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locality mentioned for Szechwan is Shih-nan-n'ei-wo, near Lungan. 

 From descriptions alone, longirostrls and szetschuana must be very 

 similar. The present series was taken a long way south of the known 

 range of szetschuana and it may not represent the race at all, but 

 only a direct comparison can decide ; something I am unable to do at 

 present. 



The Stotzner Expedition brought back five specimens of this race 

 from Szechwan, but Jacobi,^^ who reported upon the sparrows, does 

 not seem to have been able to make a direct comparison with Pyrrho- 

 spiza punicea and recognizes no races at all. His measurements of 

 the culmen of his specimens are smaller than those I obtain for the 

 series before me. 



242. PROPYRRHULA SUBHIMACHALA INTENSIOR Rothschild 



PropyrrhuUi subhhnacJiala intcnsior Rothschild, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. 43, 

 p. 12, 1922 (Likiaug Range, Yunuau). 



One male and one female from northwest Yunnan (Fungkou, 

 Yangtze Gorge, 6,500 feet. May ; and Likiang Mountains, 10,000 feet, 

 Januar3^-February) ; two females from southwest Szechwan (Mount 

 Konka, 15,000 feet, Muli, June; Mount Gibboh, 13,000-14,000 feet, 

 Muli, April). 



243, LOXIA CURVIROSTRA HIMALAYENSIS Blyth 



Lo-iia MmalayensU Blyth, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. 13, p. 952, 1S44 

 (Nepal). 



Seven males, five females, and one unsexed, northwest Yunnan 

 (Likiang Mountains, 10,000 feet, January-February ; and Ndamucho, 

 Yangtze-Mekong Divide, 14,000 feet, October) ; five males and three 

 females, Barongomba, one day east of Baurong, 11,000-12,000 feet, 

 Szechwan, no date. 



Nine males measure : Wing, 85.5-90 (87.9) ; culmen, 15-17.5 

 (16.4) mm. Three females measure: Wing, 84—85.5 (84.7); culmen, 

 15-16.5 (16). The male and female from Ndamucho are smaller than 

 the average in the series measured above. The male measures : Wing, 

 82; culmen, 15.5; the female: wing, 80; culmen, 14.5. Crossbills are 

 known to vary considerably in size. Whether the two mentioned 

 represent individual variation or a local race can not be decided at 

 present with the material available. 



244. PYRRHULA ERITHACA ALTERA Rippon 



PytThula altera Rippon, Bull. Biit. Orn. Club, vol. 19, p. 19, 1906 (Shayang, 

 west Yunnan). 



Three males and one female from southwest Szechwan (Mount 

 Mitzuga, 10,000-13,000 feet, Muli, June; Zimi Valley, 15,000 feet, 



M Abh. Ber. Mus. Dresden, vol. 16. no. 1, p. 29, 1923. 



