1900.] THE BIHDS OE HAINAN. 491 



2 imm. " Iris yellow ; bill black, base blue ; cere and feet dull 

 yellow."—./. W. * 



Recorded from Hainan for the first time. 



153. Sptloenis melanotis. 



Spilomis ruiherfordi, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 85. 



Spilomis melanotis (Jerdon) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. 

 p. 289 (1874) ; Hartl. Abh. nat. Yer. Bremen, xii. pp. 299, 322 

 (1892) ; Styan, Ibis, 1893, p. 433. 



Spilomis chcela, Hartl. Abh. nat. Ver. Bremen, xiv. p. 369 

 (1898). 



Forests of Central Hainan near Tai-ping-sze (Swinhoe). 



North Hainan (Hartlaub). 



Liu-wo-wan, northern slope of the mountains of South-west 

 Hainan (Styan). 



154. MlLYUS MELANOTIS. 



Milvus govinda, Swinhoe (nee Sykes), Ibis, 1870, p. 88. 

 Milvus melanotis, T. & S. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 324 

 (1874). 



Abundant throughout Hainan (Sivinhoe). 



155. Falco communis. 



Falco communis, G-mel. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 376 

 (1874); Hartl. Abh. nat. Ver. Bremen, xii. pp. 299, 320 (1892). 



Hartlaub records an adult male from North Hainan, 12th 

 December. 



156. Cerchneis tinnuncitlus. 



Tinnunadus alaudarius, Cray ; Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 84. 



Cerchneis tinnunculus (Linn.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. 

 p. 425 (1874). 



Frequent throughout Hainan and in the small adjacent islaud of 

 Nao-chu (Swinhoe). 



157. Pandion haliaetus. 



Pandion haliaetus (Linn.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 449 

 (1874) ; Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 86. 

 Harbours of Hainan (Sivinhoe). 



158. Polio aetus htjmilis. 



Polioaetus ichthyaetm, Horsf . : Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. 

 p. 452 (1874) [part.]. 



Polioaetus plumbeus (Hodgs.) ; Styan, Ibis, 1893, p. 434. 



Polioaetus humilis (Mull. & Schl.) ; Blanf. Fauu. Brit. Ind., Birds, 

 hi. p. 371 (1895). 



Liuwowan, northern slope of the mountains of South-west 

 Hainan, 15th December (Styan). 



