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Show 1900.] THE BIRDS OF HAINAN. 463 feet dark brown."-J". W. Total length about 18 inches ; culmen 1-9; wing 8-2; tail 9 4 ; tarsus 1-95. Mr. Whitehead was fortunate in obtaining a nest and eggs of this remarkable new species. The nest, a very slightly concave platform, is semitransparent, and formed of dry stems of creepers and roots, firmly interwoven. The eggs, six in number, have the ground-colour pale greenish blue, spariugly spotted and dotted with light brown. The average measurements are 1*4 X 1 inch. 6. *DENDROCITTA SINENSIS. Dendrocitta sinensis (Lath.) ; Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 351; Sharpe, Cat, B. Brit. Mus. iii. p. 81 (1877); Styan, Ibis, 1893, p. 431; Hartl. Abh. nat. Ver. Bremen, xiv. p. 366 (1898). " Iris dull lake ; bill black ; feet dull brownish black.*'-J. W. Not uncommon among the fine woods of Shuy-wei-sze, Central Hainan (Swinhoe). Mountains of South-west Hainan (Styan). 7. *STURNIA SINENSIS. Temenuchus sinensis (Gmel.) ; Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 352. Sturnia sinensis, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 68 (1890) ; Hartl. Abh. nat. Ver. Brem. xii. pp. 219, 314 (1892); Styan, Ibis, 1893, p. 431 ; Hartl. Abh. nat. Ver. Bremen, xiv. p. 365 (1898). 2 . " Iris greyish white ; bill whitish blue, cobalt at base ; feet whitish brown."-J. W. Common on the coast of Hainan in March (Swinhoe). Mountains of South-west Hainan (Styan). 8. *ACRIDOTHERES CRISTATELLUS. Acridotheres philippensis, Bonap. ; Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 352. Acridotheres cristatellus (Gmel.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 92 (1890). d. " Iris orange-yellow ; bill whitish green, base of lower mandible pinkish ; feet yellowish brown."-J. W. Abundant about all towns and villages (Swinhoe). 9. SPODIOPSAR CINERACEUS. Sturnus cineraceus, Temm.; Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 352. Spodiopsar cineraceus, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. pp. 41, 665 (1890). Poliopsar cineraceus, Hartl. Abh. nat. Ver. Bremen, xii. pp. 299, 314 (1892). Met with during February (Swinhoe). 10. SPODIOPSAR SERICEUS. Spodiopsar sericeus (Gmel.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. pp. 44, 665 (1890). 31* |
