1900.] THE BIBDS OF HAINAN. 491 



5 imm. " Iris yellow ; bill black, base blue ; cere and feet dull 

 yellow."— J. W. 



Recorded from Hainan for the first time. 



153. Spilornis melanotis. 



Spilornis rutherfordi, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 85. 



Spilornis melanotis (Jerdon); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. 

 p. 289 (1874); Hartl. Abh. nat. Ver. Bremen, xii. pp. 299, 322 

 (1892) ; Styan, Ibis, 1893, p. 433. 



Spilornis cheela, Hartl. Abh. nat. Ver. Bremen, xiv. p. 369 

 (1898). 



Forests of Central Hainan near Tai-ping-sze (Swinhoe). 



North Hainan (Hartlaub). 



Liu-wo-wan, northern slope of the mountains of South-west 

 Hainan (Styan). 



154. MlLVTJS MELANOTIS. 



Milvus govinda, Swinhoe (nee Sykes), Ibis, 1870, p. 88. 

 Milvus melanotis, T. & S. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 324 

 (1874). 



Abundant throughout Hainan (Siuinhoe). 



155. Falco communis. 



Falco communis, Gmel. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 376 

 (1874) ; Hartl. Abh. nat. Ver. Bremen, xii. pp. 299, 320 (1892). 



Hartlaub records an adult male from North Hainan, 12th 

 December. 



156. Cebchneis tinnunculus. 



Tinnunculus alaudarius, Gray ; Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 84. 



Qerchneis tinnunculus (Linn.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. 

 p. 425 (1874). 



Frequent throughout Hainan and in the small adjacent island of 

 Nao-chu (Swinhoe). 



157. Pandion haliaetus. 



Pandion haliaetus (Linn.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 449 

 (1874) ; Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 86. 

 Harbours of Hainan (Sioinhoe). 



158. POLIOAETUS HUMILIS. 



Polioaetus ichthyaetus, Horsf . : Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. 

 p. 452 (1874) [part.]. 



Polioaetus plumbeus (Hodgs.) ; Styan, Ibis, 1893, p. 434. 



Polioaetus humilis (Mull. & Schl.) ; Blanf. Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, 

 hi. p. 371 (1895). 



Liuwowan, northern slope of the mountains of South-west 

 Hainan, 15th December (Styan). 



