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Family STURNIDAE, Starlings 



222. ACRIDOTHERES TRISTIS TRISTIS (Linnaeus) 



Paradisea tristis Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 12, p. 167, 1766 (Philippine 

 Islands, error; Calcutta). 



One male, mountains of Yungning, 12,000-13,000 feet, November- 

 December; and one male, Ndamncho, 14,000 feet, northwest Yunnan, 

 October. 



Family NECTARINIIDAE, Sun-birds 



223. AETHOPYGA DABRYII DABRYII (Verreaux) 



Nectarlnia dahryii Vebreaitx, Rev. Mag. Zool, p. 173, pi. 15, 1867 (Szechwan). 



Two males and one female, Yunnan (Chinhaitze, Laposhan, 11,300 

 feet. May; Mbayiwua, 10,000 feet, April; Weihsi, 8,000-9,000 feet^ 

 September) ; 10 males and 3 females, southwest Szechwan (Vudju 

 Mountains, south of Muli, 10,000 feet, May; back of Mount Mitzuga, 

 Mnli, 12,000 feet, June; Mount Mitzuga, 13,000 feet, June; Muli 

 Mountains, 10,000 feet, June; forests of Baude-Shaya, 12,500 feet, 

 northeast of Muli, July; Dshizhi, 13,500 feet, April; Shangentze, 

 14,500 feet. May; Yanwekong Valley, north of Wanzanron, 10,000- 

 12,000 feet. May). 



The specimen from Weihsi, though marked as a female, is prob- 

 ably a young male. The feathers of the chest are becoming faintly 

 tinged with orange, and the base of the lower mandible for about 

 two-thirds of its length is chamois. Possibly it may not belong to 

 this species. 



Family DICAEIDAE, Flower-peckers 



224. PACHYGLOSSA MELANOZANTHA Blyth 



Pachyglossa melanozantha Blyth, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. 12, p. 1010, 

 1843 (Nepal). 



Fourteen males and three females, northwest Yunnan (Likiang 

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

 feet, August; Yulo, 7,000 feet, August; and one immature male, 

 southwest Szechwan (Noon forests, 10,500 feet, east of Muli, August). 



225. DICAEUM IGNIPECTUM IGNIPECTUM (Blyth) 



Myzantlie igni pectus Blyth, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. 12, p. 983, 1843 

 (Nepal and Bhutan). 



Two males and five females from southwest Szechwan (Muli Moun- 

 tains, 10,000 feet, June; Mount Mitzuga, Muli, 10,000 feet, June; 

 forests of Noon, 11,000 feet, east of Muli, August). 



