33^ Messrs. C. B. llickctt and J. D. D. La Touclic on 



13. Hemixus canipennnis Scebohni, P. Z. S. 1890, p. 342, 

 pi. xxvii. 



Jr. Difters from adult in being of a rather darker and duller 

 chestnut above, also in having the outermost secondaries 

 washed with chestnut and edged with a light tint of the 

 same. The primaries and secondaries are edged with greyish 

 chestnut, lighter and greyer below the emargination of the 

 third and fourth primaries. The white of the underparts is 

 tinged with buff in places, and the grey is but very faintly 

 indicated. 



The above description is taken from a young bird shot at 

 Kuatun, N.W. Fohkien, on 2nd October, 1896, which is 

 moulting into the adult plumage. 



14. Cryptolopha fulyifacies (Swinhoe) ; Sharpe, Cat. 



B. Brit. Mus. iv. p. 406 (1879). 



Young birds obtained at Kuatun in May 1896 differ 

 from the adult in wanting the black stripes on the head and 

 in having the throat white, the feathers only just tipped with 

 blackish; the chest-band is of a greenish yellow, and the 

 crown and face are much paler and duller. 



15. Cryptolopha sinensis Rickett, sp. n. 

 Cryptoloplia castaneiceps Slater (nee Hodgs.), Ibis, 1897, 



p. 174 [N.W. Fohkien] ; Rickett & La Touche, Ibis, 1897, 

 p. 601. 



This well-marked species is similar in general appearance to 



C. castaneiceps Hodgs., but the breast and belly are uniform 

 yellow and without a trace of white down the middle of the 

 underparts, and only the outermost pair of tail-feathers have 

 the inner web white, whereas in C. castaneiceps the three 

 outermost pairs are mostly white. Wing : male 2"0 inches ; 

 female 1*85. 



This species was met with at Kuatun, in the month of 

 April. 



Four young birds were obtained by our men at Kuatun 

 in May 1896. They are very similar to the adult, but the 

 grey on the neck and breast is much washed with green, and 

 the chestnut on the head is of a darker and duller hue. 



