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tluxii one might gather from Mr. Grant's description. It is hardly "much" 

 smaller, but only a little smaller : the mngn of onr ten fully adult males measure 

 68—72 mm. (= 2-7 — 2-84 in.) Mr. Grant, when giving the measurement of 

 " S. hainana " wing 2-65, measured mncb-worn examples ; he gives the wing 

 of 5. pallitlipes as 2-9 in. ; but it is sometimes only 2-8 in., so that S. p. hainana 

 is only on an average smaller. The differences in colour are very slight — in fact, 

 all I can ajipreciate is a slightly brighter and darker bine on the upper surface, 

 and a slightly darker and more brownish tinge on the abdomen. The females 

 differ more strikingly, and their differences are well stated by Mr. Grant. The 

 wings of onr females measure from 6:3 to 68 mm. Most of our specimens are in 

 fine fresh plumage. 



{Siphia styani is not a Siphia at all, bnt a I [ijpothymis. See No. 169.) 



171. Chaimarrornis faliginosa fuliginosa (Vig.). 



Phnen'icurafuln/iivmi Vigors, P.Z.S. 18.30-31. p. 35 (Himalaya). 

 Xanthnpi/giiifuUgiiiosa Grant, P. Z.S. 1900. p. 480. 



Whitehead alone discovered this bird on Hainan, where it seems to breed on 

 tlie mouutaiuf, as he obtained young birds. Our collectors did not procure 

 specimens. 



1 do not think that this bird has much to do with other species of the so-called 

 genus Xanthopi/gia. Generally it is now called Rhyacornis fuliginosa ; but I 

 cannot separate it from Chaimarrornis, Mr. Grant's C. bicolor from Luzon forming 

 an intermediate link between Chaimarrornis leucocephala and " Rhyacornis" 

 fuliginosa, though it resembles more the latter than the former, and should, if 

 the genera are separated, in my opinion be united with Rhyacornis. 



172. Muscicapa cyanomelana Temm. 



Musckapa cijaiwmelaiia Temminck, PI. Col. 470 (1828— Japan). 



Xanthopyriia cyaiioinehieiia Grant, P. Z. S. 1900. p. 480 (Haoauy, West Hainan, and Nao-chu 

 Island). 



2 tJcJ, 1 ? Hoiliow, March, April 1002 (No. 17). 

 (J Utoshi, March llMi;} (No. 17). 



$ Mt. Wuchi, November 1905 (No. 273). 



This bird is evidently a winter visitor only to Hainan. 



173. Muscicapa mugimaki Temui. 



Muscicapa niiiiiiiiiuhi Temminck, PI. Cul. bll, 2 (1835— Jap.an) ; Hartert, Viig. Pal. Fmimi, i. 



p. i')>. 

 Poliomi/ias hili'iila Grant, P. Z. S. 1900. p. 480, et auctorum. Errore I 



? Secha, 17. iv. 1902 (No. 15). 



Swinhoe recorded this bird only from Nao-chn island. It is new to the island 

 of Hainan, where it is only a migrant. 



174. Muscicapa narcissina narcissina Temm. 



Xaiilliupi/ijla iiarels'iiiia Grant, P. Z. S. 19U0. p. 480. 



3 (J (J, 2 Secha, March, April 1902 (No. 46). 

 S Hoihow, March 19it2 (No. 46). 



Whitehead was the first discoverer of this species on Ilaiuan. It is a winter 

 visitor to the south of China and Hainan. 



