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1900.] THE BIRDS OF HAINAN. 485 120. *CENTROPUS SINENSIS. Centropus viridis, Swinhoe (nee Scop.), Ibis, 1870, p. 235. Centropus rufipennis, Swinhoe (nee Illiger), Ibis, 1870, p. 234. Centropus sinensis (Steph.); Shelley, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xix. p. 343 (1891); Hartl. Abh. nat. Ver. Bremen, xii. pp. 299, 318 (1892), xiv.'p. 368 (1898). " Iris lake-red; bill and feet black."-J. W. Common throughout Hainan (Swinhoe). 121. CENTROPUS BENGALENSIS. Centropus bengalensis (Gmel.); Shelley, Cat, B. Brit. Mus. xix. p. 352 (1891); Styan, Ibis, 1893, p. 433. Interior of South-west Hainan (Stgan). 122. *BHOPODYTES TRISTIS. Rhopodgtes tristis (Less.); Shelley, Cat. B. Brit, Mus. xix. p. 386 (1891); Styan, Ibis, 1893, p. 433. Zanclostomus tristis, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 234 ; Hartl. Abh. nat. Ver. Bremen, xii. pp. 299, 318 (1892), xiv. p. 367 (1898). d • " Iris dark brown; bill dull emerald-green ; orbital skin dull scarlet; feet dull bluish olive-green."-J. W. Central, South-east, and South Hainan (Swinhoe). Leimumon, northern slopes of the mountains of South-west Hainan (Styan). 123. *HARPACTES HAINANUS. Harpactes erythrocephalus, Styan (nee Gould), Ibis, 1893, p. 433. Harpactes hainanus, Grant, Bull. B. O. C. vol. x. p. xxxvii (1900). Adult male. Differs from the male of H. erythrocephalus in having the head dull purplish crimson, not shading into crimson-scarlet on the nape ; the upper parts much browner, especially the mantle and upper back, and with very little trace of' chestnut on the lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts, the latter being dark chestnut; the lower part of the chest, next the white band, dull crimson instead of scarlet-crimson. In addition to the above differences, the white tips to the outer tail-feathers are shorter, the longest scarcely exceeding 1*1 inch. From H. yamakanensis Bickett, from Fohkien, the Hainan bird may be at once distin­guished by the colour of the upper parts. Iris hazel; bill black, base and orbital skin dark purplish French blue ; feet pinkish brown. d . Total length 12 inches ; wing 5-5 ; tail 6. Adult female. Differs from the female of H. erythrocephalus in having the general colour of the upper parts and chest much browner. 2 . Total length 12 inches ; wing 5-3 ; tail 5-7. This species has already been obtained by Mr. Schmaker's col­lector Tetsu at Leimumon, on the northern slopes of the mountains of South-west Hainan, but was identified by Mr. Styan with H. erythrocephalus, Gould.