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Show 482 MR. W. R. 0GILVIE GRANT O N [May 8, 108. *GECLNUS HAINANUS. Gecinus hainanus, Grant, Ibis, 1899, p. 584. This species is most nearly allied to G. guerini (Malh.) from China, but distinguished by the darker green colour of the upper and under parts ; in G. guerini the general colour of the upper parts is dull greyish green and the underparts are similarly coloured, but paler, inclining to whitish grey tinged with green. This species is also related to G. occipitalis, which it resembles in the dark green colour of the underparts; but the upper parts and wings are darker, the latter with very much less bronze-yellow wash on the outer webs, which are indistinctly barred with paler, while the tail-feathers are spotted, not barred ; the present species is, moreover, considerably smaller than G. occipitalis, the bill especially being shorter and less stout. Culmen. Wing. Tail. in. in. in. 67. hainanus, d adult (type). . 1-5 5-3 3-8 G. occipitalis, d adult 1*7 5-6-5-9 4-2-4-5 Hab. Five-Finger Mts., interior of Hainan. " Iris white; bill grey-black, base greenish white; feet lead-grey ."_«/. W. 109. *CHRYSOPHLEGMA STYANI. Chrysophlegma styani, Grant, Ibis, 1899, p. 585. This species is most nearly allied to C. wrayi Sharpe and C. ricketti Styan. From the latter it differs in being much smaller and in having the terminal part of the outer primaries mostly uniform black, as in C. wrayi. From C. wrayi it may be at once distinguished by its larger size and by the dark brownish-chestnut crown, the pale (Californian) gold nuchal crest, and the dark smoke-grey underparts ; in these respects it resembles C. ricketti. The female of C. styani further differs from the female (type) of C. wrayi in having the feathers of the middle of the throat paler brown and margined with rufous instead of white. Wing. Tail. in. in. Type of C. ricketti 6-8 5-2 Type of C. styani 6-0 4-5 Type of C. wrayi 5-6 4-0 " Iris dark claret; bill dusky black, lower mandible green at base ; feet olive-green."-J. W. Hab. Five-Finger Mts., interior of Hainan. 110. *DENDROCOPUS CABANISI. Picus cabanisi, Gould, B. Asia, vi. pi. xvii. (1857). Dendrocopus cabanisi (Malh.) ; Hargitt, Cat. B. Brit Mus xviii p. 218 (1890) ; Styan, Ibis, 1893, p. 431. |