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remaining on the crown and foreneck, and the tail has been recently 

 acquired and has not yet reached full growth. 



53. CUCULUS OPTATUS Gould 



Cuculus optatus Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1845, p. 18 (Port Essington, 

 Australia ) . 



A fair series of adults and immatures in various stages of plumage : 

 Likiang Mountains, 8,300-10,000 feet, April 19-August; Likiang 

 Plain, 8,200-8,400 feet, May 7 and August; between Kanhoten and 

 Shayangching, June 4. 



54. CACOMANTIS MERULINUS QUERULUS Heine 



Cacomantis querulus Heine, Journ. fur Orn., 1863, p. 352 (India, Nepal, 

 Burma). 



One adult and one immature male, Likiang Mountains, 10,000 feet, 

 September; one female still in immature plumage, Loyii, Yangtze 

 Gorge, 7,600 feet, May 22. 



Family CAPITONIDAE. Barbets 



55. CYANOPS ASIATICA (Latham) 



Trogon asiaticus Latham, Iiid. Orn., vol. 1, 1790, p. 201 (India). 

 One female, Monglei, Sal win Valley, March 14. 



Family PICIDAE. Woodpeckers 



56. PIOUS CANUS SORDIDIOR (Rippon) 



Oecinus sordidior Rippon, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. 19, 1906, p. 32 (Yangtze 

 Big Bend). 



A good series : Likiang Mountains, 8,500-12,000 feet. May- August ; 

 pine forests three days north of Likiang, 10,000 feet. May 1 ; Hof up- 

 ing Mountains (Mount Tola), October-November; pine forest north 

 of Heshwe, 11,000 feet, February. 



Most of this series is in worn faded plumage and not suitable for 

 comparison. It seems that the Chinese forms of this species are in 

 much need of revision but the proper material is not available at 

 this time to undertake the task. 



57. DRYOBATES MAJOR STRESEMANNI Rensch 



Dryobates major strescmanui Rensch, Abh. u. Ber. d. Mus. f. Tierk. u. 

 Volkerk. Dresden, vol. 16, No. 2, 1924, p. 38 (Tsalila, Szechwan). 



Four males and three females, Likiang Mountains, 8,500-12,000 

 feet, April, June, and August; one male, Likiang Plain, 8,200 feet, 

 August 22 ; one male, Hof uping Mountains, November. 



