Birds from Wtst China. 295 



Alcippe davidi Styan. 

 Lung An, December. 



MouPiNiA PCECiLOTis (Verr.) : Sharpe, Cat. B. vii. p. 630. 



Pyctorhis gracilis sp. nov., Styan, Bull. B. O. C. 1899, 

 no. lix. p. xxvi. 



A single specimen from Lung An, December, 



This interesting species has, I think, hitherto been only 

 known from specimens collected by Pere David, an inspection 

 of which proves my supposed new Pyctorhis to be identical. 

 In general appearance the bird closely resembles P. alti- 

 rostris, but can be distinguished generically by its more 

 slender build, comparatively shorter wing, and the absence of 

 the marked rictal bristles which are conspicuous in Pyctorhis. 



Proparus RuncAPiLLUs (Verr.). 



Lung An, December; Ho-chia-san, January, 



Proparus striaticollis (Verr.). 

 One only ; Tung-pei, November. 



Proparus cinereiceps (Verr.). 



Proparus fucatus. (Plate IV. fig. 1.) 



P.fucatus sp. nov., Styan, Bull. B. O. C. 1899, no. lix. 

 p. xxvi. 



These two very similar species may be dealt with together. 

 Of the former, one only was brought back from Yang-liu-pa ; 

 of the latter, nine were obtained on a former trip in the 

 neighbourhood of Ichang. The single specimen agrees 

 exactly with specimens in the British Museum and with the 

 figure in David and Oustalet's ' Oiseaux de la Chine,^ pi. 73. 

 The differences between the two may be tabulated as 

 follows : — 



P. cinereiceps. P. fucatus. 



Head Grey. Earthy brown. 



Back Rufous. Deep cliestuut. 



Rump, flanks, and under 



tail-coverts Olive. Bright rufous. 



Leptopcecile SOPHIA Severtz. 



Sungpan, November. Found in small parties among 

 brushwood ; very active. 



