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eastwards to Korea, Japan, and northeast China. It breeds through- 

 out the mountains of western China to Yunnan at least. Besides 

 the spotted young recorded above, the United States National Mu- 

 seum contains this plumage from the mountains of Szechwan 

 (Wench wan, near Washan, and Mount Omei) and Yunnan (Likiang 

 Mountains). There is also a specimen in the spotted plumage from 

 Cliangshowkai, Hunan; this bird, however, is much lighter colored 

 and may belong to another race. The young taken near Washan had 

 barely left the nest and could hardly have wandered far. 



160. PHOENICURUS SCHISTICEPS (Gray) 



Ruticilla schUticeps Gray, Catalogue of the specimens of Mainmalla and Birds 

 of Nepal and Thibet, presented by B. H. Hodgson to the British Museum, 

 ed. 1, pp. 69, 153, 1846 (Nepal). 



Eight males and 18 females from northwest Yunnan (Likiang 

 Mountains, 10,000 feet, January-February ; mountains of Yungning, 

 12,000-13,000 feet, November-December; Gou-khii-ko, Yangtze loop, 

 13,000 feet, April) ; three males and two females from southwest 

 Szechwan (Muli Mountains, 10,000 feet. May; Mount Mitzuga, 

 13,000 feet, June; mountains of Kulu, 11,000-13,000 feet, December 

 and April; Djago, 10,400 feet, December). 



A series of seven males from Sungpan are as large as those from 

 farther south. The wings of the Sungpan series of males measure : 

 83, 86.6, 81.5, 86, 84.5, 83, and 85 mm. The wings of the males from 

 the Likiang Mountains measure : 83.5, 85.5, 85, 83, 88, and 87.5 mm. 

 This agrees with the results obtained by Bangs and Peters,^^ who 

 do not regard Phoenicurus schisticeps heicki Stresemann as a valid 

 race. 



161. PHOENICURUS HODGSONI (Moore) 



Ruticilla hodgsoni Moore, Proc. Zool Soc. Londou, 1854, p. 2(5, pi. 58 (Nepal). 



Two males, Likiang Mountains, 10,000 feet, January-February; 

 one male, mountains of Yungning, 12,000-13,000 feet, December ; and 

 two females, Ndamucho, 14,000 feet. October; all in Yunnan. 



162. PHOENICURUS FRONTALIS Vigors 



Phoenicura frontalis Vigors, Proc. Zool. Soc. Loudon, 1832, p. 172 (Himalaya). 



Two males, Likiang Mountains, 10,000 feet, January-February; 

 and October) ; six males, four females, and three young in the spotted 

 plumage from southwest Szechwan (Muli Mountains, 10,000 feet, 

 May; Mount Konka, 16,000 feet, Jane; back of Mount Mitzuga, 

 13,000 feet, Muli, June; Mount Gibboh, 13,000 feet, Muli, June; 

 Raronki, Shouchu basin, 12,400 feet. Muli, August; Dshizhi, 13,500 



" Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 68, p. 352, 1928. 



