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The above series averages considerably darker below than a small 

 series of Dryobates major cahanisi from Shensi and Hupeh. A male 

 from Fukien is slightly lighter than a male from Hupeh ; Shanghai 

 specimens average even lighter. La Touche ^^ also, has noticed 

 the darker Yunnan bird. 



58. DRYOBATES DARJBLLENSIS (Blyth) 



Pious (Dendrocopus) darjellensis Blyth, Journ. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, vol. 

 14, 1845, p. 196 (Darjeeling). 



One female, between Lachiming and Lanping, 9,000 feet, June 2; 

 and one male, mountains above Hungfuping, Mekong Valley, No- 

 vember. 



The above male only differs from the female in having the sides of 

 the neck orange instead of yellow, in darker underparts, and the 

 yellow wash on the breast and belly more pronounced ; possibly it is 

 only a bird of the year that has not yet acquired the red occipital 

 band. 



59. HYPOPICUS HYPERYTHRUS SUBRUFINUS (Cabanis and Heine) 



Xylurgus suirufitms Cabanis and Heine, Mus. Heine, pt. 4, Heft 2, 1863, 

 p. 50 (N. China; Talien Bay and Tientsin). 



One immature male and three adult females, Likiang Mountains, 

 July. 



The immature male is a light buffy brown below barred with 

 black; a mere tinge of red on the crown and under tail coverts. 



The females compared with an equal number from north China are 

 considerably darker below. 



60. PICOmES FUNEBRIS Verreaux 



Picoides funebris Verreaux, Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, vol. 6, Bull., 1870, 

 p. 33 (Mountains of Chinese Tibet). 



One male, Tseh Chung Mountains, November, and one male, 

 Hofuping Mountains, November. 

 This is a very distinct species. 



61. YUNGIPICUS SCINTILLICEPS OMISSUS (Rothschild) 



Dryobates pygmaeus omissus Rothschild, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. 43, 

 1922, p. 10 (Lichiang Range). 



One female, between Dyinaloko and Bayiwua, May 1; one male 

 between Tuinakou and Likiang, 9,000 feet, May 18; one male, 

 Likiang Mountains, August; one male, forests of Mili, southwest 

 Szechwan, February. 



These are more heavily streaked below than Yungipicus s. scin- 

 tilliceps. 



i» Ibis, 1924, p. 285. 



