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146. Upupa epops L. 



Upupa epops D. & O. p. 79 ; La T. p. 576. 



The Hoopoe is one of the most conspicuous spring 

 migrants at Chinwaiigtao, and may be seen commonly at 

 that season from about the middle of March to well on in 

 May. In 1912 I saw it from the 11th of March to the 

 13th of May. In 1913 the collectors saw three on the 

 31st of May, but these were probably local breeding birds. 

 The occurrence of this bird at the port during the return 

 passage is apparently irregular. I saw one on the 3rd of 

 August, 1911, none in 1912. In 1913 I saw one on the 

 13th and on the 17th of August and three on the 22nd of 

 the same month in 1914, one on the 18th of August, and one 

 ou the 2()th of August, 1916. In 1911, one was shot inland 

 oil the 15th of November. It is probable that a few remain 

 here all tlie year round. 



The Hoopoe is found on the plains in southern Manchuria 

 during the summer. 



147. Cypselus apus pekinensis Swinhoe. 

 Cypselus pekinenais D. & O. p. 68 ; La T. j). 576. 



The North China Swift breeds at Peking, Tientsin, and 

 Shanliaikuan. At the latter })Iace it nests in holes of the 

 city wall. It arrives theie towaids the end of A})iil. The 

 appearance of this Swift at Chiuwangtao is irregular. I have 

 seen a few during May and in summer which were probably 

 visitors from Shanliaikuan. It pi'obably leaves early on its 

 return to the south, as on the 25th and 27th of July, 1915, 

 I saw some at the poi't which were evidently migrating, 



1 18. Cypselus pacificus Lath. 



Cypselus pacijicus D. &. O. p. 69; La T. p. 576. 



The Large White-rumped Swift i)asses Chiuwangtao in 

 spring from mid-April to early in June. During the month 

 of June and throughout the summer, more or less large 

 Hocks appear often at the jxnt, coming from an easterly or 

 north-easterly dirc'ction, and remain hawking over the islaiul 

 sometimes all day. The usual time of their coming, how- 

 ever, is in the late afternoon. ]t is evident that these are 



