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Yokohama, at the request of Mr. Walter Rothschild. The 
“plums” of Katsumata’s collection, seven in number, were 
described by Mr. Rothschild in 1893, and fourteen more new 
forms are differentiated in the present article, the completion 
of which has been delayed by more pressing engagements. 
Including those that have been mentioned by previous 
authorities, Dr. Hartert registers 281 species and sub-species 
as appertaining to the Avifauna of Hainan. Mr. Ogilvie- 
Grant (P. Z. S. 1900, p. 457) made the number of species 239, 
but, like a wise man, he did not count sub-species. 
The species and subspecies of Hainan named for the 
first time in the present article are:— Turtur chinensis 
hainanus , Glaucidium cuculoides per simile, Ceryle rudis in - 
signis, Rhopodytes tristis hainanus , Iyngipicus scintilliceps 
swinhoei, Gecinus chlorigaster longipennis, Graucalus macei 
larvivorus, Turdinulus roberti hainanus, Proparus brunneus 
argutus , P. nipalensis rufescentior, Turdus citrinus aurimacula, 
Phylloscopus godsoni , Acridotheres cristatellus brevipennis, 
and Dendrocitta sinensis insula. Besides these, Dr. Hartert 
describes a new Accipiter virgatus confusus from the Philip¬ 
pines, and Pycnonotus sinensis for mo see from Formosa. The 
most remarkable birds of Hainan are perhaps the three 
Gallinse, Arboricola ardens (see Styan, ‘Ibis/ 1893, pi. xii.), 
of which Katsumata first procured adult specimens of both 
sexes, the splendid Polyplectron katsumata (which Dr. Hartert 
wishes to degrade into a subspecies!), and the beautiful Silver 
Pheasant of the island ( Gennaus whiteheadi), besides such 
fine birds as Nycticorax magnifica and Cissa katsumata. But 
the mountains of Hainan do not rise high enough to 
attract the Palsearctic forms which are found on the higher 
elevations of the Philippines and Formosa. 
59. Hellmayr on the Manikins. 
[Genera Avium, conducted by P. Wytsman. Part IX. Passeres, 
Fam. Pipridse, by 0. E. Hellmayr. 31 pp., 3 col. plates. Price 13s, 
Brussels, 1910.] 
After a long quiescence we are much pleased to receive 
