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  On 
  the 
  Birds 
  of 
  Hainan. 
  

  

  122. 
  Arboricola 
  ardens. 
  (Plate 
  XII.) 
  

  

  Arboricola 
  ardens, 
  Styan, 
  Bull. 
  B. 
  O. 
  C. 
  ii. 
  p. 
  vi 
  (1892); 
  

   Ibis, 
  1893, 
  p. 
  56. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  most 
  nearly 
  allied 
  to 
  A. 
  atrogularis 
  from 
  

   Upper 
  Burraah 
  and 
  A. 
  crudigularis 
  from 
  Formosa, 
  but 
  differs 
  

   widely 
  from 
  botli, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  from 
  all 
  the 
  other 
  members 
  of 
  

   the 
  genus, 
  in 
  having 
  an 
  orange-scarlet 
  patch 
  of 
  feathers 
  on 
  the 
  

   fore 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  neck 
  and 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  chest. 
  This 
  striking 
  

   departure 
  from 
  the 
  olive-brown, 
  black, 
  and 
  rufous 
  colours 
  

   ordinarily 
  found 
  in 
  these 
  birds 
  is 
  most 
  surprising, 
  and 
  would 
  

   at 
  the 
  first 
  glance 
  incline 
  one 
  to 
  believe 
  that 
  the 
  unscrupulous 
  

   " 
  Chinee 
  ^^ 
  had 
  been 
  improving 
  on 
  nature, 
  and 
  that 
  this 
  orange- 
  

   scarlet 
  patch 
  had 
  been 
  artificially 
  produced. 
  But 
  after 
  a 
  

   very 
  careful 
  examination 
  it 
  seems 
  certain 
  that 
  this 
  is 
  not 
  the 
  

   case, 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  tint 
  is 
  natural. 
  The 
  texture 
  of 
  this 
  patch 
  of 
  

   brightly-coloured 
  feathers 
  bears 
  a 
  peculiar 
  resemblance 
  to 
  

   spun 
  glass, 
  the 
  vanes 
  being 
  rather 
  stifi', 
  hair-like, 
  and 
  shining. 
  

   It 
  reminds 
  one 
  strongly, 
  both 
  as 
  regards 
  colour 
  and 
  texture, 
  

   of 
  a 
  similar 
  patch 
  met 
  with 
  in 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  Horned 
  Pheasants, 
  

   such 
  as 
  Tragopan 
  satyra 
  and 
  T. 
  melanocephala. 
  

  

  The 
  only 
  specimen 
  yet 
  obtained 
  of 
  this 
  remarkable 
  bird 
  

   was 
  met 
  with 
  at 
  Liuwowan 
  in 
  December. 
  

  

  123. 
  [CoTURNix 
  COMMUNIS, 
  Bonu.] 
  

  

  124. 
  [TuRNix 
  DUSsuMiERi 
  (Tcmm.).] 
  

  

  125. 
  Gallicrex 
  cinereus 
  (Lath.) 
  . 
  

  

  126. 
  [Gallinula 
  chloropus 
  (L.).] 
  

  

  127. 
  [FULICA 
  ATRA, 
  L.] 
  

  

  128. 
  Charadrius 
  fulvus, 
  Gm. 
  

  

  129. 
  Charadrius 
  helveticus 
  (L.) 
  . 
  

   130,. 
  Charadrius 
  geoffroyi, 
  Wagl. 
  

  

  131. 
  Charadrius 
  mongolicus. 
  Pall. 
  

  

  132. 
  Charadrius 
  cantianus, 
  Lath. 
  

  

  133. 
  Strepsilas 
  interpres 
  (L.). 
  

  

  134. 
  SCOLOPAX 
  rusticula, 
  L. 
  

  

  135. 
  [Gallinago 
  stenura 
  (Bp.).] 
  

  

  136. 
  RhYNCH^EA 
  CAPENSIS 
  (L.). 
  

  

  137. 
  Tringa 
  crassirostris, 
  Temm. 
  et 
  Schl. 
  

  

  138. 
  [Tringa 
  canutus, 
  L.] 
  

  

  