1900.] THE BIRDS OF HAINAN. 487 



" Iris dark brown ; bill black, base of lower mandible grey ; 

 feet dull yellow."— J". W. 



This is the first time this species has been recorded from 

 Hainan. 



130. *Upupa indica. 



Upupa indica, Beichenb. ; Salvin, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvi. o. 10 

 (1892) ; Styan, Ibis, 1893, p. 432. 



Upupa ceylonensis, Beichb. ; Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 91 ; Hartl. 

 Abh. nat. Ver. Bremen, xii. pp. 299, 318 (1892), xiv. p. 367 

 (1898). 



" Iris black ; bill dusky black, pinkish at base ; feet dusky 

 brown."— J. W. 



Common throughout Hainan (Swinhoe). 



131. Ceeyle vaeia. 



Oeryle rudis, Swinhoe (nee Linn.), Ibis, 1870, p. 92 ; Styan, Ibis, 

 1893, p. 433 ; Hartl. Abb. nat, Ver. Bremen, xiv. p. 367 (1898). 



Ceryle varia (Strickl.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvii. p. 112 

 (1892) ; Hartl. Abh. nat. Ver. Brem. xii. pp. 299, 319 (1892). 



Common throughout Hainan (Swinhoe). 



132. *Ceeyle lugtjbeis. 



Oeryle luqubris (Temm.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvii. 

 p. 115 (1892). 



Ceryle guttata, Vigors ; Styan, Ibis, 1893, p. 433. 

 " Bill lead-black ; feet dark brown."— J. W. 

 Interior of South-west Hainan (Styan). 



133. * Alcedo ispida. 



Alcedo bengalensis, Grin el. ; Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 92. 



Alcedo ispida, Linn. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvii. p. 141 

 (1892). 



S imni. " Iris brown ; bill black ; feet brown, soles vellow " — 

 /. W. 



Common in all open country (Swinhoe). 



134. * Alcedo geandis. 



Alcedo grandis, Blyth ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvii. p. 156 

 (1892). 



Adult 2 - " I™ dark brown ; upper bill black, lower dull red ; 

 feet coral-red." — J. W. 



This is the first time that this very rare species has been met 

 with outside Northern India. 



135. *Cetx teidactyla. 



Ceyx tridactyla (Pall.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvii. p. 174 

 (1892). 



This species has not previously been met with in Hainan, 



