221 Mr. F. W. Styan o« a 



68. Hemixus castanonotus, Swinh. 



This species was discovered by Swinhoe on the island of 

 Hainan, and has not hitherto been met with on the mainland. 



" I met with these Bulbuls in Peling on 15th and 16th 

 February 1885, in a belt of bamboos and trees some twelve 

 miles from Foochow. They seemed to me to have much 

 the same habits as the common species (//. sinensis) ; but 

 their voice is different, and their larger size and the absence 

 of the white on the head easily distinguish them at a dis- 

 tance.^'— J. D. T. 



69. Spizixus semitorques, Swinh. 



70. Oriolus diffusus, Sharpe. 



" Arrives here towards the middle of April and remains 

 till October.''— J. D. T. 



71. BucHANGA ATRA (Herm.). 

 Dicrurus cathoecus, Swinh. 



Five specimens, killed in September and October, are all 

 immature, with white edging to feathers of lower parts and 

 under wing-coverts. 



72. BuCHANGA LEUCOGENYS, WaldcU. 



Eight specimens, of which the females are duskier than 

 the males, with a distinct greenish " shot " ou the upper 

 parts, which is hardly distinguishable in the latter. 



^' One of the commonest birds of the district during 

 summer. Arrives about the middle of April, and begins to 

 mate soon after its arrival ; leaves towards the end of Sep- 

 tember. The old birds begin to moult at the beginning of 

 August and the young are then quite full-grown.'" — J. D. T. 



73. Chibia hottentota (Linn.). 

 C. brevirostris , Swinh. 



" Shot on the bank of the Yung Fu river among the 

 orange-groves, on 16th and 19th September; others were 

 about; noticed also in Peling in May." — J. D. T. 



74. Pericrocotus cantonensis, Swinh, 



" These Minivets arrive in large numbers towards the end 

 of March or beginning of April. Soon after arrival they 



