igi9-] from South Annam and Cochin China. 423 



Female. T. L. 285 ; W. 135 : bill from gape 59 mm. 

 In both specimens the first primary is immacnlate and 

 the crest without a subterminal white band. 



40. Melittophagus leschenaulti swinhoei (Hume). 

 Melittuphagus sivinhoei Sharpe, Cat. xvii. p. 55 ; Oustalet, 



p. 292 ; Robinson, Ibis, 1915, p. 734. 



Melittophagus leschenaulti swinhoei, Kloss, Ibis, 1918, 

 p. 93. 



1 ? juv. Tour Cham, Phanrang, S. Annam. 22 May, 

 1918. 



1 c^, 1 ? ad. Dabau, 650 ft., S. Annam. 17-27 March, 

 1918. 



1 ? ad. Dran, 3000 ft., S. Annam. 11 May, 1918. 

 "Iris crimson, bill black, i'eet leaden." 



Male. T.L. 215 : W. 108 mm. 



Females. T. L. 215, 212 : W. 104, 107 mm. 



These birds have rather shorter bills than the majority of 

 specimens from Siam and the northern parts of the JNIalay 

 Peninsula, but the difference is not very constant. 



41. Nyctiornis athertoni (Jard. & Selby). 



Sharpe, Cat. xvii. p. 88; Oustalet, p. 294 ; Hartert, Nov. 

 Zool. xvii. 1910, p. 217 (Hainan); Kloss, Ibis, 1918, p. 91. 



2 S ad. Daban, 650 ft., S. Annam. 14-18 March, 1918. 

 '•Iris yelloAv ; bill black, base grey ; feet pale olive." 

 T.L. 350, 345; W. 138, 137 ; T. 142, 143 mm. 



These specimens show no sign of the shortened tail noted 

 by Hartert in Hainan birds. 



42. Caprimulgus macrirrus ambiguus Hartert. 

 Caprimidgus macrurus, var alhonotatas Oustalet, p. 3. 

 Caprimulgus ambiguus Hartert, Ibis, 1896, p. 373. 

 Caprimulgus macrurus ambiguus Hartert, Nov. Zool. xvii. 



1910, p. 223; Robinson, Ibis, 1915, p. 735; Kloss, Ibis, 

 1918, pp. 94-95. 



S vix ad. Djiring, 3000 ft., S. Annam. 9 April, 1918. 



Total length 315 ; W. 207 ; T. 169 mm. 



This specimen is considerably larger than any we have 



