434 Mr. R. Swinhoe^s Ornithological Notes made at Chefoo. 
In the beginning of October I received a male of the same 
from M. A. Fauvel, a French gentleman engaged as Assistant 
in the Imperial Customs, who had bought the bird from a 
native, and kept it alive for some days. This specimen mea¬ 
sured in total length 6|; wing 6, extending to end of tail, 
1*15 longer than tertiary tips. Tail 3, soft, hogged and 
rounded, plumage brown, splashed with rufescence. Bill 
yellowish grey. Eyelids light yellowish brown. Iris line 
yellow. Feet brown, with whitish edges to scutes, ochreous 
on sides ; claws light brown. The female bird before noted 
had no rufescence; and I think, as a rule, males are oftener so 
distinguished than females. I have a rufescent specimen from 
Hakodadi without such markings, collected by Mr. H. Whitely, 
that is of much larger size than any of my examples from 
China. The total length of the skin is about 7§ inches, of 
its wing 6J. The Hakodadi bird may be the Scops kennicotti, 
Elliot, procured before in Alaska (see Trans. Chicago Ac. Sc. 
1869, p. 331. 
13. Long-eared Owl. Asio otus (L.). 
Quite a fall of these occurred in the first week in October 
on their southward migration. I got five specimens from 
Lighthouse Island of both sexes, all more or less rufescent. 
Their wings slightly exceeded the tail in length. The ear- 
conch was enormous. Bill and claws blackish brown; tips 
of toes grey. Iris orange-yellow. Inside of mouth flesh- 
colour. In Shanghai, on the 1st November, my brother John 
shot another in a wood outside the town. All the specimens 
are much like home birds. 
14. Goatsucker. Caprimulgus jotaka , Temm. & Schleg. 
Faun. Jap. 
On the 4th May we saw two of this species in the Bois de 
Boulogne. The ground was covered with sand; so they roosted 
conspicuously along the thick branches of trees. They were 
disturbed by our passing under, and flew to adjoining trees. 
They must have rested with their eyes open in such exposed 
placeso 
