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Show 1900.] THE BIRDS OF HAINAN. 493 167. LEPTOPTILUS JAVANICUS. Leptoptilus javanicus (Horsf.) ; Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 364; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxvi. p. 317 (1898). Swinhoe observed this bird on several occasions in Central Hainan. 168. PSEUDOTANTALUS LEUCOCEPHALUS. Pseudotantalus leucocephalus (Forst.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxvi. p. 323 (1898). Tantalus leucocephalus, Hartl. Abh. nat. Ver. Bremen, xiv. p. 373 (1898). Hoikow, North Hainan (Hartlaub). 169. ARDEA CINEREA, Linn.; Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 365 ; Hartl. Abh. nat. Ver. Bremen, xii. op. 299, 324 (1892) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxvi. p. 74 (1898). Seen in all parts of the island (Swinhoe). 170. HERODIAS TIMORIENSIS. Herodias alba, Swinhoe (nee Linn.), Ibis, 1870, p. 365. Herodias timoriensis (Cuv.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxvi. p. 98 (1898). Common (Swinhoe). 171. GARZETTA GARZETTA. Herodias garzetta, (Linn.); Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 365. Ardea garzetta, Hartl. Abh. nat. Ver. Bremen, xii. pp. 299, 325 (1892). Garzetta garzetta, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxvi. p. 118 (1898). Common (Swinhoe). 172. NYCTICORAX NYCTICORAX. Nycticorax griseus, Linn.; Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 365 ; Styan, Ibis, 1893, p. 434; Hartl. Abh. nat. Ver. Bremen, xiv. p. 373 (1898). Nycticorax nycticorax, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxvi. p. 146 (1898). Often seen in large flocks (Swinhoe). Hoihow, North Hainan (Styan Sf Hartlaub). 173. *NYCTICORAX MAGNIFICA. (Plate XXXIII.) Nycticorax magnifica, Grant, Ibis, 1899, p. 586. This species is most nearly allied to N. leuconotus (Wagl.), but differs chiefly in the following particulars :-The back is uniform brown like the wings ; some of the concealed feathers of the lower back have a subterminal oval white spot at the extremity; a white band runs from behind the eye to the base of the long black crest (3 inches in length); the chin, throat, and fore part of the sides PROC. ZOOL. Soc-1900, No. XXXIII. 33 |