ART. 7 BIRDS FEOM YUNNAN" AND SZECHWAN, CHINA — RILEY 69 



The United States National Museum contains specimens of this 

 race from as far north as Sungpan, Szechwan. 



207. HEMICHELIDON FERRUGINEA Hodgson 



Hemichelidon ferruginea Hodgson, Proc. Zool. Soe. London, 1845, p. 32 (Nepal). 



One male and two females, southwest Szechwan (Mount Mitzuga, 

 12,000 feet, Muli, June; forests of Bonti, east of Waerhdje, 12,000 

 feet, July; Noon forest, 11,000 feet, east of Muli, August). 



208. RHIPIDURA ALBICOLLIS ALBICOLLIS (Vieillot) 



PlatijrhyncJvus albicollis Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., vol. 27, p. 13, 1818 

 (Bengal). 



One female, Shintsang, 11,000 feet, northwest Yunnan, Septem- 

 ber; and one male, Muli Valley, 10,000 feet, southwest Szechwan, 

 June. 



These specimens are darker even than the three specimens pre- 

 viously reported upon from Yunnan,*^ and are quite different from 

 the only two Indian skins available for comparison. It probably 

 represents an unnamed race. 



Family MOTACILLIDAE, Wagtails, Pipits 



209. ANTHUS SPINOLETTA JAPONICUS Temminck and Schlegel 



Anthus pratensis japonicus Temminck and Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, Aves, 

 p. 59, pi. 24, 1847 (Japan). 



One male, Likiang Mountains, 10,000 feet, Yunnan, January-Feb- 

 ruary. 

 This seems to be the first record for Yunnan. 



210. ANTHUS HODGSON! Richmond 



Anthus Jiodgsoni Richmond, in Blackwelder, Research in China, vol. 1, part 2, 

 p. 493, 1907 (new name for Pipastes macuJatus Jerdon, preoccupied; 

 Nepal). 



Four females, northwest Yunnan (Luddii Mountains, 12,000-13,000 

 feet, August; Fuchuanshan, 10,000-12,000 feet, September; Ndamu- 

 cho, 14,000 feet, October) ; one male and two females, southwest 

 Szechwan (Djishi, 11,500 feet, northeast of Muli, July; Mount Gib- 

 boh, 13,000 feet, Muli, August; Mutirong, 7,000-7,800 feet, Muli, 

 April). 



The July specimen is in very worn plumage; the olive wash has 

 almost entirely disappeared from the upperparts, a little only re- 

 maining on the outer surface of the wings. All species of this 

 genus undergo great changes in plumage in the breeding season. 



« Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 70, art. 5, p. 19, 1926. 



