ART. 5 BIRDS FROM YUNNAN AND SZECHWAN^ CHINA RILEY 7 



Family PODICIPIDAE. Grebes 



14. POLIOCEPHALUS RUFICOLLIS POGGEI (Reichenow) 



Podiceps nigricans poggei Reichenow, Journ. f. Orn., 1902, p. 125 (Tschill, 

 China). 



One adult male, two adult females, and four young (one in the 

 down), Likiang Lake, 8,200 feet, August. 



Family LARIDAE. Gulls 



15. LARUS CANUS MAJOR Middendorff 



Larus canus, var. major Middendorff, Sibir. Reise, Zool., vol. 2, pt. 2, 1853, 

 p. 243, pi. 24, fig. 4 (Stanovoi Mts. to Ochotsch Sea). 



One immature male, plain of Youngning, February. 

 Family CHARADRIIDAE. Plovers 



16. CHARADRIUS DUBIUS DUBIUS Scopoli 



Charadrius (duMus) Scopoli, Del. Flor. et Faun. Insubr., vol. 2, 1786, 

 p. 93 (Luzon). 



One female, without data. 



17. CHARADRIUS PLACIDUS Gray 



Charadrius placidus Gray, Cat. Mamm. etc. Nepal present. Hodgson, ed. 

 2, 1863, p. 70 (Nepal). 



One male, Yetche, Mekong Valley, November; one male, without 

 locality, March 26. 



Family IBIDORHYNCHIDAE. Sickle-bills 



18. IBmORHYNCHA STRUTHERSII Vigors 



IMdorhynclia struthersii, Vigors, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1830, p. 174 

 (Himalayan Mountains). 



One male, Whei Hsi Mountains, Whei Hsi River, November. 

 Family SCOLOPACIDAE. Snipe and Sandpipers 



19. TRINGA OCHROPUS Linnaeus 



Tringa ochropus Linnaeus, Sys. Nat., ed. 10, 1758, p. 149 (Sweden). 



Two males and seven females from Nguluko, Likiang Mountains, 

 9,600 feet. May 5; Likiang Plain, 8,200 feet, August; Whei Hsi 

 River, December. 



20. ACTITIS HYPOLEUCUS (Linnaeus) 



Trmga hypoleucos Linnaexjs, Sys. Nat., ed. 10, 1758, p. 149 (Sweden). 



One male and one female, Likiang Plain, 8,200 feet, August; one 

 male, Mountains above Tseh Chung, Mekong Valley, October; one 

 male, Whei Hsi, Mekong Valley, October ; one female, no locality. 



