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56. CHALCITES MACULATUS MACULATUS (Gmelin) 



Trogon maculatus Gmelin, Systema naturae, vol. 1, pt. 1, p. 404, 1788 (Ceylon, 

 error; Pegu). 

 One female, Noon forests, 11,000 feet, east of Muli, southwest 

 Szechwan, August. 



Family PSITTACIDAE, Parrots 



57. PSITTACULA SCHISTICEPS FINSCHI (Hume) 



Palaeornis finscM Hume, Stray Feathers, vol. 2, p. 509, 1874 (KoUidoo, Salwin 

 River). 



One adult male, two immature males, one adult female, and one 

 immature female, Yulo, 7,000 feet, northwest Yunnan, August. 



The adults are in molt. The tail is being renewed from the center 

 outward, and in the female the plumage of the whole head and throat 

 is being renewed and the two outer primaries on each side are coming 

 in; the second primary is almost full grown; the outer primary is 

 barely out of its sheath. 



58. PSITTACULA DERBIANA (Fraser) 



Palaeornis derhiana Frasek, Proc. Zcol. Soc. London, 1850, p. 245, pi. 25 (cage 

 bird). 



Three males and one female, northwest Yunnan (Likiang- 

 Yungning Lake, 10,200 feet. May; Lapo-laze, 9,000 feet, May); 

 seven males and seven females, southwest Szechwan (Noon, east of 

 Muli, 10,500 feet, August ; Mount Gibboh, 13,000 feet, Muli, August ; 

 Shouchu Valley, 12,000 feet, August). 



In this large series there is quite a little variation. The males 

 have the chest and breast ranging from Hay's lilac to a dull violet- 

 blue. The birds with the latter color have the head almost as deep 

 a violet as the chest, only the forehead next to the black frontal band, 

 around the eye, and lores being washed with bremen blue. This 

 stage of plumage, I think, is that of the old males. The males with 

 lilac chests have the pileum washed with greenish and are probably 

 younger birds, but they probably breed in this plumage as their 

 tails are much worn. In the female the range of color of the lower- 

 parts is not so great as in the male, varying from dark lavender to 

 light vinaceous-lilac. The forehead and the sides of the head are 

 more extensively washed with bremen blue. The females have the 

 maxilla black, while in the males it is scarlet. Unfortunately, for 

 my theory of the lighter breasted male being a j^ounger bird, there is 

 a young male from Noon with maxilla black, only dull red at the 

 base. The chest and breast are already quite dark, much darker 



