observed in the Vicinity of Wei Hai Wei. 675 



Tlie cry is a loud sharp ''keek^^ frequently repeated and 

 at once calling attention to the presence of the birds. 



Alcedo bengalensis. 



Though not very plentiful, Kingfishers are found on most 

 of the larger streams abovit ^Yei Hai Wei, Two of these 

 birds were observed busily fishing in the sea, at Itau Island, 

 on September 8th. 



Halcyon pileatus. 



The Black-headed Kingfisher was only observed on one 

 occasion in the neighbourhood of Wei Hai ^Yei, and that 

 was at Itan Island on September 2nd. There is little donbt 

 that the bird was on its journey south. The master of a 

 merchant ship told the writer that, at about the same time, 

 four or five of these Kingfishers came on board his ship 

 between North-East Promontory and the mouth of the 

 Yangtze. 



EURYSTOMUS ORIENTALIS. 



The Broad-billed Roller is a fairly common bird about 

 Wei Hai Wei, where it arrives in May, to leave again at the 

 end of September. A considerable number remain to breed, 

 but never, so far as is known, in old ]\Iagpies' nests, after 

 their habit in Fokien. Usually the eggs are laid in a hole 

 in a tree, but, according to the Chinese, sometimes in a 

 cleft in the rocks. A considerable influx of migrants 

 from Korea and further north takes place at the end of 

 September. 



The peculiar undulating and Woodpecker-like flight o£ 

 this bird at once calls attention to it in the field. 



Three eggs taken, one in June and two in May, average 

 1-33 X 1-05 inch. 



Upupa epops. 



The only Hoopoe obtained was shot on September fith. 



Swinhoe met with this species once during the summer at 

 Chefoo. The lighthouse-keeper at North-East Promontory 

 stated that Hoopoes were, later in the year, sometimes very 

 numerous. 



