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Mr. R. Swinhoe on the Ornithology 
that it is to the round domed nests of the Magnals ( Gracupica 
nigricollis and Acridotheres cristatellus ) that this bird chiefly 
resorts to deposit her eggs. 
Tongue fleshy, sagittate, horn-edged and rounded at the tip ; 
basal half papillose, more conspicuously at the edge. Ear-conch 
moderate, nearly circular, with a lunate recess on the part furthest 
from the eye,—the inner edge of the ear and the outer angle of 
the eye being within the same plane. The eggs in the female 
were well developed, and some ready to drop ; the oviduct was 
large, measuring in length 5f in., and in diameter | in., formed 
of a thick white elastic membrane, folded zigzag, and enlarging 
into a distinct cloaca. 
The male had white oval testicles, about | in. long. Proven- 
triculus granulated, and narrowing as it joins the gizzard, which 
is somewhat ovato-circular, If in. long, well flattened, flabby, and 
capable of much extension : its interior cuticle moveable, nearly 
smooth, and of a pinkish colour, containing wild figs. Intestine 
17 in. long, varying in thickness from f to f . Caeca given off 
2 inches from the anus, the one f, the other 1 in. in length, very 
thin, and of uniform size throughout. 
93. Centropus -? (C. lignator , nobis.) 
This small species, in mature plumage, I first met with in 
Kelung, Formosa. One was afterwards shot at Amoy, in imma¬ 
ture plumage; and in Hongkong I again fell in with the imma¬ 
ture bird. Its “ hoo-hoofi with the sounds “ ka-toch, katoch ” 
that immediately succeed, may often be heard on the bush-clad 
hill-sides of Hongkong. I enclose all three specimens for Mr. 
Sclater’s inspection, as it strikes me the species is probably 
new*. 
Here is a note on the one procured at Hongkong:—Bill 
pale yellowish brown, with a tinge of pink; culmen blackish 
brown. Inside of mouth pale flesh-colour. Iris ochreous, and 
eyelid pale ochreous. Naked skin round the eye bluish. Legs 
a violet lead-colour, with yellowish soles and edges to scutes. 
Proved to be a female on dissection. Gizzard lined with a move- 
* This small Centropus seems not different from C. affinis, Horsf., of 
Java, Malacca, and India.—P. L. S. 
