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outer feather, where it shows from above also as an irregular blotch 

 at the tip. 



172. TURDUS RUFICOLLIS Pallas 



Turdus rufivollis Pallas, Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des russi.sclien 

 Reichs, vol. 3. p. 694. 1776 (Dauria). 



Eighteen males and seven females, northwest Yunnan (Likiang 

 Mountains, 10,000-11,000 feet, January-February; Yungning Moun- 

 tains, 12,000-13,000 feet, November-December ; and Yungning Plain, 

 9,500 feet, November-December) ; three males and three females, 

 southwest Szechwan (Muli, 10,500 feet, December; Mutirong, Muli, 

 7,000-Y,800 feet, April; Vudju, south of Muli and Mount Gibboh, 

 10,000 feet, April ; Yetsi Valley, 12,000 feet, one day north of Kulu, 

 April). 



173. TURDUS GOULDII (Verreaux) 



Merula gouldii Vebreaux, Nouv. Arch. Miis. Paris, vol. 6, Bull., p. 34, 1870 

 (West Szechwan). 



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

 tains, 11,000 feet, January; Gauwua Mountains, 11,500 feet, Yung- 

 ning April; Luddii Mountains, 12,000-13,000 feet, August): four 

 males, three females, and one immature, southwest Szechwan (Muli 

 Mountains, 11,000 feet. May; Mount Mitzuga, 12,000 feet, June; for- 

 ests of Bonti, east of Waerhdje, 13,000 feet, July; forests of Dshizhi, 

 13,500 feet, April; Yetsi Valley, one day north of Kulu, 12.000 feet, 

 April; Briiolo-kong. 13.000-1 5.*900 feet. May; Chiichulongba, 13.000- 

 14,000 feet, no date). 



A male from Mount Mitzuga (U. S. N. M. No. 312522) is very 

 dark on the chest and flanks (somewhat darker than auburn), deep- 

 ening on the breast and belly to dull black wdth auburn fringes to the 

 feathers; the head and upperparts are somewhat darker than nor- 

 mal. In another male (U. S. N. M. 314332), the tips of the feathers 

 of the mantle are tipped rather broadly w'ith black. These are only 

 abnormal, however. 



There is no indication in the large series of this species in the 

 United States National Museum of intergrades 'toAvard casfaneus, ' 



174. TURDUS KESSLERI (Przewalski) 



Merula kessleri Przewalski, Mongol i strana Tangut, p. 62, pi. 10, 1876 (Kau:- 

 su) ; Rowley's Ornithological miscellany, vol. 2, pt. G, p. 199. 1877. 



One male. Mount Mitzuga, 14,600 feet, Muli, June; one male, 

 Yulonghsi, 13,000-16,000 feet. May; and one male, Chengtze, 14,500- 

 15,900 feet, May, all in southwest Szech^van. 



175. TURDUS OBSCURUS Gmclin 



Turdus obscurus Gmelin, Systeinu naturae, vol. 1, pt. 2, p. 816, 1789 (east of 

 Lal<e Baikal), 



One male, Shintsang, 11,000 feet, Yunnan, September. 



