(201 ) 

 68. Arenaria interpres (L.). 



Grant, P. Z. S. 1900. p. 494. 



<? ? Hoihow, May 19U5 (No. 2oS). 



No doubt a non-breeding migrant, though obtained in Blay. 



69. Glareola orientalis Leacb. 



Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mns. xxiv. p. 58. 



Tingan and Hoihow, Blarch, May, June, July. Judging from very young 

 specimens obtained in July, this species must breed on Hainan, though it appears 

 not to have been found there by former collectors. 



Til. Hydrophasianus chirurgus (Scop.). 



ffydrophasis" chirurgus* (ettote'.) Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. J/hs. xxiv. p. 69. 

 1 ? ad., 3 immat. Tingan, April and May (No. 249). 



71. Esacus magnirostris (Vieill.). 



Orthiirhinnphiis magnirostris Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. .!/«.<. xxiv. p. 22. 



3 c?? Manchow, December 1903 (No. 236).— Neither this nor Hydrophasianus 

 appear to have been noticed in Hainan before. 



72. Grus grus lilfordi Sharpe. 



Gma lilfordi Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxiii. pp. 252-54 (1894—" Eastern Siberia, wintering in the 

 Yangtze basin, probably extending westwards to Turkestan and the River Ob, and wintering 

 in North-west India." — No type fixed !) 



Grus ijrux Grant, P. Z. S. 1900. p. 494 (" Common in plains and open country, according to 

 Swinhoe "). 



1 c?, 2 ? ? Cheng-Mai and Fusen, November (No. 154). 



There is no doubt that the eastern cranes are lighter than European ones ; 

 therefore Grus grus lilfordi must be recognised as a subspecies. 

 Doubtless only a winter visitor to the island. 



73. Dupetor flavicoUis flavicoUis (Lath.). 



(Of. Nov. Zool. 1908. p. 353.) 

 Grant, P. Z. S. 1900. p. 494. 



Fifteen skins from Hoihow, July and September (No. 226). 

 " Iris burnt umber ; bill (upper) black or slate ; legs and toes slate-black ; 

 claws ditto." 



74. Ardetta sinensis (Gm.). 



Grant, P. Z. S. 1900. p. 494. 



? Hoihow, 2.5. iv. 1903 (No. 208). 



• Kharpe quotwi " Wagler, Isis 1S.'!2. p. 120," but it sliould be ji. 129. It is impossible to alter 

 Wagler's name, Hi/drojikasianus, to " Ilijdroj/hasi.i" Wagler expressly giving tlie German name " Wasser- 

 fasan " as the Teutonic equivalent of his new name. 



