(166) 



43. Lanius leucoptenis Sev. (?) 

 Two l)irds, December and Aiiril. The Pccciuber bird agrees with wliat we 

 have hitherto identified as L. kucoptcrus, bnt the A]>ril bird more ehisely resembles 

 L. homeyeii Cab. iu having an entirely black bill, blaek lores, and minli blacker 

 secondaries. 



44. Nucifraga caryocatactes macrorhynchus l'.rehm. 

 Three si.ecimens Febrnary. Remarkable for their vi-ry deep brown upper and 

 under surface, and the deep steel-blue gloss on the wings and tail. 



45. Pica pica bactriana Bp. 



One normal specimen without date; 1 i December, albinistic, all the black 

 parts being replaced by varying shades of brown and bulY. 



Dr. Sharpe was wrong in uniting Pica bottancnsis and P. bactri'UH,, as well as 

 P buUonirn, with Pica pica, for P. bactriana is the proper name for P. l.'ucoptera, 

 and /'. hottaiiensis seems to differ considerably, while hudsonim is snrely another 

 subspecies. 



40. Garriilus brandti Eversm. 

 2 SS October and December. 



47. Mycerobas carneipes speculigerus (P.raudt). 



2 cJ(? ad., January, February : lour birds marked "c?cJ" and "? ? ," also 

 January and February." The last four are alike in i.lumage, and we are not sure if 

 there are reallv young males among them. 



This subspecies is hardly maintainable, but Xha females (or young males) seem 

 to differ from Himalayan specimens by being altogether paler and having more 

 distinct shaft-lines on the chest. The adult males from the north have generally 

 larger bills and slightly longer wings than the typical Himalayan form. 



I cannot admit that the slightly longer tail of the species grouped by 

 Dr. Sharpe in the Catnlogae of Binls under the generic term P>/cnoihamphus 

 is of any generic value ; therefore I unite under the genus M'/cerobus the 



following species : — 



Mycerobas melanoxanthus (Hodgs.) and .1/. carneipes (Hodgs.), leaving only 

 P. icteroides and afmis in the genus P;in,orliami.hits on account of their mnrh 

 more elongated bills. 



48. Carduelis caniceps Vig. 

 Seven adults from January, March, April, December ; 1 juv. September. 



40. Loxia curvirostra albiventris Swinh. 



A iar"-e series with only one really red male and four partially red ones ; 

 altogether 36 adult and young malis and females from the months Nuvendter, 

 December, February and March. 



These specimens agree exactly with two specimens from P<kin labelled 

 L. albiventris in Swinhoe's handwriting. I presume that this form has its breeding 

 centre in the north, and that it is merely a migrant in China. 



