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Show 486 MR. W. R. OGILVtE GRANT ON [May 8, 124. CYPSELUS PACIFICUS. Cypseluspacificus, Lath.; Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 89. Micropus pacificus, Hartert, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvi. p. 448 (1892). Apus pacificus, Hartert, Das Tierreich, Macropt. p. 86 (1897). Observed in large numbers in Nychow Harbour, South Hainan (Swinhoe). 125. CYPSELUS SUBFURCATUS. Cypselus subfurcatus, Blyth; Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 89; Hartl. Abh. nat. Ver. Bremen, xiv. p. 361 (1898). Micropus subfurcatus, Hartert, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvi. p. 456 (1892). Apus subfurcatus, Hartert, Das Tierreich, Macropt. p. 88 (1897). North and South Hainan (Swinhoe Sf Hartlaub). 126. TACHORNIS INFUMATA. Cypselus tinus, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 90. Tachornis infumatus (Sclat.); Hartert, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvi. p. 467 (1892). Central, South-east, and South Hainan (Swinhoe). 127. *CAPRIMULGUS JOTAKA. Caprimulgus jotaka, Temm. & Schleg.; Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 89 (Nao Chau); Hartert, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvi. p. 552 (1892). Caprimulgus indicus jotaka, Hartert, Das Tierreich, Caprimulg. p. 61 (1897). The two specimens collected by Whitehead, though considerably different one from another, agree in general characters with typical C. jotaka, but are somewhat smaller :- a. Wing 7-1 inches ; tail 4-4. b. „ 7-8 „ ; „ 5-1. The smaller bird has the general colour of the head, wing-coverts, and scapulars grey, and in this respect, as well as iu the larger white markings on the four outer quills, differs considerably from b, the latter having many more of the feathers of the crown largely mixed with black, while the scapulars and wing-coverts are more conspicuously marked with black and rufous. Both Whitehead's birds belong to the smaller form obtained by Swinhoe on the adjacent island of Nao Chau. 128. MEROPS SUMATRANUS. Merops sumatranus, Baffl.; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus xvii p. 61 (1892); Styan, Ibis, 1893, p. 432. Two immature birds from the Hummocks, North Hainan, 18th September (Styan). 129. *NYCTIORNIS ATHERTONI. Nyctiornis athertoni (Jard. & Selby); Sharpe, Cat, B. Brit. Mus. xvii. p. 88 (1892). |