collected in South China. 597 



b. $ ad. Pu-an-tiiig, Soutli-west KweichUj 25 January, 

 1899. 



c, d. J ad. Pu-an-ting, South-west Kweichu^ 28 January, 

 1899. 



e. (^ ad. Near Yunnan city, East Yunnan, 6 February, 

 1899. 



/. ^ ad. Near Yunnan city. East Yunnan, 24 February, 

 1899. 



Iris red. Total length 9 inches [e), 10 inches (a,f), 11 

 inches {b, c, d). 



A female [b) and a male (c) have the lores and fore part 

 of the forehead of a deep rust-red. The feathers are probably 

 stained with some extraneous matter. Specimen / has 

 the chest and breast wood-brown and of a much darker hue 

 than any other specimen in the British Museum Collection, 

 in b and c the colour of the chest is intermediate. 



87. Dendrocopus atratus. 



Dend7'ocopus atratus (Blyth) ; Hargitt, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xviii. p. 263 (1890). 



a. S ad. South-west Yunnan, April 1899. 

 Iris red. Total length 8 inches. 



88. Iyngipicus scintilliceps. 



Yunyipicus scintilliceps (Swinh.) ; David & Oustal. Ois. 

 Chine, p. 50, pi. 99 (1877). 



Iyngipicus scintilliceps (Swinh.) ; Hargitt, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. xviii. p. 313 (1890). 



a. S ad. Near Yunnan city. East Yunnan, February 1899. 



Iris brown. Total length 7 inches. 



89. Iyngipicus pygm^eus. 



Iyngipicus pyymceus (Vig.) ; Hargitt, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xviii. p. 315 (1890). 



a. ? ad. South-west Yunnan, April 1899. 



Iris red. Total length 6 inches. 



I refer this specimen with some doubt to /. pygmceus 

 from which it differs in having a slightly larger bill and in 

 the general colour of the underparts, which lacks the fulves- 

 cent tinge. 



