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Show 1900.] THE BIRDS OF HAINAN. 503 Once obtained at Shuy-wei-sze, Central Hainan, 27th February (Swinhoe). Lui-wo-wan, northern slope of the mountains of South-west Hainan; Nodouha, interior of North Hainan, and the Hummocks, near the coast of North Hainan (Styan Sf Hartlaub). 232. TURN1X DUSSUMIERI. Tumix dussumieri (Temm.) ; Hartl. Abh. nat. Ver. Bremen, xii. pp. 299, 324 (1892); Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 540 (1893). Hartlaub records a specimen from North Hainan on the 24th March. 233. CACCABIS CHUKAR. Caccabis chukar (Gray); Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 113 (1893); Hartl. Abh. nat. Ver. Bremen, xiv. p. 371 (1898). Hartlaub records a pair from Hainan. 234. *FRANCOLINUS CHINENSIS. Francolinus sinensis, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 359 ; Hartl. Abh. nat. Ver. Bremen, xiv. p. 372 (1898). Francolinus chinensis (Osbeck) ; Hartl. Abh. nat. Ver. Brem. xii. pp. 299, 324 (1892); Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 136 (1893); Styan, Ibis, 1893, p. 435. " Iris hazel; bill dusky black, base whitish ; feet orange-v el-low."- J. W. Common everywhere (Swinhoe). 235. ARBORICOLA ARDENS. Arboricola ardens, Styan, Ibis, 1893, p. 436, pi. xii.; Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 210 (1893). The only specimen known of this remarkable Tree-Partridge was obtained at Luiwowan, on the northern slope of the mountains of South-west Hainan, in the month of December. 236. COTURNIX COTURNIX. Coturnix communis, Bonn.; Hartl. Abh. nat. Ver. Bremen, xii. pp. 299, 324 (1892). Coturnix coturnix (Linn.) ; Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 231 (1893). North Hainan, 29th January (Hartlaub). 237. EXCALFACTORIA CHINENSIS. Excalfactoria chinensis, Swinhoe (nee Linn.), Ibis, 1870, p. 360; Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 250 (1893). Seen by Swinhoe, but not obtained. It is quite possible that the Hainan bird should be referred to the subspecies E. lineata. 238. *GENN;EUS WHITEHEADI. (Plate XXXIV.) Gennceus whiteheadi, Grant, Ibis, 1899, p. 586. The male of this remarkably fine species of Silver Pheasant |