Mr. E. Hargitt on the Genus lyngipicus. 33 



In Capt. Wardlaw- Ramsay's collection are two birds from 

 Hainan which are unquestionably /. kaleensis ; so that both 

 races would appear to be found on that island. I have 

 recently visited the Paris Museum^ for the purpose of ex- 

 amining the specimens of lyngipicus collected by the Abbe 

 David in China ; and I found amongst them one (from Kiu- 

 Kiung) which possesses the characteristics of both /. scin- 

 tilliceps and J. kaleensis. This specimen mainly induced 

 the above author and M. Oustalet, in their ' Oiseaux de la 

 Chine/ to regard these these two birds as one and the same 

 species ; but these exceptional indiAiduals do not, I think, 

 alter the fact of their being two well-recognized and distinct 

 races, though they tend to confirm my opinion (expressed in 

 the key) that, after all, they are merely races of /. pygmceus, 

 and that absolute gradations between one and the other can 



be found. 



E Mus. H. Seebohm. 



a. (^ ad. Tamsuy {Swinhoe). 



b, c, d, e,f. 6 ad. Formosa [Swinhoe). 

 g, h, i,j, k. ? ad. Formosa {Swinhoe). 

 I. s ad. Foochow? {Swinhoe). 



E Mus. E. Hargitt. 



a. 6 . Formosa {Swinhoe) . 



b. S • Formosa {Swinhoe) . 



E Mus. Brit. 

 a, b. ^ ^ ad. N. Formosa. 



E Mus. R. G. War dlaw -Ramsay . 



a. S ad. Hainan {Swinhoe). 



b. ? ad. Hainan {Swinhoe). 



c. 2 ad. Tamsuy. 



E Mus. Paris, 

 a, b. $ ? ad. Formosa {Swinhoe) . 



8. Iyngipicus scintilliceps. 



Picus sp., Swinhoe, Ibis, 1861, p. 340. 



Pious scintilliceps, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1863, p. 96; Sundev. 

 Consp. Av. Picin. p. 27 (1866) ; Gray, List Picid. Brit. Mus. 

 p. 41 (1868) ; id Hand-1. B. ii. p. 183. no. 8577 (1870). 



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