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Delacour ^^ has removed this bird from the genus Trochalopteron to 

 Liocichla, where it is better phiced. It differs somewhat structurally 

 from the other two known species of the genus (steerii and omeiensis), 

 however, in longer, heavier, and more distinctly notched bill and 

 heavier feet. 



Delacour ^" leaves ripjjoni as a race of i^hoenicea. This I now 

 believe is not correct, judging from a specimen of the latter from 

 Darjeeling in the United States National Museum. The color of 

 this specimen of phoenicea is quite different from that of ripponi; 

 it is prouts brown on the back and lowerparts, while ripponi has the 

 back brownish olive and the lowerparts olive lake. The tail feathers 

 in phoenicea are differently shaped from ripponi, being rounded at the 

 tips instead of truncate. This leads me to doubt whether phoenicea 

 really belongs in the same genus, but the specimen examined may 

 not be fully adult, though there is no other indication of immaturity. 

 The other two races placed in phoenicea — bakeri and wellsi — I have 

 not seen, but judged from descriptions wellsi belongs with ripponi 

 and bakeri with phoenicea. 



The above specimens taken by Dr. Smith were the first of this 

 species to be taken in Siam and were recorded by me.^^ 



L. r. ripponi ranges from the northern Shan States, Burma, through 

 northern Siam to northern Laos and Tonldn. L. r. wellsi was described 

 from southeastern Yunan. 



POMATORHINUS SCHISTICEPS NUCHALIS Tweeddale 



Pomatorhinus nuchalis Tweeddale, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 4, vol. 20, p. 535, 

 1877 (Thayetmyo). 



One male and one female, Muang Kanburi, April 12 and 16, 1928; 

 two males and one female, Khun Tan, 4,000 feet, October 20 and 26, 

 1929, March 3, 1932; two males, Doi Nangka, November 13 ard 2i, 

 1930; one immature female, Wang Kien, March 13, 1934. 



I am following de Schauensee ^^ in the treatment of this form group, 

 as it seems to be the latest and best that has been proposed. This 

 form differs from klossi in being lighter, more olive-brown above, 

 with a little bay wash on the sides of breast, the tail nearly concolor 

 with the back, except at tip, and the bill yellow, duskj^ only at the 

 extreme base above. 



Dr. Smith also secured a male in the Kiu Pang Valley, Salwin 

 district, eastern Burma. This specimen does not differ from birds 

 of northern Siam. 



« Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. 53, p. 87, 1933. 



" Journ. Siam Soc. Nat. Hist. Suppl., vol. 9, p. 155, 1933. 



M Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 80, p. 185, 1934. 



