484 Mr. F. W. Styan on the Birds of 



174. Halcyon coromandus (Lath.). 



(123.) A specimen was caught on Shaweishan, at the 

 month of the Yangtse, and is now in the Shanghai Museum. 



Fam. CucuLiD.E. 



175. CUCULUS CANORUS, L. 



(104.) Arrives in April, Some remain as late as the 

 middle of October. The common Cuckoos at Kiukiang are 

 nearly all of a small pale race^ with very narrow bars on the 

 underparts. 



176. CucuLus MicROPTERus^ Gould. 



(103.) Not uncommon at Kiukiang in May. I fre- 

 quently hear a quadrisyllabic note which I believe belongs 

 to this species. 



177. CucuLus sTRiATUS^ Drap. 



(105.) According to David this species is found in 

 summer throughoiit China. 



178. HiEROcoccYX FUGAX (Horsf.). 



(103.) Cuculus sparverioides et Cuculus hyperythrus, 

 Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 394. 



I examined a pair shot near Shanghai on 21st September, 

 and another pair on 5th October; the male of one and the 

 female of the other are now in the Shanghai Museum. I 

 have also seen another shot near Shanghai. It appears to 

 pass through Hankow in spring, for its note has been accu- 

 rately described to me as being heard in a certain district 

 there every April. 



179. COCCYSTES COROMANDUS (L.). 



(97.) Two were obtained in the Lushan Hills in June, 

 and one in a garden at Kiukiang on 14th September ; another 

 specimen was killed near Hankow. 



Order STKIGES. 

 Fam. BuBONiDiE. 



180. Ketupa flavipes (Hodgs.). 



(60.) Ketupa magnifica, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1873, p. 127. 



I met with a pair in March, among some fine old decayed 



