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All wing coverts more uniform in color and much darker than in B. 

 fi/ichii; chest more uniform, almost lacking the Avliite spots; black 

 markings of flanks more extensive and more irregular in shape, the 

 feathers of this region often being nearly solid black barred with white; 

 rump and upper tail coverts plain dark olivaceous, wholly lacking 

 the markings of B. ff/tchii. 



Measurements : wing, 143, tail feathers, 100, culnien, 20.5, tarsus, 48. 



Gennaeus nycthemerus (Linne). 

 1 adult 9 , 2 immature, Mengtsze. 



Phasianus elegans Elliot. 



1 adult, cf , Mengtsze, 27 May, 1910. 



This extends the range of P. elegans in a southwesterly direction. 

 This specimen is like those in the M. C. Z. from western Szechwan 

 taken by the late Walter R. Zappe5\ 



Treronidae. 

 Sphenocercus sphenurus (Vigors). 



Adult cT and 9 , IMengtsze, July. 



The cf agrees fairly well with the two male specimens from northern 

 India in M. C. Z., but the 9 is a much darker green on the upper parts 

 and a slightly richer green below, than in Indian females. 



COLUMBIDAE. 



Columba hodgsoni (Vigors). 



3 specimens, Loukouchai, Jan., Feb. 



These agree entirely with a cf from Darjeeling, Indi 



ia, in M. C. Z. 



Peristeridae. 

 TuRTUR orientalis Latham. 

 3 specimens, all immature, Mengtsze, June, July, Sept. 



