1900.] the birds of hainan. 485 



120. *Centropus sinensis. 



Centropus viridis, Swinhoe (nee Scop.), Ibis, 1870, p. 235. 



Centropus rufipennis, Swinhoe (nee Illiger), Ibis, 1870, p. 284. 



Centropus sinensis (Steph.) ; Shelley, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xix. 

 p. 343 (1891) ; Hartl. Abh. nat. Ver. Bremen, xii. pp. 299, 318 

 (1892), xiv. p. 368 (1898). 



" Iris lake-red; bill and feet black."— J". W. 



Common throughout Hainan {Swinhoe). 



121. Centeopus bengalensis. 



Centropus bengalensis (Gmel.) ; Shelley, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xix. 

 p. 352 (1891) ; Styan, Ibis, 1893, p. 433. 

 Interior of South-west Hainan {Styan). 



122. *Bhopodttes teistis. 



Rhopodytes trislis (Less.); Shelley, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xix. 

 p. 386 (1891) ; Styan, Ibis, 1893, p. 433. 



Zanclostomus tristis, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 234 ; Hartl. Abh. 

 nat. Ver. Bremen, xii. pp. 299, 318 (1892), xiv. p. 367 (1898). 



<S . " Iris dark brown ; bill dull emerald-green ; orbital skin dull 

 scarlet ; feet dull bluish olive-green." — J. W. 



Central, South-east, and South Hainan {Sivinhoe). 



Leimumon, northern slopes of the mountains of South-west 

 Hainan {Styan). 



123. *Habpactes hainanes. 



ffarpactes erythrocephalus, Styan (nee Gould), Ibis, 1893, p. 433. 

 Harpactes hainanus, Grant, Bull. B. O. C. vol. x. p. xxxvii (1900). 



Adult male. Differs from the male of H. erythrocephalus in having 

 the head dull purplish crimson, not shading into crimson-scarlet 

 on the nape ; the upper parts much browner, especially the mantle 

 and upper back, and with very little trace of chestnut on the 

 lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts, the latter being dark 

 chestnut ; the lower part of the chest, next the white band, dull 

 crimson instead of scarlet-crimson. In addition to the above 

 differences, the white tips to the outer tail-feathers are shorter, 

 the longest scarcely exceeding 1 - 1 inch. From H. yamaJcanensis 

 Bickett, from Fohkien, the Hainan bird may be at once distin- 

 guished by the colour of the upper parts. 



Iris hazel ; bill black, base and orbital skin dark purplish French 

 blue ; feet pinkish brown. 



d 1 . Total length 12 inches ; wing 5-5 ; tail 6. 



Adult female. Differs from the female of H. erythrocephalus in 

 having the general colour of the upper parts and chest much browner. 

 $ . Total length 12 inches ; wing 5-3 ; tail 5'7. 



This species has already been obtained by Mr. Scbmaker's col- 

 lector Tetsu at Leimumon, on the northern slopes of the mountains 

 of South-west Hainan, but was identified by Mr. Styan with 

 H. erythrocephalus, Gould. 



