Mr. R. Swinhoe on the Ornitholopj of Hainan. 89 



in a grove by the side of a village, and, after much chasing, 

 bagged them both. On the 2nd April I roused another in 

 some market gardens not far from the capital. The birds pro- 

 cured are of the Chinese race, and, I should say, were on their 

 migration up the China coast. They had the unsettled move- 

 ments of fresh arrivals, and were associated with many little 

 wanderers that, like this species, find a summer home in more 

 northerly latitudes. 



16. Caprimulgus jotaka, Temm. & Schleg. 



On the 19th March, on the wild jungly shore of Nychow har- 

 bour, I observed several Goatsuckers perching about the sands. 

 It was too dark to aim straight, and I did not succeed in securing 

 a specimen ; I was therefore unable to determine to what 

 species they belonged. Later, however, on our homeward 

 voyage, I came across the Japanese bird. It was on the 15th 

 April, on the island of Naochow. The specimen shot was a 

 male, which I disturbed just before dark from among some 

 bushes. He was evidently a migrant bound up the China coast, 

 and took to the banyan trees, perching lengthwise on the thick 

 branches. In a small collection of birds^made, by Dr. Ander- 

 son of the Calcutta Museum, on the western borders of the 

 province of Yunnan, from the Burmese side, which Mr. Blan- 

 ford lately showed me, was a specimen of this Nightjar. I 

 suspect that it is to the eastern foot of the mountain ranges 

 that divide Burmah and the Laos country from China that 

 most of our summer birds retire during winter. 



17. Cypselus pacificus. Lath. 



" C. vittatus, Jard. & Selb.," of my former lists. 



On the occasion mentioned above, in Nychow harbour, I 

 noticed a large gathering of this Swift flying overhead, and 

 screeching before dropping to roost among the rocks. I 

 secured a specimen. 



18. Cypselus subfurcatus, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xviii. p. 807.. 

 In the flock of the species mentioned previously I recognized 



several of these. I also saw some at Kiung-chow city on the 

 1st of March, during a storm. 



