286 bulletin: museum of comparative zoology. 



Characters. — Somewhat like I. viilni David of Fokien but ear 

 coverts grey instead of white; Avhole top of head and hind neck bril- 

 liant mars-orange (Ridgway, 1912) forming a cap sharply contrasted 

 with the olive-colored mantle; lower back, rump, and upper tail 

 coverts medal bronze instead of "golden olive" (David). 



Measurements: wing, 99, culmen, 17, tarsus, 40, tail feathers, 107. 



POMATORHINUS MACCLELLANDI ODICUS, Subsp. UOV. 



7 specimens, Shi-ping, Feb., June, Aug., Sept., Oct. 



Type: — d^ adult, Mengtsze, M. C. Z., No. 61,999, 22 June, 1911. 



Characters. — Differs from both true P. m. macclellandi Jerdon from 

 As; am and P. ?«. gravivox David from central China in having sides, 

 flanks, and under tail coverts uniform rich orange rufous. Throat 

 and foreneck unspotted as in true macclellandi, thus differing from 

 gravivox. 



Measurements : 



POMATORHINUS RUFICOLLIS RECONDITUS, Subsp. nov. 



9 specimens, Mengtsze, Mar., Sept., Nov.; Shi-ping, March; Lou- 

 kouchai, Feb. 



Type: — Sid\x\t d^, M. C. Z. No. 62,046, Mengtsze, 22 November, 

 1910. 



• Characters. — Similar to true P. ruficoUis Hodgson of the Hima- 

 layas and to P. ruficoUis styani Seebohm of the Yangtsze Valley, but 

 differ ng from both in the co'or of the bill which is wholly yellow 

 except for a small dusky patch at base of upper mandible; in color 

 differing from true ruficoUis in being much more olivaceous and less 

 reddish brown above, tail and wings more olivaceous and less reddish 

 brown; stripes on breast much more distinct and in the adult bright 

 ferruginous; from styni the new form differs in color in being very 



