Mr. R. Swinhoe^s Ornithological Notes made at Chefoo. 437 
18. Alcedo bengalensis (Lath.). 
I never met the little King of the Shrimp in my rambles 
about Chefoo ; but native birdcatchers occasionally brought 
live examples. Figured in the MS. Illustrations as the Tsuy- 
cheo (M.D. 11197, 10794), or Turquoise bird. A group of 
five of Eurystomus orient alls is figured in the same Illustra¬ 
tions, but without name. 
19. Hoopoe. Upupa epops , L. 
I saw a Hoopoe in a cemetery at the foot of the hills, where 
it probably had its nest. In flying up to a tree it threw a 
summersault. On the 19th May Mr. Crasemann sent me a 
female that had died in his aviary. Native name Poo Kuh- 
neao (M.D. 8661, 6564, 7946), or Grain-distributing Bird. 
He had procured it from a native birdcatclier only a few days 
before. A Wren is figured in the MS. Illustrations, but 
without Chinese name. 
20. Eastern Reed-Thrush. Calamodyta orientalis (T.&S.). 
I know of no reed-abounding marshy places at Chefoo such 
as we have at every other port I have been stationed at. Hence 
at this place there was no such cover as this summer visitor 
loves, and the specimens that disported on Lighthouse Island 
were evidently migrants passing over to more suitable loca¬ 
lities across the Gulf of Pechelee. Mr. Campbell procured 
three or four specimens of both sexes in the beginning of May, 
and one or two early in June. 
21. Moluccan Smoky Reed-Thrush. Calamo dyt a insular is 
(Wall.). 
Two males and one female of this Reed-Thrush were pro¬ 
cured by Mr. Campbell on Lighthouse Island on the 3rd 
June. They were severally well developed and ready for 
breeding, and could not have had very far to go for their sum¬ 
mer quarters. In my “ Revised Catalogue of the Birds of 
China ” (P. Z. S. 1871, p. 352) I mention that this Moluccan 
species occurred at Amoy in numbers in May. Twenty days 
late! they were passing Chefoo; and probably many sum¬ 
mer in the Corea. The allied C. fasciolatus, G. R. Gray, 
did not turn up at Chefoo. I stated before (/. c.) that one of 
