240 Mr. R. Swinhoe on the Ornithology of Hainan. 



row. Lord Walden writes with reference to a male and female 

 from Hainan I sent him to compare : — " Your DiccBum cru- 

 entatum belongs to the Malacca race, I think, although it does 

 exhibit traces of green iridescence on the wings. The wing is 

 longer by "1875 in. than what I find in six specimens, one being 

 from Malacca, one from Tippera, and four from Moulmein. 

 The female closely resembles the females from Moulmein.''^ 



-y 41. Dictum minullum, sp. n. 



This plain-coloured Flower-pecker I met with at Yu-lin-kan 

 (S. Hainan). It was searching the tops of the bushes for 

 insects, in company with several of the last species. I took 

 it for a female of D. a'uentatum until I got it into my 

 hand, and found it lacked the crimson rump. The specimen 

 procured is a male, and is even smaller than D. minimum, Tic- 

 kell (Jerdon, B. Ind. i. p. 375). 



Male. — Length about 2'75 ; wing 1"67; tail '867, even; 

 tarsus -416; bill, from forehead, "375. 



Upper parts olive-green, brownish on head, back, and scapu- 

 lars, yellowish on the rump. Coronal feathers with deep brown 

 centres, giving a spotted appearance to the top of the head. 

 Wing-feathers hair-brown, edged with olive-green, broadly on 

 the coverts and tertials, and less so on the quills. Tail hair- 

 brown, tipped with brownish-white. Throat and belly dusky 

 yellowish, clearer and nearly primrose on the vent. Flanks 

 greyish-olive. Axillaries and carpal edge white, with just a 

 tinge of primrose. Bill deep brown, light bluish-grey on lower 

 mandible at base. Irides dark brown. Legs and claws leaden 

 colour. 



42. HiRUNDO GUTTURALIS, Scop.' 



Fi'om the day of our ariival at Hainan, onwards, the Swal- 

 low that summers in Canton and up the China coast was fre- 

 quently seen. Some of them would seem to pass the winter in 

 the island. We saw them at all points of the coast visited. 

 Strangely enough, we met with no other species. 



43. Lanius sghach, Linn. 



The common Butcher-bird, as usual in South China. Hainan 



