480 ME. W. R. OGILVIE GBANT Otf [May 8, 



97. MUSCICAPA ALBICILLA. 



Erythrosterna leucura (Swains.) ; Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 247. 



Muscicapa albicilla, Pall. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iv. p. 162 

 (1879) ; Styan, Ibis, 1893, p. 430 ; Hartl. Abh. nat. Ver. Bremen, 

 xiv. p. 359 (1898). 



Tai-ping-sze, Central Hainan, 19th February (Swinhoe). 



South-west Hainan {Styan). 



Hoihow, North Hainan (Hartlaub). 



98. POLIOMYIAS LUTEOLA. 



Erythrosterna mugimaki (Temm.) ; Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 247. 

 Poliomyias luteola (Pall.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iv. p. 201 

 (1879). " 

 On the adjacent island of Nao-chu, 5th April (Swinhoe). 



99. *Xaisthopygia narcissina. 



Xanthopi/gia narcissina (Temm.) ; Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 247 ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iv. p. 249 (1879). 



Swinhoe records this species from the adjacent island of Nao-chu 

 on the 5th April. 



This is the first time this species has been procured on Hainan. 



100. *XaNTHOPTGIA CVANOHELjEJSA.. 



Cyanopttta cyanomelcena (T. & S.) ; Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 247. 



Xanthopygia cyanomelcena, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iv. p. 251 

 (1879). 



Niltava cyanomelcena,~H.&vt\. Abh. nat. Ver. Bremen, xii. pp. 299, 

 306 (1892). 



Haosuy, West Hainan, 29th March, and adjacent island of 

 Nao-chu, 5th April (Swinhoe). 



101. *Xanthopygia fuliginosa. 



Xanthopygia fuliginosa (Vig.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iv. 

 p. 253 (1879). 



2 . " Iris and feet dark brown ; bill black." — J. W. 



This is the first time this widely distributed Indo-Chinese 

 species has been met with in Hainan, where it is evidently a 

 resident and breeds. Young birds just able to fly were among 

 those sent home. 



102. *SlPHIA HAINANA. 



Siphia pallidipes (Jerd.) ? ; Styan, Ibis, 1893, p. 430 ; Hartl. 

 Abh. nat. V^er. Bremen, xiv. p. 359 (1898). 



Siphia hainana, Grant, Bull. B. O. C. vol. x. p. xxxvi (1900). 



Adult male. Allied to male of S. pallidipes (Jerd.), but much 

 smaller. The blue on the upper parts darker and brighter ; the 

 forehead and superciliary stripes bright cobalt-blue ; flanks and sides 

 of belly grey, slightly washed with fulvous. 



" Iris and bill black ; feet dusky black." — J. W. 



