( 221 ) 

 I'll. Micropternus brachyurus holroydi Swinli. 



Mkropteruus liohoijdi Swinhoe, Ibis 1870. p. 95 (Hainan) ; Grant, P. Z. S. 1900. ]>. 48.'i. 



12 (J? ad. No-Tai, 20—30. ix. 1902 (No. 54). 

 2 3S,\ ? ad. Secha, 9. iv. 1902 (No. .''>4), 



(All forms of the geuiis Microjiterniis arp geographical representatives of 

 Alicroptern us brachyurus. ) 



lfl2. lyngipicus scintilliceps swinhoei snbspec. no v. 



lyiigip'iciis Iculeeitsls Grant, P. Z. S. I'JOl). p. 4s:i. 



2 <?<?, 2 ? ? No-Tai, September, October 1902 (No. 61). 



3 <J(J Secha, April, May 1902 (No. 61). 

 2 (J^ Liudon, March 1903 (No. 61). 



1 S Utoshi, 21. iii. 1903 (No. 61). 



2 ? ? Lei Mnimon, 25. xii. 19ii2, 1. i. 1903 (No. 61). 



In addition to this fiue series collected by Katsumata, I compared a pair 

 collected by Whitehead on the Five-Finger Monntains, and a male collected by 

 Tetsn, the late Schmacker's collector, at " Lahowan," 7. xii. 1S91. 



A comparison with seventeen specimens from Formosa, the original locality of 

 kaleensis, shows that the Hainan specimens have smaller, generally shorter, and 

 always less powerfnl, thinner beaks than l<aleensis. The wings average also less, 

 measnring 92 — 97 mm. in the Hainan series, against 95 to 101-5 in the Formosan 

 birds. 



There are no constant diftereuces in coloration. I name the Hainan race 



Ii/ngipicus scintilliceps swinhoei 



in memory of the great ornithologist who has been responsible for so many 

 discoveries in China, and for practically all our knowledge of the interesting ornis 

 of Hainan and Formosa, nntil Schmacker's Chinese collector (Tetsn), Whitehead, 

 and onr Japanese traveller (Katsumata) ascended the monntains of Hainan, and 

 Goodfellow and Alan Owston's Japanese skinners explored the highlands of 

 Formosa. 



Type of /. scintilliceps swinhoei, 3 ad. No-Tai, 29. ix. 1902. 



153. Lepocestes sineusis hainanus Grant. 



Grant, Ibix 18'J9. p. 585 ; P. Z. S. 1900. p. 483. 



10 <J(J, 6 ?? Mt. Wuchi, March 1903, November 1905 and 1906 (Nos. 189, 

 B. 189). 



This woodpecker is closely allied to, though easily di.stinguishalile from, 

 L. siiu'iisis Rickett of Fokien. 



154. Chrysophlegma styaiii Grant. 



Grant, Ibis 1899. p. 585 ; P. Z. S. 1900. p. 482. 



6 (J^, 4 ? ? Mt. Wnchi, November lOitO (No. B. 210). 



1 cJ Mt. Wuchi, 18. xi. 1905 (No. 210). 



1 ? Mt. Wuchi, 25. v. 1903 (No. 210). 



1 expect that C. sti/ani and rickiiti are subspecies of C. wrai/i from the 



