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as forming part of the Tibetan Plateau; many parts are 

 covered with dense forest, very thinly populated. 



In a report of a journey to these parts written by Mr. G. 

 J. L. Litton, of H.M. Consular Service, the approximate 

 limit of trees is given as 11,000 feet; the elevations given 

 below are quoted from the same source. 



The following spots were selected as collecting-grounds : — 



Lung An, 3100 feet. 



Ho-chia-ko, about 15 miles north of Lung An and 

 probably much higher. 



Sungpan, about 100 miles W.N.W. of Lung An, 9500 feet. 

 The surrounding country is much higher, perpetual snow 

 is in sight, and the pass at the head of the valley, from 

 which rise the headwaters of the Min and Fou rivers, is 

 13,000 feet. 



Tung-pei, 20 miles S.W. of Sungpan and much higher. 

 The inhabitants are mostly Tibetans, and the place must be 

 on the very borders of Tibet. 



Yang-liu-pa, about 100 miles S. of Sungpan. Fine 

 forests and evidently high elevation. 



Ho-chia-san, further south and within 65 miles of Cheng 

 Tu, the capital of Sechuen. 



The district of Moupin, famous as Pere David's collecting- 

 grounds, lies somewhere on the Tibetan border, a little 

 south of where my men worked. 



llUTICILLA FRONTALIS (Vig.). 



Tung-pei, November. Upper parts of the specimens much 

 suffused with brown. 



Suiyang (Kweichow province), March. Very little brown 

 above in examples from this locality. 



Examples of this species have also been sent to me from 

 near Ichang. 



RUTICILLA SCHISTICEPS (HodgS.). 



Five examples from Sungpan and Tung-pei, October and 

 November. 



Trochalopterum cinereiceps Styan. 

 Lung An, December; not previously recorded from so far 

 west. Identical with specimens from the extreme east. 



