480 Mr. J. D. de la Touche on the 



August to the beginning of October. It occurs also sparingly 

 in winter. 



I have seen this Kingfisher at Swatow about the lagoons. 



153. CucuLus cANORus^ Linn. [104.] 

 Foochow. Styan, Ibis, 1887, p. 230. 

 Shot near Swatow in April. 



^--154. CucuLUs MicROPTERus, Gould. [108.] 

 Foochow. Styan, Ibis, 1887, p. 230. 

 Shot near Swatow in September. 



155. CuCULUS SPARVERIOIDES, Vig. [101.] 



Shot on Taiyang hills west of Swatow in April. 



-f- 156. EUDYNAMIS MACULATA (Gm.). [115.] 



Common in summer on the Swatow plain, arriving about 

 April and remaining till the end of September. It frequents 

 the banyans and other large trees planted about the villages 

 and farm-houses. 



4* 157. Cacomantis tenuirostris (J. E. Gray). [99.] 



Common at Swatow in the spring, and I presume that they 

 remain throughout the summer. They frequent the gardens 

 on the Foreign Settlement and the mangrove marshes. Their 

 plaintive and most irritating cry is constantly heard during 

 the spring, but the birds, being very shy, are seldom seen. 



J- 158. Centropus sinensis, Steph. [93.] 



Foochow. Styan, Ibis, 1887, p. 230. 



Resident and very common at Foochow and Swatow. 



One, which I bought as a nestling at Foochow on 26th 

 August, 1886, and reared, lived in confinement for over 

 eighteen months. It fed on raw meat and dried " water- 

 boatmen," and was also fond of small birds. The adult 

 plumage was assumed in the following summer, and began 

 first to show in patches in the early spring. 



-tl59. Centropus bengalensis (Gm.). [94.] 



Foochow. Styan, Ibis, 1887, p. 230. 



Rare on the Foochow hills, but common enough on those 

 to the west of Swatow. 



