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Show 488 MR. W. R. OGILVIE GRANT O N [May 8, 136. *HALCYON SMYRNENSIS. Halcyon smyrnensis (Linn.); Swinh. Ibis, 1870, p. 93; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvii. p. 222 (1892); Hartl. Abh. nat. Ver. Bremen, xii. pp. 299, 319 (1892); Styan, Ibis, 1893, p. 433 ; Hartl. Abh. nat. Ver. Bremen, xiv. p. 367 (1898). Once met with at Haosuy, North-west Hainan (Swinhoe). Interior of South-west Hainan (Styan). Hoihow, North Hainan (Hartlaub). 137. HALCYON PILEATUS. Halcyon pileatus (Bodd.); Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 93; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvii. p. 229 (1892); Styan, Ibis, 1893, p. 433; Hartl. Abh. nat. Ver. Bremen, xiv. p. 367 (1898). Entomobia pileata, Hartl. Abh. nat. Ver. Brem. xii. pp. 299, 319 (1892). Haosuy, North-west Hainan, and the adjacent island of Nao-chu. Interior of South-west Hainan (Styan). Hoihow, North Hainan (Hartlaub). 138. *EURYSTOMUS CALONYX. Eurystomus calonyx, Hodgs. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvii. p. 38, pi. ii. fig. 2 (1892); Styan, Ibis, 1893, p. 432. Eurystomus orientalis, Hartl. (nee Linn.), Abh. nat. Ver. Bremen, xiv. p. 367 (1898). Hoihow, North Hainan, 29th Sept. (Styan). 139. SCOPS LEMPIJI. Ephialtes lettia, Swinhoe (nee Hodgs.), Ibis, 1870, p. 88. Ephialtes umbratilis, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 342, footnote. Scop>s lempiji, Blyth ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. ii. p. 91 (1875). Scops umbratilis, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. ii. p. 93 (1875). A male shot near Kiung-chu, North Hainan, February (Swinhoe). The type of E. umbratilis Swinh. is now in the British Museum Collection. It resembles dark Indian examples of S. lempiji and is perfectly similar to specimens of S. lempiji from Sadia, Assam, collected by Colonel Godwin-Austen. 140. NINOX JAPONICA. Ninox japonicus (T. & S.) ; Swinh. Ibis, 1870, p. 88 ; Grant, Ibis, 1896, p. 111. Ninox scutulata, Sharpe (nee Eaffl.), Cat. B. Brit. Mus. ii. p. 156 (1875). Kiung-chu, North Hainan, 2nd April, and Haosuy, North-west Hainan, 29th March (Swinhoe). The birds collected by Swinhoe are typical N. japonica. 141. *GLAUCIDIUM WHITELYI. Glaucidium whitelyi (Blyth) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. ii. p. 222 (1875). |