﻿424 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  W. 
  Styan 
  on 
  the 
  

  

  found 
  sixty 
  miles 
  inland, 
  not 
  frequenting 
  merely 
  tlie 
  rivers, 
  

   but 
  even 
  the 
  interior 
  parts, 
  such 
  as 
  the 
  clearings. 
  

  

  Family 
  CHARADRiiDiE, 
  

  

  264. 
  (Edicnemus 
  magnirostris. 
  

  

  (Edicnemus 
  magnirostris, 
  Geoffr. 
  ; 
  Everett, 
  t. 
  c. 
  p. 
  203. 
  

   Found 
  on 
  the 
  coast 
  at 
  Baram 
  mouth 
  during 
  the 
  N.E. 
  

   monsoon. 
  

  

  265. 
  Charadrius 
  fulvus. 
  

  

  Charadrius 
  fulvus 
  (Gm.) 
  ; 
  Everett, 
  t. 
  c. 
  p. 
  204. 
  

  

  The 
  Golden 
  Plover 
  comes 
  in 
  the 
  monsoon. 
  It 
  spends 
  the 
  

   winter 
  with 
  us, 
  and 
  changes 
  to 
  summer 
  plumage 
  before 
  it 
  

   leaves. 
  

  

  266. 
  Squatarola 
  helvetica. 
  

  

  Squatarola 
  helvetica 
  (L.) 
  ; 
  Everett, 
  t. 
  c. 
  p. 
  204. 
  

   The 
  Grey 
  Plover 
  also 
  spends 
  the 
  winter 
  with 
  us. 
  

  

  XXXIX.— 
  0^1 
  the 
  Birds 
  of 
  Hainan. 
  By 
  F. 
  W. 
  Styan, 
  

   F.Z.S., 
  M.B.O.U. 
  

  

  (Plate 
  XII.) 
  

  

  The 
  island 
  of 
  Hainan 
  lies 
  opposite 
  the 
  extreme 
  southern 
  

   point 
  of 
  the 
  mainland 
  of 
  China, 
  from 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  separated 
  

   by 
  a 
  channel 
  only 
  a 
  few 
  miles 
  in 
  breadth. 
  It 
  is 
  about 
  150 
  

   miles 
  long 
  and 
  50 
  broad, 
  and 
  is 
  well 
  within 
  the 
  tropics, 
  the 
  

   20th 
  parallel 
  passing 
  through 
  its 
  northern 
  extremity. 
  The 
  

   coast-line 
  is 
  flat, 
  but 
  mountains 
  rise 
  in 
  the 
  interior, 
  forming 
  

   a 
  high 
  mass 
  in 
  the 
  south-west, 
  from 
  which 
  extend 
  ranges 
  in 
  

   every 
  direction; 
  one 
  long 
  straight 
  ridge 
  runs 
  north-east 
  

   through 
  almost 
  the 
  whole 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  island. 
  A 
  consider- 
  

   able 
  part 
  of 
  this 
  mountainous 
  region 
  is 
  inhabited 
  by 
  the 
  

   Les, 
  an 
  independent 
  aboriginal 
  tribe, 
  who 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  

   friendly 
  enough 
  to 
  strangers, 
  but 
  to 
  have 
  little 
  hking 
  for 
  the 
  

   Chinese, 
  with 
  whom 
  they 
  trade 
  in 
  a 
  small 
  way, 
  but 
  to 
  whom 
  

   they 
  acknowledge 
  no 
  allegiance. 
  

  

  The 
  island 
  has 
  hardly 
  been 
  explored 
  beyond 
  the 
  coast-line. 
  

  

  