Birds from West China. 297* 



Carpodacus pulcherrimus (Hodgs.). 

 C. davidianus Milne-Edwards. 

 Tung-pei, November. 



ACANTHIS BREVIROSTRIS (Gould). 



Two from Sungpan, November. 



Emberiza elegans Temm. 



Yaug-liu-pa, August, November, December ; Lung An, 

 November, December; Ho-chia-san, January. 



Found by Pere David at Moupin. Seems to be a common 

 breeder in Sechuen. 



Emberiza godlewskii Tacz. 

 Sungpan, Tung-pei, November. 



Embekiza melanops Blyth. 



E. melanops Blytb ; Styan, Ibis, 1891, pp. 353-354. 

 One from Yang-liu-pa, June. 



This species is generally confused with E. spodocephala 

 Pall. 



Calandrella brachydactyla (Temm.). 



A single example from Sungpan, September. 



Spodiopsar sericeus (Gra.). 



Lung An, June, November, December. This must be 

 about the extremity of its range westward, where, from the 

 dates, it appears to be resident. 



Nucifraga hemispila Vig. 

 One from Yang-liu-pa, June. 



Hypopicus hyperythrus (Vig.). 



One female from Lung An (January) appears to be of this 

 species rather than the eastern form H. poliopsis, which, how- 

 ever, it resembles in the dull colour of the underparts. 



Chalcococcyx maculatus (Gm.). 



A pair of this brilliant Cuckoo was shot in June at Yang- 

 liu-pa, but the female unfortunately was lost. Their note 

 was described to me as a feeble whistle. 



CoLUMBA RUPESTRIS Pall. 

 One from Sungpan, September. 

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