486 ME. W. R. OGILTIE GRANT ON [May 8, 



124. Cypselus pacificus. 



Cypselus pacificus, Lath.; Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 89. 

 Micropus pacificus, Hartert, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvi. p. 448 (1892). 

 Apus pacificus, Hartert, Das Tierreich, Macropt. p. 86 (1897). 

 Observed in large numbers in Nychow Harbour, South Hainan 

 (Swinhoe). 



125. Cypselus subfuecatus. 



Cypselus suhfurcatus, Blyth ; Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 89 ; Hartl. 

 Abb. nat. Ver. Bremen, xiv. p. 361 (1898). 



Micropus suhfurcatus, Hartert, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvi. p. 456 

 (1892). 



Apus suhfurcatus, Hartert, Das Tierreich, Macropt. p. 88 (1897). 



North and South Hainan {Swinhoe £f Harilauh). 



126. Tachoenis infumata. 



Cypselus tinus, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 90. 



Tachornis infumatus (Sclat.) ; Hartert, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvi. 

 p. 467 (1892). 



Central, South-east, and South Hainan (Swinhoe). 



127. *Capeimulgus jotaka. 



Caprimulqus jotaka, Temm. & Schleg. ; Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, 

 p. 89 (Nao Chau) ; Hartert, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvi. p. 552 (1892). 



Caprimulgus indicus jotaka, Hartert, Das Tierreich, Caprimulg. 

 p. 61 (1897). 



The two specimens collected by Whitehead, though considerably 

 different one from another, agree in general characters with 

 typical C. jotaka, but are somewhat smaller : — 



a. "Wing 7'1 inches ; tail 4*4. 



b. „ 7*8 „ ; „ 5*1. 



The smaller bird has the general colour of the head, wing-coverts, 

 and scapulars grey, and in this respect, as well as in the larger 

 white markings on the four outer quills, differs considerably from 

 h, the latter having many more of the feathers of the crown 

 largely mixed with black, while the scapulars and wing-coverts 

 are more conspicuously marked with black and rufous. Both 

 Whitehead's birds belong to the smaller form obtained by Swinhoe 

 on the adjacent island of Nao Chau. 



128. Meeops sumateanus. 



Merops sumatranus, Raffl. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvii. 

 p. 61 (1892) ; Styan, Ibis, 1893, p. 432. 



Two immature birds from the Hummocks, North Hainan, 

 18th September (Styan). 



129. *Nyctioenis athertoni. 



Nyctiomis athertoni (Jard. & Selby) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xvii. p. 88 (1892). 



