THE IBIS. 



SIXTH SERIES. 



No. XVI. OCTOBER 1892. 



XL. — On Birds collected or obsei-ved in the Vicinity of 

 Foochow and Swatow in South-eastern China. By John 

 D. DE LA ToucHE. — Part 11.'^ (Communicated by H. H. 

 Slater, F.Z.S.) 



(Plate XII.) 



II. PICARIiE. 



137. Cypselus pacificus, Lath. (?). [HI.] 

 Foochow. De la Touche, Ibis, 1887, p. 469. 



Swifts with white on the rump, and probably of this 

 species, were seen and shot at by my shooting-men on the 

 Foochow coast at the beginning of June. 



138. Cypselus subfurcatus, Blyth. [112.] 



This little Swift is found in summer near Swatow. It 

 nests on the village houses up the Keyong River, and appears 

 to be fairly common there. 



Two eggs obtained in April measure 24*5 and 24*3 millim. 



-f 139. Caprimulgus jotaka, T. & S. [107.] 

 Foochow. Styan, Ibis, 1887, p. 228. 



140. Iynx torquilla, Linn. [88.] 

 Foochow. Styan, Ibis, 1887, p. 229. 

 A winter bird at Swatow. It is more common in the 

 spring. 



* For Part I. see above, p. 400. 

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