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Show 1900.] THE BIRDS OF HAINAN. 479 90. PERICROCOTUS CANTONENSIS. Pericrocotus cantonensis, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 244 (Nao-chu); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iv. p. 84 (1879). This species, though found on the adjacent island of Nao-chu, has not yet been met with in Hainan. 91. *PERICROCOTUS FRATERCULUS. Pericrocotus fraterculus, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 244; Oates, Faun. Brit. India, Birds, i. p. 481 (1889). Pericrocotus elegans, Sharpe (nee M'Clell.), Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iv. p. 73 (1879) ; Hartl. Abh. nat. Ver. Bremen, xii. pp. 299, 307 (1892); Styan, Ibis, 1893, p. 429 ; Hartl. Abh. nat. Ver. Bremen, xiv. p. 358 (1898). d • " Iris, bill, and feet black."-J. W. Common on all parts of the island (Swinhoe). 92. *PERICROCOTUS GRISEIGULARIS. Pericrocotus griseigularis, Gould ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iv. p. 83 (1879). * d . " Iris, bill, and feet black."-./. W. A male from Hainan appears to belong to the typical form from Formosa. Continental birds from China seem to differ from typical examples from Formosa in having the top of the head and back greyer, and they are, moreover, somewhat larger. This is the first time this species has been recorded from Hainan. 93. PERICROCOTUS CINEREUS. Pericrocotus cinereus, Lafr.; Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 244 (Nao-chu) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iv. p. 83 (1879). This species was procured by Swinhoe on the adjacent island of Nao-chu, but has not yet been found in Hainan itself. 94. HEMICHELIDON SIBIRICA. Hemichelidon sibirica (Gmel.) : Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iv. p. 120 (1879) ; Hartl. Abh. nat. Ver. Bremen, xiv. p. 359 (1898). Hartlaub records a male from Hoihow, North Hainan. 95. HEMICHELIDON FERRUGINEUS. Butalis ferruginea (Hodgs.); Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 247. Hemichelidon ferrugineus, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iv. p. 122 (1879). West coast of Hainan, 29th and 30th March (Swinhoe). 96. ALSEONAX LATIROSTRIS. Butalis cinereoalba (T. &S.); Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 247. Alseonax latirostris (Baffl.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iv. p. 127 (1879); Styan, Ibis, 1893, p. 430. Gardens about Kiung-chu-fu, North Haiuan, February (Swinhoe). South-west Hainan (Styan). 32* |