hongkong I again fell in with the imma- 

 ture bird. Its " hoo-hoo," with the sounds " kd-toch, katoch," 

 that immediately succeed, may often be heard on the bush-clad 

 hill-sides of Hongkong. I enclose all three specimens for Mr. 

 Sclater's inspection, as it strikes me the species is probably 

 new*. 



Here is a note on the one procured at Hongkong : — Bill 

 pale yellowish brown, with a tinge of pink; culmen blackish 

 brown. Inside of mouth pale flesh-colour. Iris ochreous, and 

 eyelid pale ochreous. Naked skin round the eye bluish. Legs 

 a violet lead-colour, with yellowish soles and edges to scutes. 

 Proved to be a female on dissection. Gizzard lined with a move- 



* This small Centropus seems not different from C affinis, Horsf., of 

 Java, Malacca, and India. — P. \j. S. 



