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3. S. lunatus polionotus, Rothsch. — Forehead grey, crown 

 and nape tinged with olive-brown ; lores black ; back grey ; 

 inner secondaries dark buff. Hainan. 



Stachykjs guttata swinhoei, n. subsp. 



Similar to S. guttata guttata from Tenasserim, but smaller ; 

 crown and back less rufous, distinctly tinged with olive ; 

 upper tail-coverts and tail darker chestnut ; outer aspect of 

 wings, especially the inner secondaries, much deeper chestnut, 

 less rufous ; ear-coverts dark slate-colour with no rufous or 

 olive tinge. Wing $ 64 5 <$ 66-68 mm., bill 2-3 mm. 

 shorter. 



Hab. Mt. Wuchi, Hainan. Type d, 28.iii.1903, No. 187 a, 

 Katsumata Coll. (6 specimens). Named in honour of the 

 pioneer of H ainan and Formosan zoology. 



Trochalopteron canorum owstoni, n. subsp. 



A series of fifteen skins from Mt. Wuchi and Utoshi on the 

 island of Hainan differ from a good series of T. c. canorum 

 from the continent in having a paler, distinctly less yellowish, 

 more olive upperside, thus somewhat pointing in the direction 

 of T. c. taivanum from Formosa, and also in having some- 

 what duller and darker ear-coverts. 



Type ? , Mt. Wuchi, Hainan, 29.iii.1903, Katsumata Coll. 



Named after Mr. Alan Owston, the organizer of Mr. Kat- 

 sumata's expedition. 



Stachyridopsis ruficeps goodsoni, n. subsp. 



Lores yellow ; crown to the nape bright chestnut-red ; 

 rest of upper surface greyish olive-green ; under surface pale 

 yellow, sides washed with olive; throat bright yellow, with 

 short sharply denned black shaft-stripes near the tip of the 

 feathers. Wing 50-54 mm. 



Hab. Hainan; type Mt. Wuchi, 24.iii.1903. Katsumata 

 Coll. 



12 specimens are before me. Named after Mr. Arthur 

 Goodson, one of the assistants in the Tring Museum. 



1 here are several races of Stachyridopsis ruficeps. 



Stack, ruficeps ruficeps. — Crown rufous-cinnamon, with 



