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of Hongkong, Macao, and Canton. 
able cuticle, containing several large hairy caterpillars of a spe ¬ 
cies of brown moth. 
94. Centropus sinensis (Steph.). 
This large and handsome species, so common in Foochow, is 
also abundant in the south; and one seldom visits the Happy 
Valley without being struck by its strange “ hoo-hoo” resound¬ 
ing from the hills around. It is, however, a difficult bird to get 
a view of, being timid, and crouching in cover when approached. 
Like the foregoing small species, it is upwards of three years 
attaining to mature plumage,—during that time scarcely two 
specimens being found with the same markings. I procured a 
fine female in a wood on the other side of the island, near the 
village of Little Hongkong, on the 3rd of April. The eggs were 
largely developed, and evidently within a few days of being laid. 
Proventriculus If in. long, narrowing immediately before the 
gizzard, which is circular, somewhat flattened, flabby, and thin- 
skinned, lined with a thin, smooth, separable cuticle, and con¬ 
taining the remains of grasshoppers chiefly. Intestines 32 inches 
long; right caecum 4 in., left 3f, both bulging at their extremi¬ 
ties. Oviduct long, and folded zigzag, being formed of a broad 
white elastic membrane terminating at the anus. 
Besides the ordinary note, this bird sometimes utters a loud 
chuckle somewhat like the sound produced by pouring water 
from a bottle. 
95. Turtur orientalis (Lath.). 
On the way down to Hongkong, a party of friends left the 
steamer for an afternoon's shooting at Swatow, and among the 
birds brought back was one of this species. I afterwards saw a 
pair early in March on the main near Hongkong. 
96. Turtur chinensis (Scop.). Cantonese, “ Pan-kaou.” 
The prevailing species. T. humilis did not occur, which is 
strange, considering how abundant it is from Hongkong to 
Shanghai during the summer months. 
97. Phastanus torquatus (Gmel.). 
Found in the neighbourhood, and sometimes on the island of 
Hongkong itself. 
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