1900.] THE BIRDS OF HAINAN. 475 



Besides adults the collection contains a quite young bird, 

 apparently just fledged, in an interesting stage of plumage. 



73. *Trochalopteron" canorttm. 



Leucodiopterum sinense (Grmel.) ; Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 250. 



Trochalopteron canorum (Linn.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. vii. 

 p. 376 (1883) ; Styan, Ibis, 1893, p. 427 ; Hartl. Abh. nat. Ver. 

 Bremen, xiv. p. 348 (1898). 



" Iris greenish yellow ; bill yellow-red-brown ; feet pinkish 

 brown."— J". W. 



Interior of Hainan (Sivinhoe). 



Interior of South-west Hainan (Styan fy Hartlaub). 



74. *Garrulax semitorquata, sp. n. 



Adult male. Most nearly allied to G. pectoralis (Gould), having 

 the ear-coverts similarly striped. It is, however, much smaller and 

 at oace distinguished by the following characters : — the black band 

 surrounding the throat is widely interrupted in the middle, the 

 outer webs of the outer primary-quills are brownish buff instead 

 of white, and the tips of the tail-feathers are fulvous buff. 



Adult female. Differs from the male only in having the white 

 streaks on the ear-coverts more strongly marked. 



" Iris straw-colour to reddish brown ; upper mandible lead-black, 

 lower and feet lead-grey." — J. W. 



Total length about 11*0 inches ; culmen 1*25 ; wing 5*1 ; tail 

 4-8 ; tarsus 1-75. 



Hub. Five-Finger Mts., interior of Hainan. 



75. *GaRRULAX SCHMACKERI. 



Garrulaoc moniliger, Styan (nee Hodgs.), Ibis, 1893, p. 427. 



Garrulax schmackeri, Hartl. Abh. nat. Ver. Bremen, xiv. 

 p. 349 (1898). 



This species evidently belongs to the more slender-billed group 

 and is closely allied to G. moniliger (Hodgs.), having the ear-coverts 

 similarly coloured. It is, however, an altogether smaller bird and 

 may be at once distinguished by the wide bright fulvous tips to 

 the tail-feathers. The adult has the base of the fore-neck tinged 

 with buff, while in a quite young bird this part is pure white ; in 

 other respects the plumage of the young bird does not differ from 

 that of the adult. 



This species is new to the British Museum Collection. 



G.schnackeri: culm. 1*05 in. ; wing 4'2-4*3 ; tail 4*5; tarsus 1'5. 



G. moniliger: ,, 1-2 in. ; „ 4*8-5-0; „ 4-9; „ 1-7. 



Interior of South-west Hainan (Styan $• Hartlaub). 



76. *Dryonastes castanotis. 

 Dryonastes castanotis. Grant, Ibis, 1899, p. 584. 

 This very distinct species is perhaps most nearly allied to D. rufi- 

 collis from India. 



The general colour above is slate-grey, tinged with greenish on 



