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Cyornis tickelliae glaucicomans, subsp. nov. 



Type.— CoM. M. C. Z., No. 50,003, adult $, Tan-swio-Yah, Hupeh, China, 

 May 7, 1907. W. R. Zappey. 



Characters. — Similar to true Cyornis tickelliae Blyth from India, but much 

 larger ; back much duller, more grayish blue ; bright blue band across forehead 

 sharply defined against dull grayish blue of head ; underparts with the abdomen 

 white and the chest buffy, strongly contrasted, the former never washed with 

 buffy. 



Measurements of the type, wing, 80; tail, 57; tarsus, 18; culmen, 12. 



Niltava lychnis, sp. nov. 



Type. — Co\\. M. C. Z., 50,001, adult $, Pao-tung, Hupeh, China, May 19, 

 1907. W. R. Zappey. 



Characters. — Most nearly like N. sundara Hodgs., from the Himalayas, but 

 much larger ; differing in color in having the shoulders purple like the back (not 

 bright blue) ; the band on side of neck, bright ultramarine blue ; underparts paler, 

 — pale rufous tawny on chest, shading off to orange buff on the middle of abdo- 

 men and under tail coverts. 



Measurements of the type, wing, 91 ; tail, 65.5 ; tarsus, 21 ; culmen, 11.5. 



Cyanoptila cumatilis, sp. nor. 



Type. — Coll M. C Z., 50,004, adult $, Ma-fu-ling, Hupeh, China, 5,500 

 feet, May 14, 1907- W. R. Zappey. 



Characters. — Similar in colon pattern to Cyanoptila bella (Hay) from Japan and 

 Corea, but the colors of $ very different. Forehead and crown bright cobalt 

 blue, as are also the shoulders ; rest of upper parts verditer blue, with no black 

 shaft lines on back ; throat and chest dull dark verditer blue separated from the 

 white of abdomen and under tail coverts by a blackish line. Adult female very 

 similar to that of C bella, and differing only in having less white in the throat. 



Measurements of the type, wing, 94; tail, 61.5 ; tarsus, 17; culmen, 12.5. 



