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24th Sept., on Verlaten I. a nest with three eggs 26th 

 Sept.; common on Sebesy, April 1921 (S.). 



* Alcedo beryllina VIEILL. 



Recorded by JACOBSON from Krakatau 1908, not seen 

 in 1919-1921. 



Cuculi, 



Eudynaniis honorata L K. V. S. 



Krakatau, Verlaten I, April 1919 (B.); the species seems to 

 be commoner on Krakatau than on Verlaten I. Sept. 1920; 

 abounds in the cocoanut plantations of Sebesy April 1 921 (S.). 



Centropus sinensis Steph V. S. 



The note of this bird heard on Verlaten I. April 1919 (B.); 

 on Sebesy this species seems to be more common than 

 C. javanicus, April 1921 (S.). 



* Centropus jav aniens DUM K. V. S. 



Krakatau and Verlaten I., on Krakatau a nest with two 



eggs, April 1919 (B.); Krakatau S. E. and Zwarte Hoek, 

 Verlaten I. Sept. 1920; Sebesy April 1921 (S.). 



Caco mantis nierulinus S COP S. 



Not common on Sebesy April 1921 (S.). 



Chalcococcyx basalts HORSF S. 



One specimen observed, certainly a migrant, April 1921 (S). 



Caprimulgi. 



* Coprimulgus af finis HORSF K. V. S. 



Common on Verlaten I. April 1919 (B.); abounds on 



Krakatau and Verlaten I., two $$ collected at Zwarte 

 Hoek and on Verlaten I., both with an egg covered by 

 a thin shell in the oviduct, Sept. 1920; on Sebesy the 

 species is less abundant than on Krakatau or Verlaten I, 

 April 1921 (S.). 



Cypseli. 



Micropus pacificus Lath V. 



A number of four swifts with short forked tail and white 

 rump were observed on Verlaten I. Sept. 1920 (S.). 



* Collocalia spec K. V. S. 



Krakatau, Verlaten I, April 1919 (B.); Krakatau, Verlaten I. 



Sept. 1920, in the evening of the 25th Sept. about 6 p.m. 

 these swifts, of which the rump was light-coloured, were 

 abundant at Zwarte Hoek, but in the morning no specimen 

 was seen at this place; several specimens at Sebesy S. 

 April 1921 (S.). 



