1900. J BIRDS OF HAINAN. 465 



16. BlJCHANGA CINERACEA. 



Buchanga mouhoti, Wald. ; Swinhoe, Ibis, 1S70, p. 245. 



Buclianga innexa, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 246. 



Buclianga cineracea (Horsf .) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iii. p. 250 

 (1877) ; Hartl. Abh. nat. Ver. Bremen, xii. pp. 299, 313 (1892). 



No reference is made in the ' Catalogue of Birds ' to Buclianga 

 innexa Swinhoe. The British Museum Collection now contains the 

 female type of this species, which appears to be an immature example 

 of B. cineracea ; the male type has apparently disappeared. 



North-west and Central Hainan (Sivinlioe). 



17. *DlSSEMURTJS PARADISEUS. 



Dissemurus paradiseus (Linn.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iii. 

 p. 258 (1877). 



In none of the specimens are the feathers on the back of the 

 neck much elongated. 



Tail to tip 

 Crest. Culrnen. Wing. Tail. of racket. Tarsus, 



in. in. in. in. in. in. 



6 . . 1-8 1-5 6-3 6-9 16-5 1-1 



6 . . 2-0 1-5 6-5 6-3 14-1 1-2 



6 . . 2-2 1-4 6-3 6-1 14-4 1-1 



2 . . 1-85 1-4 6-1 6-8 14-4 1-1 



This Drongo is recorded for the first time from Hainan. 



18. *Oriolus difftjsus. 



Oriolus cJiinensis, Swinhoe (nee Linn.), Ibis, 1870, p. 342. 



Oriolus diffusus, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iii. p. 197 (1877) ; 

 Styan, Ibis, 1893, p. 429 ; Hartl. Abh. nat. Ver. Bremen, xiv. 

 p. 356 (1898). 



Northern slopes of the mountains of South-west Hainan {Styan). 



North-central Hainan (Hartlaub). 



19. Oriolus nigellicaudtts. 



Psaropholus ardAts, var. nigellicauda, Swdnhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 342. 



Psaropliolus nic/ellicauda, Hartl. Abh. nat. Ver. Bremen, xii. 

 pp.299, 313(1892). 



Oriolus nigellicaudus, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iii. p. 221 (1877). 



Tai-ping-sze, Central Hainan, and Yulinkan, South Hainan 

 (Swinhoe). 



North Hainan (Hartlaub). 



20. MUNTA TOPELA. 



Munia topela, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 354 ; Sharpe, Cat. 

 B. Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 351 (1890) ; Hartl. Abh. nat. Ver. Bremen, 

 xii. pp. 299, 315 (1892) ; Styan, Ibis, 1893, p. 431 ; Hartl. Abh. 

 nat. Ver. Bremen, xiv. p. 362 (1898). 



Common in Hainan (Sivinhoe). 



Hoihow (Hartlaub). 



Northern slope of the mountains of South-west Hainan (Styan). 



