282 bulletin: museum of comparative zoology. 



Crypto LOPHA burkii tephrocephalus (Anderson). 

 7 specimens, Mengtsze, March, April, Oct. 



* Cryptolopha trivirgatus eiuncidus, subsp. nov. 



Type, and only specimen: — adult d^, M. C. Z., No. 61,985, 

 Mengtsze, 16 September, 1910. 



Characters. — Similar to true C. trivirgatus (Strickland) ; but general 

 color of underparts very much paler and brighter yellow, clear lemon-, 

 yellow on throat and chin; sides of head clearer and paler yellow; 

 the black stripes on the top of the head narrower anteriorly; general 

 color of upper parts more yellowish and less greenish; rump and upper 

 tail coverts especially so. 



Measurements: wing, 55, tarsus, 17, exposed culmen, 9. 



Stoparola melanops (Vigors). 



13 specimens, Mengtsze, March, April, July, Aug., Sept., Oct.; 

 Loukouchai, June. 



Campophagidae. 

 Pericrocotus brevirostris ethologus, subsp. nov. 



17 specimens, both sexes, Mengtsze, Feb., March, April, July, Sept.; 

 Shi-ping Feb.; Loukouchai, Dec. 



On comparison of a large series of specimens it seems best to divide 

 P. brevirostris (Vigors) into three subspecies, based on the coloration 

 of the adult male plumage. The forms are about alike in size, and 

 the females of the three are rather similar. Oates (Fauna of British 

 India), has already alluded to the differences in color shown by the 

 two Indian forms. The Chinese is quite different from either and has 

 the under wing coverts and axillars nearly as yellow as in Pericrocotus 

 igneus Blyth although otherwise not in the least like that species. 



Vigors's description and Gould's figure, both based on the same 

 specimens, clearly were taken from the eastern form of intense colora- 

 tion; M'Clelland's P. affinis is synonymous. 



The Yunnan skins are not typical of the Chinese form as defined 

 below, and though nearer to it than to true P. brevirostris are inter- 



