of Hongkong, Macao, and Canton. 49 



able cuticle, containing several large hairy caterpillars of a spe- 

 cies of brown moth. 



94, Centropus sinensis (Steph.). 



This large and handsome species, so common in Foochow, is 

 also abundant in the south ; and one seldom visits the Happy 

 Valley without being struck by its strange " hoo-hoo" resound- 

 ing from the hills around. It is, however, a difficult bird to get 

 a view of, being timid, and crouching in cover when approached. 

 Like the foregoing small species, it is upwards of three years 

 attaining to mature plumage, — during that time scarcely two 

 specimens being found with the same markings. I procured a 

 fine female in a wood on the other side of the island, near the 

 village of Little Hongkong, on the 3rd of April. The eggs were 

 largely developed, and evidently within a few days of being laid. 

 Proven triculus If in. long, narrowing immediately before the 

 gizzard, which is circular, somewhat flattened, flabby, and thin- 

 skinned, lined with a thin, smooth, separable cuticle, and con- 

 taining the remains of grasshoppers chiefly. Intestines 32 inches 

 long ; right caecum 4 in., left 3|, both bulging at their extremi- 

 ties. Oviduct long, and folded zigzag, being formed of a broad 

 white elastic membrane terminating at the anus. 



Besides the ordinary note, this bird sometimes utters a loud 

 chuckle somewhat like the sound produced by pouring water 

 from a bottle. 



95. TURTUR ORIENTALIS (Lath.). 



On the way down to Hongkong, a party of friends left the 

 steamer for an afternoon^s shooting at Swatow, and among the 

 birds brought back was one of this species. I afterwards saw a 

 pair early in March on the main near Hongkong. 



96. TuRTUR CHiNENsis (Scop.). Cautonesc, " Pfl?i-/:«OM." 

 The prevailing species. T. humilis did not occur, which is 



strange, considering how abundant it is from Hongkong to 

 Shanghai during the summer months. 



97. Phasianus torquatus (Gmel.). 



Found in the neighbourhood, and sometimes on the island of 



Hongkong itself. 



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