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ored at the base, while in the immature male in the female plumage 

 the lower mandible is black to the base. At least the color of the 

 bill seems to change before the adult plumage begins to be assumed. 



154. NOTODELA LEUCURA LEUCURA (Hodgson) 



Muscisylria leucttra Hodgson, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1845, p. 27 (Nepal). 



One male, Litang River Valley, 10,000 feet, Muli, southwest 

 Szechwan, June. 



Only one male from Arbre Broye, South Annam, and one male 

 from Margherita, North Assam, are available for comparison. In 

 the Annam male the blue tinge to the upperparts and on the belly 

 is more pronounced; the white area at the base of the tail is of 

 greater extent; the bill and tail are longer than in the male from 

 Muli. The Annam specimen measures: Wing, 97; tail, 85; cul- 

 men, 17 ; tarsus, 28.5 mm. The Muli male measures : Wing, 97 ; tail, 

 75; culmen, 15.5; tarsus, 28 mm. The north Assam male when com- 

 pared with the Muli male has the black underlying color of the 

 body not so deep, but wnth a grayish tinge; the blue cast above is 

 also lighter. The Assam male measures: Wing, 93; tail, 72; cul- 

 men, 15; tarsus, 27.5 mm. 



155. TARSIGER CHRYSAEUS VITELLINUS Stresemann 



Tarsiger chrysaeus vitelUnus Stresemann, Jovu-n. f. Orn., 1923, p. 365 (Washan, 

 Szechwan). 



One male, Likiang Mountains, Yunnan, October; two males and 

 three females. Mount Konka, 14,500 feet, June; one female. Mount 

 Mitzuga, Muli, 13,000 feet, June; two males and one female, Djishi, 

 northeast of Muli, 13,000 feet, July ; two males and one female, Zimi 

 region, west of Waerhdje, 14,800 feet, August; the four latter in 

 southwest Szechwan. 



The only Indian specimen that I have examined has the head and 

 mantle much deeper in color (near medal bronze) and the lower 

 parts, especially the throat and chest, a deeper cadmium yellow than 

 any before me from Yunnan or Szechwan. 



156. RHYACORNIS FULIGINOSA FULIGINOSA (Vigors) 



Plwenicura fuliginosa Vigors, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1831, p. 35 (Himalaya). 

 Three adult males, one immature male, and four females, north- 

 west Yunnan (Likiang Mountains. 10,500-11,000 feet, September; 

 Fungkou, 6,500 feet, Yangtze Gorge, May; Fuchuanshan, 10,000- 

 12,000 feet, September ; Luddii Mountains, 12,000-13,000 feet, August ; 

 Ndamucho, 11,000 feet, October) ; six adult males and two adult 

 females, southwest Szechwan (forests of Baude-Shaya, 12,500 feet, 

 northeast of Muli, July; forests of Bonti, east of Waerhdje, July; 



