ART. 7 BIRDS FROM YUNNAN AND SZECHWAN, CHINA KILEY 35 



The above series is quite uniform and differs as described from 

 an unsexed specimen from Nepal. When the original description 

 was published, the United States National Museum only had four 

 poor specimens from Szechwan. The Rev. David C. Graham has 

 since sent to the Museum nine fine adults taken on Mount Omei, 

 Szechwan. These are darker than eous^ but lighter than albogularis. 

 On the whole the bird from Szechwan is nearer the race from Nepal 

 {albogularis) than that from Yunnan (eous). The Szechwan form 

 lias been named Garr'ulax albogularis laetus.^'^ Stresemann ^^ has 

 reported it from as far north in the mountains of Szechwan as 

 Kwan. 



no. DRYONASTES SANNIO (Swinhoe) 



Garrulajp sannio Swinhoe, Ibis, 1867, p. 403 (Amoy, China). 



Six males and seven females, northwest Yunnan (Likiang Moun- 

 tains, January-February, and September; Yulo, 7,000 feet, August; 

 Weihsi, 8,000^9,000 feet, September; Ndamucho, 14,000 feet, Octo- 

 ber) ; one female without locality or date. 



With a larger series than formerly at my disposal ^" I am inclined 

 to agree with Rothschild ^* in not recognizing albosuperciliaris, but 

 I have not examined many specimens from Fukien. Birds from 

 southern Szechwan (Suifu and Kiating) are darker above and below 

 than either the Yunnan or Fukien specimens, but it is inadvisable to 

 separate them by name. 



111. DRYONASTES BERTHEMYI RICINUS Riley 



Dnjonnstes hertheinyi rlc'wus Rii.ey, Pioc. Biol. Soc. Washiugton, vol. 43, p. 

 80, 1930 (Ndamucho, Yunnan). 



One male and two females, Ndamucho, 14.000 feet, Yunnan, 

 October, 



These three specimens, Avhen compared with an equal number from 

 the type locality of berth^myi, Kuatun, Fokien, may be described as 

 follows : 



Similar to Dryoiiasies berthemyi of the mountains of Fokieu, but lighter 

 brown above and on the foreueck and jugulum ; breast and belly a much lighter 

 gray. Wing, 126; tail, 1.32; eulmen, 20; tarsus, 42; middle toe, 24.5 mm. 



In tlie original description, I said that Dryoiiastes berthemyi had 

 never been taken away from the mountains of northwest Fokien, 

 overlooking for the moment Stresemann's ^^ record of a specimen 

 from Mount Omei, Szechwan. This specimen is probably the same 



=^'Proe. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 4.3, p. 133, 1930. 



=«Abh. Ber. Mu.s. Tierk. Vfilkerk. Dresden, vol. 16, no. 2, p. L'5, 1024. 



"Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 70, art. r,, p. 27, 1926. 



38 Nov. Zool.. vol. 33, p. 267, 1926. 



'«'Abh. Ber. Mus. Tierk. Volkerk. Dresden, vol. 16, no. 2. p. 24, 1024. 



