1900.J biuds or HAINAN. 465 



16. Buchanga cineeacea. 



Buchanga mouhoti, Wald. ; Swinhoe, Ibis, 1S70, p. 245. 



Buchanga innexa, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 246. 



Buchanga cineracea (Horsf .) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iii. p. 250 

 (1877); Hartl. Abh. nat. Ver. Bremen, xii. pp. 299, 313 (1892). 



No reference is made in the ' Catalogue of Birds ' to Buchanga 

 innexa Swinhoe. The British Museum Collection now contains the 

 female type of this species, which appears to be an immature example 

 of B. cineracea ; the male type has apparently disappeared. 



North-west and Central Hainan (Swinhoe). 



17. *DlSSEMUEUS PABADISEUS. 



Dissemurus paradiseus (Linn.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iii. 

 p. 258 (1877). 



In none of the specimens are the feathers on the back of the 



This Drongo is recorded for the first time from Hainan. 



18. *Oeiolxts diffusus. 



Oriolus chinensis, Swinhoe (nee Linn.), Ibis, 1870, p. 342. 



Oriolus diffusus, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iii. p. 197 (1877) ; 

 Styan, Ibis, 1893, p. 429 ; Hartl. Abh. nat. Ver. Bremen, xiv. 

 p. 356 (1898). 



Northern slopes of the mountains of South-west Hainan {Styan), 

 North-central Hainan (Hartlaub). 



19. Oeiolus nigellicaudus. 



Psaropholus ardens, var. nigellicauda, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 342. 



Psaropholus nigellicauda, Hartl. Abh. nat. Ver. Bremen, xii. 

 pp. 299, 313 (1892). 



Oriolus nigellicaudus, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iii. p. 221 (1877). 



Tai-ping-sze, Central Hainan, and Vulinkan, South Hainan 

 (Sivinhoe). 



North Hainan (Hartlaub). 



20. MtWIA TOPELA. 



Munia topela, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 354 ; Sharpe, Cat. 

 B. Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 351 (1890); Hartl. Abh. nat. Ver. Bremen, 

 xii. pp. 299, 315 (1892) ; Styan, Ibis, 1893, p. 431 ; Hartl. Abh. 

 nat. Ver. Bremen, xiv. p. 362 (1898). 



Common in Hainan (Sivinhoe). 



Hoihow (Hartlaub). 



Northern slope of the mountains of South-west Hainan (Styan). 



