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  Mr. 
  F. 
  W. 
  Styan 
  on 
  the 
  

  

  that 
  the 
  distance 
  from 
  the 
  mainland 
  is 
  so 
  little^ 
  that 
  to 
  all 
  

   intents 
  and 
  purposes 
  the 
  island 
  is 
  no 
  more 
  than 
  a 
  peninsula, 
  

   and 
  there 
  could 
  be 
  no 
  difficulty 
  in 
  birds 
  of 
  very 
  weak 
  flight 
  

   crossing 
  over 
  the 
  strait. 
  These 
  17 
  peculiar 
  species 
  are 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Dryonastes 
  monachus. 
  ^thopyga 
  christinse. 
  

  

  Pomatorhinus 
  nigrostellatus. 
  Oinnyris 
  rhizophorse. 
  

  

  Graminicola 
  striata. 
  Temnurus 
  sclimackeri. 
  

  

  PycDonotus 
  haniauus. 
  Micropternus 
  holroydi. 
  

  

  Plemixus 
  castanonotus. 
  Cyanops 
  faber. 
  

  

  Hypsipetes 
  perniger. 
  Osmotreron 
  domvilii. 
  

  

  Cliloropsi? 
  lazulina. 
  Macropygia 
  swiuhoei. 
  

  

  Psarophohis 
  nigellicauda. 
  Arboricola 
  ardens. 
  

   Campopliaga 
  saturata. 
  

  

  Possibly, 
  when 
  more 
  is 
  known 
  of 
  the 
  birds 
  of 
  Tongking 
  

   and 
  Yunnan, 
  some 
  of 
  these 
  species 
  may 
  be 
  found 
  to 
  inhabit 
  

   the 
  mainland. 
  

  

  Eight 
  other 
  species 
  appear 
  not 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  previously 
  

   met 
  with 
  in 
  China, 
  viz. 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Gai'i'ulax 
  moniliger, 
  Merops 
  sumatraniis, 
  

  

  Siphia 
  pallidipes, 
  Harpactes 
  erythrocephalus, 
  

  

  Rhipidura 
  albicollis, 
  Treron 
  nipalensis, 
  

  

  Lepocestes 
  pyrrhotis, 
  Alsocomus 
  pimiceus, 
  

  

  and 
  not 
  improbably 
  some 
  of 
  these 
  may 
  be 
  found 
  to 
  differ 
  

   from 
  the 
  typical 
  forms. 
  

  

  The 
  general 
  facies 
  of 
  the 
  avifauna 
  of 
  Hainan 
  is 
  tropical, 
  

   being 
  allied 
  in 
  many 
  ways 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  Malay 
  Peninsula, 
  

   and, 
  through 
  Cochin 
  China 
  and 
  Burmah, 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  India; 
  

   several 
  species, 
  not 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  mainland 
  of 
  China, 
  connect 
  

   it 
  with 
  Formosa. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  appended 
  list 
  the 
  species 
  in 
  brackets 
  are 
  those 
  

   which 
  were 
  identified 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Hartlaub, 
  but 
  are 
  not 
  repre- 
  

   sented 
  in 
  the 
  later 
  collections. 
  

  

  As 
  regards 
  localities 
  mentioned, 
  Hoihow 
  is 
  the 
  main 
  port 
  

   of 
  the 
  island, 
  on 
  the 
  northern 
  coast 
  opposite 
  the 
  mainland 
  ; 
  

   the 
  Hummocks 
  are 
  volcanic 
  peaks 
  not 
  far 
  from 
  Hoihow; 
  

   Nodouha 
  (No 
  Tai) 
  and 
  Nam 
  Fung 
  are 
  in 
  the 
  interior, 
  in 
  a 
  

   valley 
  opening 
  northwards 
  from 
  the 
  great 
  central 
  highlands 
  ; 
  

   Ting 
  On, 
  Liuwowan, 
  and 
  Leimumon 
  (Leimoi) 
  are 
  on 
  the 
  

  

  