494 ME. W. E. OGILVIE GEANT on [May 8, 



of the neck are white ; the hinder parts of the sides of the neck 

 chestnut ; the middle of the fore-neck reddish brown, widely edged 

 on either side with black ; some of the intermediate feathers with 

 pale buff middles ; the rest of the underparts white, with wide 

 irregular margins of reddish brown ; and the thighs are dark reddish 

 brown on the outer and white on the inner aspect. 



" Iris dark brown ; skin round the eye and base of bill sulphur 

 greenish yellow ; rest of bill black ; feet pea-green." — J. W. 



Total length about 20 inches ; culraen 3-1 ; wiug 11-9; tail 4-9 ; 

 tarsus 2-95. 



This magnificent Night-Heron is not very closely allied to any 

 known form ; the style of the coloration of the lower parts is 

 most like that of Gorsachius melanolophus. 



Hab. Five-Finger Mountains, interior of Hainan. 



174. *AbDEOLA BACCHUS. 



Arcleola prasinosceles, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 365 ; Styan, Ibis, 

 1893, p. 434. 



Arcleola bacchus (Bonap.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxvi. p. 211 

 (1898). 



" A male in changing plumage has the iris straw-yellow ; bill at 

 base and skin round eye yellowish green, remainder of bill black ; 

 feet dull yellow."—/. W. 



Abundant about paddy-fields and moist places (Swinhoe). 



175. Aedetta sinensis. 



Ardetta sinensis (Gmel.) ; Styan, Ibis, 1893, p. 434 ; Sharpe, Cat. 

 B. Brit. Mus. xxvi. p. 227 (1898). 

 Becorded from Hainan by Styan. 



176. DUPETOE ELAVICOLLIS. 



Ardetta Jiavicollis (Lath.) ; Styan, Ibis, 1893, p. 434. 

 Dupetor flavicollis (Lath.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxvi. 

 p. 247 (1898). 



j&ecorded by Styan from Hainan. 



177. GrEUS GEUS. 



Grus cinerea, Meyer & "Wolf ; Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 362. 

 Grus lilfordi, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxiii. p. 252 (1894). 

 Common in plains and open country (Swinhoe). 



178. Aeenaeia inteepees. 



Strepsilas interpres (Linn.) ; Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 361 ; Hartl. 

 Abb. nat. Ver. Bremen, xii. pp. 300, 332 (1892) ; Styan, Ibis, 

 1893, p. 436 ; Hartl. Abb. nat. Ver. Bremen, xiv. p. 375 (1898). 



Armaria interpres (Linn.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxiv. 

 p. 92 (1896). 



Common at Poochin Eiver, North-west Hainan, 5th March 

 (Swinhoe). 



Hoihow, North Hainan (Hartlaub). 



