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nigrostellattis, stridulus and others are .subspecies of nifaolUs, I refrain at present 

 from a definite conclusion (cf. Grant, Ibis, lOOiJ. p. 590, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Fauna, 

 i. pp. 639, 640). 



196. Dryonastes monachus Swinh. 



Dryoitasles immtchus Swinhoe, Ibis 1870, p. 248 (Hainan) ; Grant, P. Z. S. 1900. p. 476. 



9 ^?, Secha, April, May 1902 (No. 63). 

 6 (??, No-Tai, September 1902 (No. 63). 



This form is restricted to Hainan, where it has been met in the interior, on the 

 Five-Finger Mountains, and iu the south-west. 



Clutches of greenish blue eggs were found during the latter half of May. 



197. Dryonastes castanotis Grant. 



Dryonastes castanotis Grant, Ibis 1899. p. .'■)84 (Hainan) ; /'. Z. S. 1900. p. 475. 



15 cJ?,Mt. Wuchi, March, April, 1903 (No. 181). 



A fine series of this species, which has a large chestnut patch on the cheeks 

 like D. rulicollis, to which it is nearly allied, but differing at a glance by the 

 absence of chestnut on the abdomen and under tail-coverts. It is also a much 

 larger bird. 



198. Garrulax moniliger schmackeri Hartl. 



Garnilax sehmackeri Hartlaub, Abh. Nat. Vei: Brem. -x-iv. p. 349 (1898— Hainan) ; Grant, P. Z. S. 

 1900. p. 475. 



2 (JcJ No-Tai, September 1902 (No. 106). 

 ? Lei Mniraon, January 1903 (No. 106). 



10 <J?, Mt. Wuchi, March, April 1903 (No. 106). 



This subspecies ditfers from G. moniliycr moniliger in a similar manner as does 

 semitorquata from puctoralis. The tail has buff tips instead of white, and the outer 

 webs of the outer primaries are olive brown instead of hoary grey. The buff colour 

 on the foreneck is less bright, and the rnfous collar on the nape is generally darker. 



199. Garrulax pectoralis semitorquata Grant. 



Garrulax semiturqitala Grant, P. Z. S. 1900. p. 475 (Hainan, Five-Finger Mts.). 



A large series collected in March and April on Mt. Wuchi (No. 910). 



The chief characters for distinguishing this form are the buff tips to the tail- 

 feathers, and the brownish buff outer webs of the outer riuills, the latter character 

 being the same in G. p. picticoUis, which, however, has a grey, instead of black 

 patch on the sides of the neck. The breast-baud varies in an interesting manner 

 in these forms : In G. p. pectoralis it is always united (complete) ; in G. p. semi- 

 torqtuttn it apfiears to be always more or less distinctly divided (interrnpted in the 

 middle), though this is not well to be seen in some worn examples ; and in G. p. 

 picticoUis the breast-band is complete in the males, interrupted in the females ! 



200. Trochalopteron canorum owstoni Uothsch. 



Trochalopteraii ranurum owstoni Rothschild, Bull. B. 0. C. xiv. p. 8 (October lOOii). 

 Trochulnjileron ranoriim Grant, P. Z. S. 190(1. p. 475 (Interior of Hainan). 



1 cJ Utoshi, March 1903 (No. 53). 



1 <J (Iheteriaug, December 1903 (No. 53). 



2 6S Secha, April 1902 (No. 53). 



