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Show 464 MR. W. R. 0GTLVIE GRANT ON THE [May 8, Poliopsar sericeus (Gmel.); Hartl. Abb. nat. Ver. Bremen, xii. pp. 299, 314 (1892). Adult and young were obtained by Mr. Schmacker's collector, Tetsu, in North Hainan (Hartlaub). 11. TEMNURUS NIGER. Crypsirhina nigra, Styan, Bull. B. 0. C. vol. i. p. vi (1892); id. Ibis,'l893, p. 55. Temnurus niger, Sharpe, Bull. B. O. C. vol. i. p. xix (1892) ; Styan, Ibis, 1893, p. 431. Temnurus schmackeri, Styan, Ibis, 1893, p. 426 (descript. null.). It is doubtful whether this species is really distinct from the type of Temnurus truncatus, which is said to have come from Cochin China and is preserved in the Paris Museum. Obtained by Tetsu at Liuwowan, on the north slopes of the mountains of South-west Hainan. 12. *MAINATUS INTERMEDIUS. Eulabes hainanus, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 352. Mainatus intermedius (A. Hay) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 104 (1890). " Iris brown ; bill orange-red, tip and lappet orange-yellow; feet yellow."-J". W. Though Swinhoe saw these Grackles in the cages in the towns of Hainan, he never met with them in a wild state. Several birds were obtained by the late Mr. Whitehead in the Five-Finger Mountains. 13. *CHAPTIA JENEA. Chaptia cenea (Vieill.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iii. p. 243, (1877). d . " Iris dark hazel; bill and feet black."-J. W. This is the first time this species has been recorded from Hainan. 14. *BUCHANGA LEUCOGENYS. Buchanga leucogenys, Wald.; Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 245; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iii. p. 251 (1877); Styan, Ibis, 1893, p. 429. d. " Iris lake ; bill and feet black."-,/. W. Not rare iu the woods of Central Hainan (Swinhoe). Mountains of South-west Hainan (Styan). 15. BUCHANGA ATRA. Dicrurus macrocercus, Vieill.; Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 244. Buchanga atra (Hermann); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iii. p. 246 (1877); Hartl. Abh. nat. Ver. Bremen, xii. pp. 299, 313 (1892); Stvan, Ibis, 1893, p. 429 ; Hartl. Abh. nat. Ver. Bremen xiv. p. 357 (1898). Found in all cultivated parts of Hainan (Swinhoe). |