278 bulletin: museum of comparatR'E zoology. 



These skins agree exactly with Hartert's description, showing all 

 the characters of the subspecies. This form is the breeding bird of 

 the region, and ielephonus, of course, is only a migrant in southern 

 Yunnan. 



CUCULUS OPTATUS Gould. 



I adult d^, Mengtsze, 8 April 1911. 



Cacomantis merulinus (Scopoli). 



II specimens, Mengtsze, May, Aug., Sept. 



Eudynamis orientalis honoratus (Linne). 

 17 specimens, Mengtsze, April, INIay, June, July, Sept., Oct. 



Capitonidae. 

 Cyanops davisoni (Hume). 

 1 cf 1 9 , Loukouchai, Feb., June. 



* CyanoPvS franklini (Blyth). 

 6 specimens, Loukouchai, Jan., Feb., 1911. 



PiCIDAE. 



Picus CANUS soRmDiOR Rippon. 

 8 specimens, Mengtsze, March, July, Nov.; Shi-ping, Feb., March. 



Dryobates hyperythrus subrufinus (Cabanis & Heine), 



1 9 , ISIengtsze, 14 March. 



The present example of this rare bird agrees exactly with the two 

 specimens from Szechwan collected by Mr. W. R. Zappey. 



