494 mb. w. b. ogilvie grant on [May 8, 



of the neck are white ; the hinder parts of the sides of the neck 

 chestnut ; the middle of the fore-neck reddish brown, widely edged 

 on either side with black ; some of the intermediate feathers with 

 pale buff middles ; the rest of the underparts white, with wide 

 irregular margins of reddish brown ; and the thighs are dark reddish 

 brown on the outer and white on the inner aspect. 



'* Iris dark brown ; skin round the eye and base of bill sulphur 

 greenish yellow ; rest of bill black : feet pea-green." — J. W. 



Total length about 20 inches ; culmen 3*1 ; wing 11*9; tail 4*9; 

 tarsus 2-95. 



This magnificent Night-Heron is not very closely allied to any 

 known form ; the style of the coloration of the lower parts is 

 most like that of Gorsachins melanolophus. 



Hal. rive-Finger Mountains, interior of Hainan. 



174. *Aedeola BACCHUS. 



Ardeola prasinosceles, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 365 ; Styan, Ibis, 

 1893, p. 434. 



Ardeola bacchus (Bonap.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxvi. p. 211 

 (1898). 



" A male in changing plumage has the iris straw-yellow ; bill at 

 base and skin round eye yellowish green, remainder of bill black ; 

 feet dull yellow."— J. W. 



Abundant about paddy-fields and moist places {Swinhoe). 



175. Abdexta sinensis. 



Ardetta sinensis (Ghnel.) ; Styan, Ibis, 1893, p. 434 ; Sbarpe, Cat. 

 B. Brit, Mus. xxvi. p. 227 (1898). 

 Recorded from Hainan by Styan. 



176. DUPETOE FLAVICOLLIS. 



Ardetta Jiavicollis (Lath.); Styan, Ibis, 1893, p. 434. 

 Dupetor jiavicollis (Lath.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxvi. 

 p. 247 (1898). 



.Recorded by Styan from Hainan. 



177. GrEUS GEUS. 



Grus cinerea, Meyer & Wolf ; Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 362. 

 Grus lilfordi, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxiii. p. 252 (1894). 

 Common in plains and open country {Swinhoe). 



178. Aeenaeia. inteepres. 



Strepgilas interpret (Linn.) ; Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 361 ; Hartl. 

 Abb. nat. Ver. Bremen, xii. pp. 3u0, 332 (1892) ; Styan, Ibis, 

 1893, p. 436 ; Hartl. Abb. nat, A T er. Bremen, xiv. p. 375 (1898). 



Armaria interpret (Linn.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxiv. 

 p. 92 (1896). 



Common at Poochin River, North-west Hainan, 5th March 

 {Swinhoe). 



Hoihow, North Hainan {Hartlaub). 



