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125. LIOPTILA DESGODINSI (David and Oustalet) 



Sibin desgodinsi David and Oustaxet, Bull. Soc. Philoui. Paris, ser. 7, vol. 1, 

 p. 139, 1877 (Yerkalo, southwest Szechwan). 



Seven males, four females, and one unsexed, northwest Yunnan 

 (Likiang Mountains, September; Muli-Yungning border, 11,000 

 feet, August; Gawua Mountains, 11,500 feet, Ynngning, April; 

 Luddii Mountains, 12,000-13,000 feet, August; Ndamucho, 14,000 

 feet, October) ; four males and four females, southwest Szechwan 

 (forests of Baude-Shaya, 12,000 feet, east of Muli, Jul}'; forests of 

 Noon, 11,000 feet, east of Muli, August; between Tsoso and Kulu, 

 10,500 feet, December). 



12G. SIVA CYANOUROPTERA WINGATEI Grant 



.S/ra ivlngatci Grant. Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. 10, p. 38. 1000 (Yunnan City). 



Two males, five females, and one unsexed, northwest Yunnan 

 (Shintsang, 11,000 feet, September; and Fuchuanshan, 10,000-12,000 

 feet, September). 



All the above specimens, except two, have a primrose-yellow wash 

 to the breast and belly ; quite decided in two or three cases. I have 

 examined four fall taken birds from southern Szechwan in similar 

 plumage. This color seems to fade out even before winter, as several 

 specimens taken at that season are without it. 



127. SIVA STRIGULA YUNNANENSIS Rothschild 



Siva singula yunnanensis Rothschild, Nov. Zool., vol. 28, p. 40, 1921 (Likiang 

 Mountains, Yunnan). 



One male, Luddii Mountains, 12,000-13,000 feet, August; and two 

 males and one unsexed, Ndamucho, 14,000 feet, October, both local- 

 ities in northwest Yunnan. 



The three October specimens are in deep fresh plumage; quite 

 different from the faded summer dress. 



128. MINLA IGNOTINCTA JERDONI Verrcaux 



Minla jcrdoni Vereeaux, Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, vol. 6, Bull., p. 38, 1870 

 (Chpngtu, Szechwan). 



One female, upper slopes of the Fuchuanshan, 10,000-12,000 feet, 

 Yunnan, September. 



In 1926 Lord Rotlischild '^^ gave a key to the races known to him 

 at that time, but the allocation of jerdoni to the section, " breast 

 white or cream," certainly does not agree with the series in the United 

 States National Museum, which is quite an extensive one. All the 

 males of jet'doni have the lowerparts mustard yellow, even the throat 

 being suffused with this color, but in many specimens the throat is 

 much lighter or even white. Minla ignotincta manae LaTouche 



Nov. Zool.. vol. ?,;?, p. 275, 1926. 



