ART. 5 BIRDS FROM YUNNAN AND SZECHWAN, CHINA RILEY 19 



72. POLIOMYIAS HODGSONI (Verreaux) 



Siphia hodgsonii Veukeaux, Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, vol. 6, Bull., 1870, 

 p. 34 (Mupin). 



One male, Likiang Plain, May 7; four males, three females, and 

 one immature, Likiang Mountains, 12,000-13,000 feet, June-August. 



The immature is still in tlie spotted plumage, though nearly full 

 grown. It was taken in August. 



73. MUSCICAPULA SUPERCILIARIS ASTIGMA (Hodgson) 



Muscicapa astigma Hodgson, in Gray's Zool. Misc., 1844, p. 84 (Nepal). 



Three males and two females, Likiang Mountains, 10,000 feet, 

 June and July. 



A well-marked form; larger and lacking the white post-supercili- 

 ary of M. s. supercilians. The female is also quite different ; much 

 grayer above and on sides of neck. 



74. CHELIDORYNX HYPOXANTHA (Blyth) 



Rhipidura nypoxaniha Blyth, Joiirn. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, vol. 12, 1843, 

 p. 935 (Darjeeling). 



Two males, Likiang Mountains, 9,600 feet, April 20 and July. 



75. RHIPmURA ALBICOLLIS, subspecies? 



Platyrhynchus albicoUis Yieilllot, Nouv. Diet. cVHist. Nat., vol. 27, 1918, 

 p. 13 (Bengal). 



One adult unsexed, Likiang Mountains, 10,000 feet. May 26; one 

 female, Whei Hsi, Mekong Divide, October; one male, Yetche, 

 Mekong Eiver, November. 



I have only two birds from India and two from South Annam 

 for comparison. The Indian birds are browner above than those 

 from South Annam and the Yunnan specimens are grayer, with 

 darker heads and tails and smaller bills than the latter. The 

 Yunnan bird is quite distinct from that of India (one of the speci- 

 mens is from Tenasserim), but for the present I prefer to leave it 

 unnamed. 



76. CULICICAPA CEYLONENSIS ORIENTALIS Baker 



Culicicapa ceylonensis orientalis BAKiac, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. 44, 1923, 

 p. 11 (Szechwan). 



One unsexed adult, Likiang Mountains, 11,000-12,000 feet, April 12. 



77. EUMYIAS THALASSINA THALASSINA (Swainson) 



Muscicapa tJialassina Swainson, Nat. Hist. Flycatchers, 1838, p. 252 

 (India). 



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

 feet. May, July, and August; one male, between Ganhaitze and 



