466 mb. w. b. ogixtte grant on [May 8, 



21. *L T BOLONCHA squamicollis. 



Munia acuticauda, Swinhoe (nee Hodgs.), Ibis, 1870, p. 354. 



Uroloncha squamicollis, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 359 

 (1890). 



3 . "Iris light hazel ; upper mandible black, lower whitish blue ; 

 feet dull black."— J. W. 



Common {Swinhoe). 



22. Passer montanus. 



Passer montanus (Linn.); Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 354 ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. B. Brit, Mus. xii. p. 301 (1888). 



This is the domestic Sparrow of Hainan {Swinhoe). 



23. Embeeiza fucata. 



Emberiza fucata, Pall. ; Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 354 ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xii. p. 493 (1888) ; Styan, Ibis, 1893, p. 431. 

 Lingrnun, Central Hainan, 23rd February {Swinhoe). 

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



24. Emberiza spodocephala. 



Emberiza spodocephala,~PsL\\. ; Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 354 ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xii. p. 522 (1888). 



Common about gardens in February {Swinhoe). 



25. *Emberiza aureola. 



Emberiza aureola, Pall. ; Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 354; Sharpe, 

 Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xii. p. 509 (1888); Hartl. Abh. nat. Ver. 

 Bremen, xii. pp. 299, 315 (1892). 



" Iris dark brown ; bill whitish brown on the culmen ; feet light 

 pinkish brown." — J. W. 



Haosuy, West Hainan, 29th March {Swinhoe). 



North Hainan, 19th March {Hartlaub). 



The late Mr. Whitehead obtained an adult male on the Five- 

 Finger Mountains, 8th May. 



26. Alauda gulgula. 



Alauda ccelivox, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 354. 

 Alauda sala, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 354. 



Alauda gulgida, var. sala, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 575 

 (1890). 



Alauda wattersi, Swinhoe ; Styan, Ibis, 1893, p. 431. 



The varieties Alauda ccelivox and A. sala are both found in 

 Hainan. 



The former is common in all cultivated parts of Hainan and 

 even met with at Lingrnun, Central Hainan {Sivinhoe). 



The latter was obtained at Hoitow, West Hainan {Swinhoe). 



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



