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obtained, but three young birds were found on May Ji3 by 

 Mr. J. C. Kershaw. 



The nesting-hole is always in the main stem of the tree 

 and usually high up, and the eggs ai'e laid on the rotten wood 

 and wood-chips at the bottom of the hole. Probably the 

 first half of May is the best time to find fresh eggs. 



COCCYSTES COROMANDUS. 



This handsome Cuckoo was only seen twice ; once in 

 April, and once in June, at Samshui, so that it may be con- 

 sidered an unusual summer migrant; doubtless it travels 

 l)y some other route to the north. 



HiEROCOCCYX SPARVERIOIDES. 



The Hawk Cuckoo is a rare and probably accidental 

 visitor. It was obtained once — on October 21 in the Delta, 

 and was seen on September 8 but not obtained. 



CUCULUS MICROPTERUS. 



The Indian Cuckoo is a common summer visitor at jNfacao 

 and to certain parts of the West River, but some also pass 

 through to districts furtlier north. It usually arrives 

 during the first week in May and leaves at the end of 

 September, or early in October. A young bird was, how- 

 ever, seen at Howlik on May 0, and another, a mature 

 individual, at Wuchau, as late in the year as November 6. 



On the Chinese mainland, a few miles from Macao, there 

 is a small wood of large timber, in which some half a dozen 

 pairs of Black Drongos (Bucham/a atrd) yearly take up 

 their summer residence for breeding purposes. In this 

 wood a nest of the Droiigo vcas found, partially built at the 

 end of a horizontal bough of a fir-tree, some forty-five feet 

 from the ground, on May 11. It was not possible to visit 

 the nest again until May 26, when it was found to contain 

 two eggs of the Drongo, somewhat incubated, and a fresh 

 egg of this Cuckoo. 



The Drongos continually assailed the Cuckoos, dashing at 

 them, both from before and behind and from either side ; 



