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 190. Stachyris guttata swinhoei Rothsch. 



Stachyrii guttata sv;inhoe.i Rothschild, Bull. B. 0. C. xiv. p. 8 (October 1903, Hainan). 



9 tJ ? Mt. Wuchi, March, May 1903, November 1905 (No. 187). 



5 <?c? Cheteriang, .January 1904 (No. 1S7). 



This siibspecios differs from Sf. //////afc qutlata from Tenasserim by having the 

 crown and back less rnfous and di.stinctly tinged with olive ; upper tail-coverts 

 and tail darker chestnut ; outer aspect of wings, especially the inner secondaries, 

 deeper chestnut, less rufous ; ear-coverts dark slate-colour with no rufous or olive 

 tinge. It is also a smaller bird : wing, ? 04, $ 06 — 68 mm., bill 2 — 3 mm. shorter. 



191. Proparus brunnea argutus subspec nov. 



12 (? ? Mt. Wnchi, March, April 19(i3 (No. 170). 



1 i$ Cheteriang, January 1'.I04 (No. 17(1). 



Differs from P. b. superciliaris, to which it is very closely allied, in having the 

 lores and ear-coverts slightly lighter, and the beak averages somewhat slenderer; 

 moreover, the under wing-coverts and inner lining of the quills are less greyish and 

 more buff. The wings of our 11 males measure 5s — 61, those of our 3 females 

 55 5 — 57 mm. 



Type: 6 Mt. Wuchi, 25 iii. 1903, Katsumata coll. 



The Formosan P. brunnea brunnea differs strikingly by its dark nuder-surtace 

 and somberer brown npperside, wings and tail. 



Propama genistieri, mandellii, dubius, and intermedius differ by the black and 

 white double eyebrow, which is black and grey in the brunnea group. It is difficult 

 to say at present whether dubius, genistieri, etc, are geographical representatives 

 of the brunnea group or not. 



192. Proparus nipalensis rufescentior subsp. nov. 



Alcippe morrisoniana Grant, P. Z. S. 1900. p. 477 (Five-Finger Mts. by Whitehead ; interior of 

 S.W. Hainan according to Styan and Hartlaub). 



2 (J<J Lei Maimon, December 1902, January 1903 (No. 103). 

 2 V ? No-Tai, September 1902 (No. 103). 



11 cJ? Mt. Wuchi, March, April 1903 (No. 103). 



Differs at a glance from P. n. morrisoniana of Formosa by the more rufescent 

 colour of the back, tail, and outer aspect of the wings ; and the white ring round the 

 eyes is not so well developed, and especially almost invisible above the eye, where 

 it is quite distinct in P. n. morrisoniana. Wing in the males 58—61, in the 

 females 57—00, once 61 (if correctly "se.xed"), while in P. n. morrisoniana the wings 

 frequently run up to 64 mm. On the other hand the bill is, if anything, larger in 

 P. n. rujesceniior. The under wing-coverts are also, as a rule, more whitish in 

 P. n. rufescentior. 



Type : No. 103a, 6 ad. Mt. Wuchi, 28. iii. 1903 (Katsumata coll.). 



I cannot accept the splitting of the genera Proparus (a name first given iu 

 1841, not 1844), Alcippe, and Sc/ioeniparus. The separation of these three supposed 

 genera appears to me to be quite arbitrary, and adds to the difficulty of their study, 

 instead of advancing onr knowledge one iota. 



1 believe that I am right in looking upon Proparus morrisoniana and rufescen- 

 tior as subspecies of the nipalensis group, but the occurrence of phayrei and 

 nipalensis in ihe mountain ranges south of the Brahmaputra is to be considered ! 



