488 mr. w. h. <x;tmh: grant on [May 8, 



136. *Halcton smyenensis. 



Halcyon smyrnensis (Liun.); Swinh. Ibis, 1870, p. 93; Sharpe, 

 Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvii. p. 222 (1892) ; Hartl. Abh. nat. Ver. 

 Bremen, xii. pp. 299, 319 (1892) ; Styan, Ibis, 1893, p. 433 ; 

 Hartl. Abh. nat. Ver. Bremen, xiv. p. 367 (1898). 



Once met with at Haosuy, North-west Hainan (Swinhoe). 



Interior of South-west Hainan (Styan). 



Hoihow, North Hainan (Hartlaub). 



137. Halcyon pileatus. 



Halcyon ptileatus (Bodd.) ; Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 93 ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. B. Brit, Mus. xvii. p. 229 (1892) ; Styan, Ibis, 1893, p. 433; 

 Hartl. Abh. nat. Ver. Bremen, xiv. p. 367 (1898). 



Entomobia pileata, Hartl. Abh. nat. Ver. Brem. xii. pp. 299, 319 

 (1892). 



Haosuy, North-west Hainan, and the adjacent island of 

 Nao-chu. 



Interior of South-west Hainan (Styan). 



Hoihow, North Hainan (Hartlaub). 



138. *EURYSTOMUS CALONYX. 



Eumstomus calonyx, Hodgs. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvii. 

 p. 38, pi. ii. fig. 2 (1892) ; Styan, Ibis, 1893, p. 432. 



Eurystomus orientalis, Hartl. (nee Linn.), Abh. nat. Ver. 

 Bremen, xiv. p. 367 (1898). 



Hoihow, North Hainan, 29th Sept. (Styan). 



139. Scops lempiji. 



Ephialtes lettia, Swinhoe (nee Hodgs.), Ibis, 1870, p. 88. 



Ephialtes umbratilis, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 342, footnote. 



Scojjs lempiji, Blyth ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. ii. p. 91 (1875). 



Scops umbratilis, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. ii. p. 93 (1875). 



A male shot near Kiung-chu, North Hainan, February (SwinJioe). 



The type of E. umbratilis Swiuh. is now in the British Museum 

 Collection. It resembles dark Indian examples of S. lempiji and 

 is perfectly similar to specimens of S. lempiji from Sadia, Assam, 

 collected by Colonel Godwin-Austen. 



140. Ninox JAPONICA. 



Ninox japonicus (T. & S.) ; Swinh. Ibis, 1870, p. 88 ; Grant, 

 Ibis, 1896, p. 111. 



Ninox scutulata, Sharpe (nee Baffl.), Cat. B. Brit. Mus. ii. p. 156 

 (1875). 



Kiung-chu, North Hainan, 2nd April, and Haosuy, North-west 

 Hainan, 29th March (Swinhoe). 



The birds collected by Swinhoe are typical N. japonica. 



141. *Glaucidiuai whitelyi. 



Glaucidium whitelyi (Blyth) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. ii. 

 p. 222 (1875). 



