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feet dark brown." — J. W. Total length about 18 inches ; culmen 

 1-9 ; wing 8-2 ; tail 9"4 ; tarsus 1-95. 



Mr. Whitehead was fortunate in obtaining a nest and eggs of 

 this remarkable new species. The nest, a very slightly concave 

 platform, is semitransparent, and formed of dry stems of creepers 

 and roots, firmly interwoven. 



The eggs, six in number, have the ground-colour pale greenish 

 blue, sparingly spotted and dotted with light brown. The 

 average measurements are 1*4 X 1 inch. 



6. *Dendrocitta sinensis. 



Dendrocitta sinensis (Lath.) ; Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 351 ; 

 Sharps, Cat, B. Brit. Mus. hi. p. 81 (1877) ; Styan, Ibis, 1893, 

 p. 431 ; Hartl. Abh. nat. Ver. Bremen, xiv. p. 366 (1898). 



" Iris dull lake ; bill black ; feet dull brownish black." — J. W. 



Not uncommon among the fiue woods of Shuy-wei-sze, Central 

 Hainan (Swinhoe). 



Mountains of South-west Hainan (Styan). 



7. *Sturnia sinensis. 



Temenuchus sinensis (Grinel.) ; Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 352. 

 ' Sturnia sinensis, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 68 (1890) ; 

 Hartl. Abh. nat. Ver. Brem. xii. pp. 219, 314 (1892); Styan, 

 Ibis, 1893, p. 431 ; Hartl. Abh. nat. Ver. Bremen, xiv. p. 365 

 (1898). 



§ • " Iris greyish white ; bill whitish blue, cobalt at base ; feet 

 whitish brown." — J. W. 



Common on the coast of Hainan in March (Swinhoe). 



Mountains of South-west Hainan (Styan). 



8. * ACRIDOTHERES CRIST ATELLUS. 



Acridotheres philippensis, Bonap. ; Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 352. 



Acridotheres cristatellus (Gmel.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. 

 p. 92 (1890). 



3 . " Iris orange-yellow ; bill whitish green, base of lower 

 mandible pinkish ; feet yellowish brown." — J. W. 



Abundant about all towns and villages (Swinhoe). 



9. Spodiopsar cineraceus. 



Stumus cineraceus, Temm. ; Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 352. 



Spodiopsar cineraceus, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. pp. 41, 

 665 (1890). 



Poliopsar cineraceus, Hartl. Abh. nat. Ver. Bremen, xii. pp. 299, 

 314 (1892). 



Met with during February (Swinhoe). 



10. Spodiopsar sericeus. 



Spodiopsar sericeus (Gmel.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. 

 pp. 44, 665 (1890). 



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