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 135. Merops philippiuus L. 



Mernpa philipi>wnx Linnaeus, %a7. Ntil. ed. xiii. i. p. 183. No. 5(1767 — " Habitat inPhilippinis."— 

 This species wa.s already enumerated in the ed. xii. p. 183, but the name had been— probably 

 by a printer's error— omitted. On account of the e.^istence of the Ed. .\iii., printed at Vienna 

 in 1767, Graelin's edition should never have been called the thirteenth edition, and must 

 simply be quoted as''Gmelin, Sii^l. N'at."). 



1 ? No-Tai, L's. ix. mil',' (No. lnO). 



14 (J 9 Mancbow, Hainan, May l!)o4 (No. liiO). 

 Not previously recorded from Haiuaii. 



loll. Merops bicolor sumatranus Haffl. 



Merops sumatranus Grant, P.Z. S. IHOO. p. 486. 



9 (J ? You Boi, May and June 10(i4 (No. 239). 



5 (J? South Hainan, May 19u4 (No. 239). 



This form differs from M. bicolor bicolor from the Fhilippines not ouly in the 

 deep chestnut colour of the head and mantle, and the constantly blue tliroat, hut 

 also in the colour of the central rectrices, which are pale blue towards the end 

 without black tips. Nevertheless we may look upon it as the geograjjhical 

 representative of J/, b. bicolor. 



Eight clutches of four eggs each were found in holes in the ground on May 30 

 and June 4. The glossy white eggs measure from 215 x 19, 222 x 19-6, 

 22-2 X 201, and 24 x 20 1 to 242 x 20 and 246 x 205 mm. 



137. Harpactes erythrocephalus hainanus Grant. 



Harpades haiiiniins Grant, /'. Z. S, lOOU. p. 4^5 (Hainan). 



Whitehead obtained this liird on the Five-Finger Mountains, Tetsu at, 

 Lei Jlnimon in south-west Hainan. 



Katsumata sent us : 15 cJ ? Mt. Wuchi, March and April 1903 (No. ISO). 



This subspecies differs from //. erythrocephalus eri/throcephalm by having a 

 slightly shorter wing, generally a darker red head, throat, and jngnlnm, conspicuously 

 darker brown upperside and somewhat lighter, less brilliant abdomen. The female 

 differs from that of //. cnjthrorephalus cri/throcephalus in being darker l)rown. 



138. Rhopodytes tristis hainanus subspec. uov. 



Rhopodyks trlslis Grant, P. Z. .<?. I'JOO. p. 485. 



13 c?? No-Tai, March, Ajiril, and September I9(i2 (No. 88). 



The specimens from Hainan agree with llh. tri.ftis tristis e.\cept that they are 

 smaller : the wing is considerably shorter, measuring from 150 to 160 mm., against 

 165 to 176 mm. in lih. tristis frisfi^^, and the tail is from 4 to 7 cm. shorter. The 

 coloration is the same, except that the forehead is generally somewhat darker. 



Type of 7i'. tristis haimuiHs : 6 ad. 2(i. ix. 19ii2 (No. ss). 



139. Centropus beugaleusis (Gm.). 

 Grant, P. Z. 5. 1900. p. 485. 



2 ad., 1 juv. Hoihow, March, April, September 1902 (No. 70). 

 2 juv. Hoihow, January, October 1903 (No. 70). 



1 ¥ No-Tai, 1. x. 1902 (No. 70). 



