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



153. ToTANUs GLOTTIS (Linn.). 



Often seen, and many shot. On the Hoehow marsh in flocks of 

 thousands. One specimen bagged had the under parts stained 

 pink ; it had probably been paddHng about in the slough from 

 some dyeing-establishment. The Chinese in Hainan often stain 

 their white poultry with this colour. 



154. ToTANUS sTAGNATiLis, Bechst. 



A party of them observed on the Hoehow marsh, on the 

 5th of February. 



155. ToTANus CALiDRis (Linn.). 



One of these was shot out of a party on the same marsh, and 

 on the same date as the last mentioned. 



156. Gallinula ph(enicura (Pennant). 



This Moorhen was common everywhere about the low lands. 

 I saw it on the ponds within the walls of Kiungchovv city, 

 and frequently in the country in its neighbourhood. Also at 

 Heongpoo (W. Hainan). 



157. Leptoptilus javanicus (Horsf.). 



Noticed on several occasions in the interior of Hainan about 

 the moist paddy-fields, and about streams and ponds, always 

 alone. The most intimate acquaintance I made with it was on 

 the 24th of February, at Lingmun (Central Hainan). I was 

 with my gun strolling up a grassy hill, when I noticed a Chinese 

 gentleman coming in my direction in a sedan-chair. He sud- 

 denly had his chair put down, and spoke to one of the bearers, 

 who came running to me and pointed to a paddy-field close to 

 it, crying " Hoang," the name in Hainan for this bird, and 

 beckoning me to go to it. I looked and saw a fine Adjutant 

 standing in the water among the sprouting rice at the edge of 

 the field. I walked slowly up to him. He sprang up, but 

 again settled. I did not fire. He rose again, and made as if 

 he would settle again, but, changing his mind, spread his ex- 

 panse of wing and sailed away, ascending in broad circles, and 

 never coming again within gunshot. 1 was so fascinated with 

 my close interview with this majestic bird that I lost the will to 

 fire at him. His upper parts appeared blue-grey black, and 



