ART. 5 BIRDS FROM YUNNAN AND SZECHWAN^ CHINA RILEY 11 



38. FALCO SUBBUTEO STREICHI Hartert and Neumann 



Falco subbuteo streichL Hartesit and Neumann, Journ. fiir Oni., 1907, p. 

 592 (Swatow, S. China). 



One female, Likiang Mountains, 8,200 feet, August. A rather dark 

 richly colored bird; wing, 250 mm. 



39. CERCHNEIS TINNUNCULUS INTERSTINCTUS (McClelland) 



Tinnunculus interstlnctus McClelland, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1840, p. 

 154 (Assam). 



One adult and four immature males, and one adult and two im- 

 mature females from Hsia-yan-tsun, March 29; Likiang Mountains, 

 8,200-11,000 feet, August-December; mountains near Yangtza, 

 Mekong Valley, November. 



Family BUBONIDAE. Eared Owls 



40. BUBO BUBO SETSCHUANUS Reichenow 



Btibo bubo setschuanus Reichenow, Orn. Monatsb., 1903. p. 86 (Setschwan). 



One adult female, Tseh Chung Mountains, Mekong Valley, Xo- 

 vember. 



In addition to the above specimen, the United States National 

 Museum contains a male and a female from Chekiang Province, a 

 female from the lower Yangtze near its mouth, and a male from 

 southern Kansu, that allowing for certain slight individual differ- 

 ences, apparently all belong to one form. 



They have been shown to Dr. Peter Suschkin, who has made a 

 specialty of the palaearctic members of the genus, and he regards 

 Bubo hubo setschuanus as a good form distinct from B. h. kiaut- 

 schensis Reichenow and B. h. swinhoei Hartert ^^ as a synonym of 

 B. 1). setschuanus. 



The above specimen from Yunnan does not agree with the descrip- 

 tion of Buho bubo jarlandi La Touche ; ^- the primaries are pro- 

 nouncedly barred below with dark brown. 



41. STRIX NIVIPETENS Riley 



Strix aluco nivipetens Riley, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., vol. 38, 1925, p. 10 

 (Likiang Mts., 11,000 ft. Yunnan). 



One adult male (type) and one unsexed, Likiang Mountains, 11,000 

 feet, April 15 and May 8. 



The original diagnosis is as follows: "Similar to Strix aluco 

 nivicola (Blyth), but much darker, the back and chest with the 

 white spots replaced by ochraceous-buff, except those on the scapulars 

 and greater wing coverts; flanks and feet ochraceous-buff; the face 

 darker; under wing-coverts ochraceous-buff instead of buffy white; 



" Vogel palaark. Fauna, vol. 2, Heft 8, 1913, p. 966. 

 "Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. 43. 1921, p. 14. 



