910 Mr. J. D. D. La Touche on the [Ibis, 



summer visitors breeding somewhere in this vicinity. Large 

 numbers of migrants pass from about tlie iniddle of August 

 to the last ten days of September. 



149. Acanthyllis caudacuta Lath. 

 Cheetura caudacuta D. & O. p. 70. 



A few Spine-tailed Swifts pass in September. I saw a 

 couple on the 17th of September, 1911, flying in company 

 with swallows, wagtails, and white-rumped swifts, anotiier 

 on the 13th of September, 1911, and one on the 17tli of 

 September, 191 G. 



150. Caprimiilgus indicus jotaka T. & S, 

 Caprimulyus jotaka D. & O. p. 67 ; La T. p 577. 



The Japanese Nightjar passes regularly in spring from 

 about the middle of May to the beginning of June (latest 

 record 10 June). I have seen a few examples during 

 the autumn passage at the end of August and in September 

 (earliest record 27 August, 1915, latest record 21 September, 

 1912, or possibly 26 September, 1915). 



I saw an example of this Nightjar on the ])lain iiear 

 Newchwang on the 26tli of May, 1889, and noticed the bird 

 also that year in August. 



151. Cuculus canorus telephonus Heine. 

 Cuculus canorus D. & O. p. 65 ; La T. p. 577. 



The Common Cuckoo arrives in May. I heard it calling 

 at the hills on the 21st of May, 1911, and in 1918 it was seen 

 as early as the 11th of that month. I shot one on the 

 2nd of June, 1912, and saw others on the same day. It 

 most probably breeds in this district. I saw Cuckoos on the 

 25th and 27th of August and 7th of September in the 

 country and at Chinwangtao itself on the 3rd of September, 

 which from their size appeared to be of this species. A 

 young male, shot about the 1st of September, has a wing- 

 measurement of 8*25 in. The upper parts are daik brown, 

 barred with rufous except on the rump and u[)per tail-coverts 

 which are rufous and grey, most of the feathers are fringed 



