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Show 1900.J BIRDS OF HAINAN. 465 16. B U C H A N G A CINERACEA. Buchanga mouhoti, Wald.; Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 245. Buchanga innexa, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 246. Buchanga cineracea (Horsf.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iii. p. 250 (1877); Hartl. Abh. nat. Ver. Bremen, xii. pp. 299, 313 (1892). No reference is made in the ' Catalogue of Birds ' to Buchanga innexa Swinhoe. The British Museum Collection now contains the female type of this species, which appears to be an immature example of B. cineracea; the male type has apparently disappeared. North-west and Central Hainan (Swinhoe). 17. *DlSSEMURUS PARADISEUS. Dissemurus paradiseus (Linn.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iii. p. 258 (1877). In none of the specimens are the feathers on the back of the neck much elongated. Crest. in. o* . . 1-8 o* .. 2-0 d . . 2-2 2 .. 1*85 Culmen. in. 1-5 1-5 1-4 1-4 Wing. in. 6-3 6-5 6-3 6-1 Tail. in. 6-9 6-3 6-1 6-8 Tail to tip of racket. in. 16-5 14-1 14-4 14-4 Tarsus. in. 1-1 1-2 1-1 1-1 This Drongo is recorded for the first time from Hainan. 18. *ORIOLUS DIFFUSUS. Oriolus chinensis, Swinhoe (nee Linn.), Ibis, 1870, p. 342. Oriolus diffusus, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iii. p. 197 (1877); Styan, Ibis, 1893, p. 429 ; Hartl. Abh. nat. Ver. Bremen, xiv. p. 356 (1898). Northern slopes of the mountains of South-west Hainan (Styan). North-central Hainan (Hartlaub). 19. ORIOLUS NIGELLICAUDUS. Psaropholus ardens, var. nigellicauda, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 342. Psaropholus nic/ellicauda, Hartl. Abh. nat. Ver. Bremen, xii. pp. 299, 313 (1892). Oriolus nigellicaudus, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iii. p. 221 (1877). Tai-ping-sze, Central Hainan, and Tulinkan, South Hainan (Swinhoe). North Hainan (Hartlaub). 20. MUNIA TOPELA. Munia topela, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 354; Sharpe, Cat. B Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 351 (1890); Hartl. Abh. nat, Ver. Bremen, xii. pp. 299, 315 (1892); Styan, Ibis, 1893, p. 431; Hartl. Abh. nat. Ver. Bremen, xiv. p. 362 (1898). Common in Hainan (Swinhoe). Hoihow (Hartlaub). Northern slope of the mountains of South-west Hainan (Styan). |