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6 <?$ Mt. Wnchi, Marcb and April 1903 (No. 98). 



7 <J° Cheteriang, .Tannaiy 11)04 (No. 98). 



The (liflerences of tliis subspecies, as given in the original description, do not 

 hold good in this series. It is qnite trne that /'. g. //ainatius difters from P. i/zi/aris 

 giilaris from Sikkini and Bhutan by the darker coloar of the u]>perside, and that 

 it is distingnished from P. gularis transflutialis of the mountains south of the 

 Brahmaputra by its pure white nnder-snrface ; but it is very closely allied to 

 P. qularis fokieiisis from Fokien, and difters from the latter only in the more 

 reddish colour of the npperside — the supposed size of the black gular patch being 

 due to preparation; moreover it is smaller: the wings of six Fokien specimens 

 measure 91 — 97 mm., those of fifteen Hainan examples 84 — 88 mm., and in one 

 case as much as 91 mm., the wing of Iiainunus averaging nearly 1 cm. shorter. 



237. Parus sultaneus flavocristatus Lafr. 



(J? Cheteriang, January 1904 (No. 108). 



2 cJcJ, 1 ? Mt. Wuchi, April 1903 (No. 168). 



The Hainan specimens differ at a glance from P. sultaneus sultaneus by having 

 smaller bills, and being generally somewhat smaller, while I cannot separate them 

 from examples of South Tenasserim and the Malay Peninsula. 



The species is new to Hainan. 



238. Parus major hainanus Hart. 



Parus major haiiimms Hartert, Nor. Zvi>l. xii. p. 4yy (IWo). 

 Parus cinereus Grant, P.Z. S. 19U0, p. 469. 



4 <?<?, 1 ? Lei Muimon, December 1902, January 1903 (No. 58), 



5 5<J Secha, April 1902 (No. 58). 



<J No-Tai, September 1902 (No. 58). 



4 6 3 Liudon, March 1903 (No. 58). 



This subspecies differs from Parus major cinereus of the Sunda Islands iu 

 being smaller, while the bill is larger. 



239. Zosterops palpebrosa simplex Swinh.(?) 



Zosieropa simplex Swinhoe, Ibis IsGl. p. :!:il, in the text. (." It will not do to call the other bird 

 Z. sinensii', as it i3 only a Southern Chinese form, being generally resident in the places where 

 it is found. Let it stand, then, as Z. simjilcv.") 



Zosterops palpebrosa Grant, P.Z. S. 1900. p. 469. 



1 <J, 2 ? ? Kiungchau, February, March 1902 (No. 30). 



2 (?<?, 1 ? Liudon, JIarch 1903 (No. 30). 

 8 ? Secha, April, May 1902 (No. 30). 



3 No-Tai, September 1902 (No. 30). 



5 Hoihow, March 1902 (No. 30). 



All Hainan specimens from Hainan and South China are easily distinguished 

 from Z. palpebrosa palpebrosa of India by its less bright, more greenish instead 

 of golden yellow npperside, and especially upper tail-coverts. This has been 

 empliasiscd" by Swinhoe (,Ibi.i, 1870, p. 348), Styan {Ibis, 1887, p. 227), Sharpe 

 {Cat. B. Brit. Mas. ix. ]). 105), Gates and Finsch. Though there can be no doubt 

 about the distinctness from Z. palpebrosa palpebrosa, I am in doubt about the 

 possibility of separating the Hainan form from that of South China. On the whole 

 the throat is brighter yellow and the bill larger in Hainan examples ; bnt a series 

 from Formosa shows much variation— some having the throat as pale as 



