ART. 7 BIRDS FROM YUNNAN AND SZECHWAN, CHINA RILEY 53 



August; Yulono-lisi Valley, 13,000-16,000 feet. May; Briiolo-kong 

 Valley, 13,000-15,900 feet. May; Chengtze, 14,500-15,900 feet, May; 

 Chiichulongba Valley, 13,000-14,000 feet, no date; valley of Jesi- 

 longba, 14,500-16,000 feet). 



This series of males is even a lighter, brighter blue than in the 

 two males previously reported upon from Yunnan.*^^ Indian males 

 are a darker, dingier blue. The female of florentes is darker than the 

 same sex of coeJicolor; the shaft spots of the lowerparts and on the 

 head, neck, and upper back are narrower and more of a pale olive- 

 buff in florentes^ rather than the pinkish buff in coelicolor. It is 

 rather astonishing to find the female when adult retaining the 

 plumage of the young. 



The two immature males are exactly like the adult female, except 

 they are assuming the blue of the adult on the belly, lower back, 

 and lesser wing coverts ; they have already acquired the black tail and 

 all the primaries are new or in growth, except the spurious and the 

 second one; the secondaries are new internally, old externally; the 

 greater wing coverts and primary coverts have been renew-ed; the 

 middle coverts and the alula have not been renewed yet. These two 

 young were taken in August. 



150. LARVSVORA BRUNNEA BRUNNEA Hodgson (?) 



Larvivora hrunnea IIodcson, .Juurii. Asiat. Soc. Beugal. vol. (>, p. 102, 1837 

 (Nepal). 



One female, Likiang Mountains, Yunnan, October. 



It is with a good deal of hesitation that I assign the above speci- 

 men to this form. It does not agree with two females from the same 

 locality previously listed as of this race.®^ 



It is darker above and below, but this may be due to the different 

 season of the year at which it was secured. The under tail coverts 

 are ochraceous-buff instead of white. It has a smaller bill, culmen 

 12 mm., instead of 13 mm. It is extremely doubtful if it belongs to 

 hinj>nnea at all, but it apparently belongs to this genus and there are 

 no other species to which to assign it. It would not be advisable to 

 name it on the material at hand. 



151. lANTHIA RUFILATA PRACTICA Bangs and Phillips 



'Ifinthia practica Bangs and Phillips, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 58, p. 292, 

 1914 (Loukouchai, Yunnan). 



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

 tains, October and Januarj^-February ; MbayiAvua, 10,000 feet, 

 Yangtze loop, April; Gou-khii-ko, 13,000 feet. Yangtze loop, April; 



"sproc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 70, art. 5, p. 35, 1926. 

 ^I'roc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 70, art. 5. p. ."9, 1926. 



