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Show 480 MR. W. R. OGILVIB GRANT ON [May 8, 97. MUSCICAPA ALBICILLA. Eruthrosterna leucura (Swains.); Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 247. Muscicapa albicilla, Pall.; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iv. p. 162 (1879); Styan, Ibis, 1893, p. 430 ; Hartl. Abh. nat. Ver. Bremen, xiv. p. 359"(1898). Tai-ping-sze, Central Hainan, 19th February (Swinhoe). South-west Hainan (Styan). Hoihow, North Hainan (Hartlaub). 98. POLIOMYIAS LUTEOLA. Erythrosterna mugimaki (Temm.) ; Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 247. Poliomyias luteola (Pall.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iv. p. 201 (1879). ' On the adjacent island of Nao-chu, 5th April (Swinhoe). 99. *XANTHOPYGIA NARCISSINA. Xanthopygia narcissina (Temm.) ; Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 247 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iv. p. 249 (1879). Swinhoe records this species from the adjacent island of Nao-chu on the 5th April. This is the first time this species has been procured on Hainan. 100. *XANTHOPYGIA CYANOMELJENA. • Cyanoptila cganomelama (T. & S.); Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 247. Xanthopygia cganomelcena, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iv. p. 251 (1879). Niltava cganomelcena,Wzxt3. Abh. nat. Ver. Bremen, xii. pp. 299, 306 (1892). Haosuy, West Hainan, 29th March, and adjacent island of Nao-chu, 5th April (Swinhoe). 101. *XANTHOPYGIA FULIGINOSA. Xanthopygia fuliginosa (Vig.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iv. p. 253 (1879). * 2 . "Iris and feet dark brown ; bill black."-J. W. This is the first time this widely distributed Indo-Chinese species has been met with in Hainan, where it is evidently a resident and breeds. Young birds just able to fly were among those sent home. 102. *SlPHIA HAINANA. Siphia pallidipes (Jerd.) ?; Styan, Ibis, 1893, p. 430 ; Hartl. Abh. nat, Ver. Bremen, xiv. p. 359 (1898). Siphia hainana, Grant, Bull. B. O. C. vol. x. p. xxxvi (1900). Adult male. Allied to male of S. pallidipjes (Jerd.), but much smaller. The blue on the upper parts darker aud brighter; the forehead and superciliary stripes bright cobalt-blue ; flanks and sides of belly grey, slightly washed with fulvous. " Iris and bill black; feet dusky black."-J". W. |