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



and Leuco diopter um sinense. At the fishing-town of Hoitow 

 (W. Hainan) G. monachus was exposed alive in cages, for sale, 

 as well as some other Hainan novelties. I bought a pair of 

 them, but they did not live long. 



70. Leucodiopterum sinense (Linn.). 



I was much surprised to find our well-beloved " Hwameij" 

 also a native of Hainan. It occurred to me on the bush- 

 patched hills of the interior, at the place where I first met the 

 last. My specimens agree with those I have from Foochow and 

 Amoy. The irides of the Hainan birds were yellow. 



71. POMATORHINUS NIGROSTELLATUS, sp. U. 



Allied to P. stridulus of Southern China, but larger, with 

 stouter bill and legs, at once distinguishable from it by the 

 black instead of chestnut spots on the breast. 



Upper parts rufescent, olive-brown. A white eyebrow ex- 

 tends from nostril to occiput, succeeded by a broad black line, 

 which passes under the eye to over the ear- coverts; imme- 

 diately in rear of this rises a bright chestnut mark, running in- 

 distinctly over the hind neck. Throat pure white. Breast 

 white, with oblong drops of black, the feathers being in reality 

 black fringed with white. Below the breast and sides of belly 

 fine chestnut-red, mixed with dark olive ; tibial feathers and 

 vent dingy olive-brown. Wing-feathers light hair-brown, 

 broadly margined with rufescent olive-brow^n. The fully 

 moulted tail-feathers narrow at their tips, light hair-brown, 

 faintly barred with deeper hue, all margined exteriorly with 

 brownish-olive near their bases, the two centrals for the greater 

 part of their length. Axillaries reddish-w^hite. Quills under- 

 neath with their inner edges whitish, washed with pale salmon- 

 colour. Bill pale-yellow, brownish- black on the basal half of the 

 culmen. Legs and feet leaden-grey. Irides yellowish. 



J & 2 , length about 7-375 ; wing 3 ; tail 3'4, of 10 feathers. 



In two out of the three specimens the tail is worn at the tips, 

 presenting broad obtusely ended feathers. The female is not so 

 rufescent as the male on the upper parts, and wants tlie red on 

 the hind neck. In one there is more white on the belly, and 

 the red of the fianks is turned into spots by the feathers being 

 fringed with white. 



