ART. 5 BIRDS FROM YUNNAN AND SZECHWAN, CHINA RILEY 5 



The doAvny chick was taken in July. 



One of the adult males has the neck lappet and horns enormously 

 developed (April 27). 



G. CROSSOPTILON CROSSOPTILON CROSSOPTILON (Hodgson) 



Phasianus crossoptilon Hodgson, Journ. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, vol. 7, 1838, 

 p. 864, pi. 46 (Tibet). 



One male, Likiang Mountains, 14,000 feet, August 16. 



Doctor Rock informs me that this species was quite common at 

 high altitudes; so common in fact that he thought it m'ust be better 

 known and only had the one bird preserved. 



7. PHASIANUS ELEGANS Elliot 



Phasianus elegans Elliot, Aun. and Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 4, vol. 6, 1870, 

 p. 312 (Szechwan). 



A good series of adults of both sexes and young from near 

 Tsaochiang, March 19 ; Likiang Mountains, 10,000 feet June-August ; 

 Likiang Plain, east of Likiang Mountains, July 2; Ashi, banks of 

 Yangtze, July; Kangpu Mountains, Mekong Valley, November. 



Downy young just acquiring feathers on the back and in the 

 wings were taken in the Likiang Mountains in July, and almost 

 in adult plumage in August. 



Two adult males from Tatsienlu, Szechwan, are not essentially 

 different and in none of the males is there any indication of a 

 white collar. 



8. CHRYSOLOPHUS AMHERSTIAE (Leadbeater) 



Phasianus amherstiae Leadbeater, Trans. Linn. Soc. Loncl., vol. 16, 1828, 

 p. 129, pi. 15 (Mountains of Cochinchina). 



A fine series of adults and immature from Likiang Mountains, 

 9,500-12,500 feet, April- June ; Tseh Chung, Chodolo, Hof uping, and 

 Yangtza Mountains, Mekong Valley, November. 



A few of the old males have the thighs white with only a few 

 small black spots ; in the remainder the spots are numerous and pro- 

 nounced. 



Family TRERONIDAE. Fruit Pigeons 



9. SPHENURUS SPHENURUS YUNNANENSIS La Touche 



Sphenocercus sphenurus iiunnanensis La Touche, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, 

 vol. 42, 1921. p. 13 (Lotukow, S. E. Yunnan). 



A good series of adults, mostly males, from: Western slopes of 

 Likiang Mountains, Ashi Road, May 24; east slopes of Likiang 

 Mountains, Lentzuko, July ; banks of the Yangtze, Ashi Road, July. 



The series of males show little variation, but I only have one 

 specimen of Sphenurus s. sphenurus for comparison. Rothschild * 



^Nov. Zool., vol. 30, 1923, p. 36. 



