302 bulletin: museum of comparative zoology. 



Our material now shows that such is the ease, and that the series 

 of birds collected by Mr. W. R. Zappey in Szechwan and Hupeh are 

 very much paler, almost whitish grey in color. For this pale northern 

 form we propose the name Buchanga leucogenys cerussata, subsp. nov. 



Type: — Adult cf , M. C. Z. 52,035 Ichang, Hupeh, China, June 

 19, 1907, W. R. Zappey. 



Characters. — Similar in size to B. I. leucogenys, but much paler 

 and more whitish grey throughout, with light face area larger and more 

 clearly defined. 



CORVIDAE. 



CoLOEus DAUURicus (Pallas). 

 3 specimens, Mengtsze, June, Dec. 



CoLOEus NEGLECTUS (Schlegel). 



1 unsexed, Mengtsze. 



Pica pica sericea Gould. 

 10 specimens, Mengtsze, Jan., Feb., March, May, June, Dec. 



Urocissa erythrorhyncha (Gmelin). 

 10 specimens, Mengtsze, Feb., March, April, Oct., Dec. 



DendrociTta himalayensis (Vigors). 



2 specimens, Loukouchai, June. 



