1900.] THE BIRDS OF HAINAN. 461 



by the Kiua Balu Dusans. Changed into my new house. Very 

 fine for the last few days, no rain. Men (Philipinos) hopelessly 

 ill, and have done nothing for a fortnight. Sent the Chinese 

 soldier out to shoot for me ; want to see if he is worth anything. 



9th. Three of my Manila men left me to-day of their own 

 accord. I trust they will reach Hoihow safely. It makes me very- 

 sad all this illness. I gave them the option of going, as I should 

 be very sorry to be the cause of the death of any one of them. 



10th. To-day is very wet ; the Manda men will have a sad time 

 of it, I expect. My boy Juan is still with me, not because he cares 

 about staying with me, but because he was too ill to start with 

 the others. The Chinese soldier is doiug my shooting and gets on 

 very well. 



1 1 th-16th. Am trying to work on with one boy, who is not much 

 use at bird-skinning. The Lu are beginning to bring things, which 

 is a good job, so perhaps I shall get on after all. 



20th. Attacked again by fever — very seedy — useless. John 

 Afar also. 



21st-23rd. Nearly dead with fever — no food — no depression of 

 temperature. 



24th May. (Diary ends.) 



The faithful Chinese servants carried Mr. Whitehead's body 

 and all his belongings to Hoihow, and his remains were interred 

 in the cemetery by the sea. The journey from the interior was 

 accomplished in 19 days. 



Through the kindness of the Consul, Mr. Butler O'Brien, White- 

 head's zoological collections were carefully packed and shipped to 

 England, arriving safely in due course. The collection of birds, 

 numbering about 250 skins, all in the most perfect condition, 

 includes many striking novelties, the most remarkable being a very 

 peculiar Jay (Urocissa wliiteheadi), a splendid Silver Pheasant 

 (Gennceus whiteheadi), and an equally fine Night-Heron {Nyctkorax 

 magnifica). The two last-named species have been well figured 

 by Mr. H. Grb'nvold in the accompanyiug drawings. 



That Mr. Whitehead should have succeeded, under the most 

 adverse circumstances, in obtaiuing such splendid results in a 

 comparatively short time, indicates that much still remains to 

 be done in the highlands of the interior of Hainan, but, as his 

 diary too clearly shows, the deadly climate of the forests will 

 probably deter even the most hardy explorer from following in his 

 footsteps. 



[The species of which specimens were obtained in the Five- 

 Finger Mountains are marked with an asterisk.] 



1. CORVUS LETAILLANTI. 



Corvus sinensis, Moore ; Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 348, fig. 1. 

 Corone levaillanti (Lesson) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iii. 

 p. 39 (1877). 



Paoc. Zool. Soo.— 1900, No. XXXI. 31 



