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Mr. Swinhoe on the Ornithology 
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Length 8J, wing 7, tail 3^ 0 - in. Bill pale flesh-grey, with a 
pale yellowish rim to the mandibles. Eyes very large, about in. 
in diameter; iris golden burnt-sienna, but so narrow that this 
colour is seldom visible, the immense pupil filling nearly all the 
space between the lids. Skin round the eye madder-brown. Ear- 
conch very large and oval, nearly -f in. in length by about -f in 
width, the lunar-shaped orifice occupying about one-third of the 
oval on the part distant from the eye; colour of the conch-rim 
yellowish, inside light blue-grey. Legs feathered to the end of 
tarsus. Toes naked, light brownish flesh-colour; claws light 
brownish grey, with blackish tips. 
There were numerous eggs in the ovary; oviduct folded zig¬ 
zag, semitransparent, and about 4 inches in length, terminating 
in a distinct cloaca. Proventriculus granulated, somewhat en¬ 
larging towards the gizzard, which was flabby and oval, about 
\ in. in length by l-|in breadth, lined inside with a fixed rugose 
cuticle of a yellow colour. The cseca were long and bulging at 
their ends, the left longer than the right; but unfortunately I 
have lost the measurements of these parts. 
11. Caprimulgus-? 
Probably the same species as that procured at Amoy. I did 
not obtain a specimen. I saw a pair in March, gamboling 
about the top of Monte Guy a, in Macao, just after the sun had 
set. Mr. Bowring informed me that in the fall of the year they 
occurred abundantly in Hongkong, and might be seen in num¬ 
bers every evening hawking after insects in the valley. 
12. Caprimulgus -? 
Our second species, with naked tarsus*. 
Stanley, Hongkong, which was shown to me. 
13. Cypselus(Affinis, J. E. Gray./ 
I saw a small party of these one afternoon at Hongkong; but 
they do not appear to be permanent residents at any of the three 
places, as at Amoy. 
14. Hirundo gutturalis, Scop. 
A few arrived in February ; but in March they were to be 
* This will probably be a Lyncornis. L. cerviniceps , Gould, is said to 
be from China.—P. L. S. 
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One was shot at 
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