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of the above specimen measures 51 mm. The wings of seven males 

 from the vicinity of Shanghai measure 51-55 (53.3) mm. Since the 

 above was Avritten, Lynes's review of the genus Cisticola'^^ has ap- 

 peared, and he recognizes t'mnabulans as the name to use for the 

 breeding bird of southeast China, but on page 96 he says that in 

 western Yunnan the birds fuse with the Burmese races. 



179. DUMETICOLA THORACICA THORACICA Blyth 



Dumcticola thoracica Blyth, Jouru. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. 14, p. 584, 1846 

 (Nepal). 



Four males and one female, southwest SzecliAvan (Mount Mitzuga, 

 13,000-15,000 feet, Muli, June ; back of Mount Mitzuga, 13,500 feet,. 

 June; forests of Karonki. 14.200 feet, Shouchu Basin, August). 



The above female practically lacks the dusky spots on the jugu- 

 lum; there is another specimen (I'. S. N. M., No. 297122) that ap- 

 proaches it from the Likiang Mountains. The female seems to have 

 fewer spots on the jugulum. anyway, but they are rarely lacking. 



180. HOREITES BRUNMFRONS UMBRATICUS Baker 



Horeites Wunnifrons umlyraticus Bakeb, Bull. Brit. Oni. Club, vol. 44, p. 63,. 

 1924 (Sheweli-Salwin Divide, Yuunau). 



One male and one female, Mount Mitzuga, 13,000 feet, Muli, south- 

 west Szechwan, June. 



181. HORORNIS MAJOR (Moore) 



Horeites major Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1854, p. 105 (Nepal). 



One male, Mount Mitzuga, 13,500 feet, Muli, southwest Szechwan^ 

 June. 



It measures: Wing, 65; tail, 50; culmen, 12 mm. 



182. HORORNIS ACANTHIZOIDES ACANTHIZOmES (Vcireaux) 



Abroinls' ncanthizoidcs A'ehreaux. Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, vol. 6, Bull., p. 37, 

 1870 (mountains of Chinese Tibet). 



One female, forests Avest of Yungning, 13,000 feet, Yunnan, May^ 

 and one female, Mount Gibboh. 13,000 feet, soutli of Muli. 13,000 

 feet. s()iithwest SzechAvan. August. 



183. SEICIRUS BURKII DISTINCTUS (LaTouchc) 



Cryi)tolopha biirkii distincia LATcrcHB, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. 32, p. 41, 

 1922 (Mengtz, Yunnan). 



One adidt nuile, Mount Mitzuga. 11.000 feet, Muli, June, and one 

 immature male, Noon forests, east of Muli, 10,500 feet, southwei^t 



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