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352 Mr. R. Swinhoe un the Ornithology of Hainan. 



I have five specimens; and comparing these with two from the 

 Province of Fokien (Tingchow Mountains) the Hainan race ap- 

 pears to be smaller, and browner, with the grey of the hind neck 

 mixed wdth brown. The size of the small white wing-patch is 

 somewhat variable. The Formosan race is distinct and is easily 

 recognized by its larger size, and by the ashy grey on the basal 

 half of the rectrices. This I have separated as Dendrocitta 

 sinensis^ yawformosa (Ibis, 1863, p. 387). The Himalayan bird 

 is the largest of all, and constitutes the D. himalayensis, Blyth 

 (Ibis, 1865, p. 45). 



I add the comparative measurements of the Hainan and Chi- 

 nese birds. 



Hainan. Wing 5-2; tail 7'1 



„ 4-9 „ 6-5 



„ 4-9 „ 6 



Tingchow. „ 5-4 „ 7-6 



„ „ 5-3 ,, G-7 



109. AcRiDOTHERES PHiLipPENSis (Temm.), Bp., Consp. Av. 

 i. p. 420. (Ibis, 1867, p. 387). 



Differs in no respect from the bird [A. a'istatellus of my for- 

 mer lists) that ranges from Canton to Shanghai. It was abun- 

 dant about all towns and villages visited in Hainan. 



Du Halde [l. c.) mentions this bird among the productions of 

 Hainan, " Starlings which carry on their beak a small lunette." 



110. Temenuchus sinensis (Gmel.). 



We first met this summer Starling on the 6th of March, on 

 the Chinlan river (N.E. Hainan). On the 13th March, at 

 Yu-lin-kan it occurred in large flocks ; and after that, all the way 

 round to Kiungchow-foo, they were often seen. I judge from 

 this that they do not spend their winter in this island, but visit 

 it in spring, passing onwards to summer in south China, some 

 probably remaining during the warm season. 



111. Sturnus cineraceus, T. & S. 



These were often observed in small parties during February. 

 Later in the spring we did not find them. They only occur in 

 South China during the winter. 



112. EULABES HAINANUS, Sp. nOV. 



I frequently saw Grackles in cages in the towns of Hainan, 



