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of the breast and belly with white markings, forming a line down 

 the center. 



I have nothing to add to my former remarks.^** I would suggest, 

 however, that the black-bieasted white-headed and gray-breasted 

 white-headed birds might belong to different sexes. The sexing of the 

 specimens available is too unreliable to prove this, however. 



137. SPIZIXOS CANIFRONS Blyth 



Spisixos canifrons Blyth, Jouru. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. 14, p. 571, 1845 

 (Cherra Punji). 



Two males and two females, northwest Yunnan (Gauwua, 11,000 

 feet, January; Luddii Mountains, 12,000-13,000 feet, August; Liki- 

 ang Mountains, September) ; four males, one female, and one un- 

 sexed, southwest Szechwan (Muli Mountains, 10,000 feet, April and 

 June; Noon, east of Muli, August). 



138. PYCNONOTUS XANTHORHOUS Anderson 



Pyctionotus xanthorhous Andehison, Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, p. 265, 1869 

 (Manwyne, Yunnan). 



Three males and four females, northwest Yunnan (Likiang Moun- 

 tains, 10,000 feet, Januarj'^-February ; mountains of Yungning, 

 12,000-13,000 feet, November-December; Weihsi, 8,000-9,000 feet, 

 September; Ndamucho, 14,000 feet, October); one male, southwest 

 Szechwan (Noon, 10,500 feet, east of Muli, August). 



Family CINCLIDAE, Dippers 



139. CINCLUS PALLASII SOULIEI Oustalet 



Cinclits pallasii var. souliei Oustalet, Ann. Soc. Nat., ZooL, ser. 7, vol. 12, p. 299, 

 1891 (1892) (Tatsienlou and Mupin). 



One female. Noon Valley, 11,000 feet, east of Muli, southwest 

 Szechwan, August. 



140. CINCLUS CINCLUS BEICKI Meise 



Cinclus cinclus helcki Meise, Oni. Mouatsb., vol. 36, p. 138, 1928 (Langs-tang- 

 scui-schlucht, north Kansu). 



Two males, southwest Szechwan (Djago, 10,400 feet, December, 

 and Yetsi Valley, 12,000 feet, April). 



These two specimens are grayer on the back without the brownish 

 wash, darker on the pileum and hind neck and much darker on the 

 breast than Cinclus cinclus cashmeriensis. In these two specimens 

 each feather on the back is outlined with a black border. Though 

 this occurs also in cashmeriensis, it is not so pronounced. A male 



f^Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus.. vol. 70, ait. 5. p. 21, 1026. 



