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Yangtze Gorge, 9,000 feet, May 20; two males and one female, 

 Likiang Plain, 8,200 feet, August 22-23. 



A male and female from the last locality are immature, changing 

 from the spotted plumage to that of the adult, and the change has 

 been practically completed except for the throat and chest. 



Family CAMPEPHAGIDAE. Caterpillar Shrikes 



78. GRAUCALUS MACEI SIAMENSIS Baker 



Graucalus macei siamensis Baker, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. 38, 1918, p. 69 

 (Mi-Nam-Kabren, Siam). 



One adult male, marked female. Limestone range east of the 

 Likiang Mountains, 10,000 feet, July. 

 Wing measures 185 mm. 



79. CAMPEPHAGA MELASCHISTA AVENSIS Blyth 



Campephaga avensis Blyth, Cat. Birds Asiatic Soc, 1847, p. 327 (Arakan). 



One adult female, Taitzutung, east slope of Likiang Mountains, 

 July. 



This is a much darker bird, both above and below, than a male 

 and two females frota Anhwei and Hunan Provinces, but Stuart 

 Baker,^^ with a series of 200 specimens, says that dark birds occur 

 along with light ones and are not confined to particular areas. 



80. PERICROCOTUS BREVIROSTRIS AFFINIS McClelland 



Pericrocotus afflnis McClelland, Proc. Zool. Soc. Loiad., 1839, p. 156 

 (Assam). 



One male and one female, Tengyueh (Paofungssu), 5,600 feet, 

 March 5 ; one male, between Pakang and Wamangai, March 16 ; one 

 male, between Feilung Chiao and Yiinlung, March 21. 



The female is considerably darker above than the same sex of 

 P. h. etJwlogus, the forehead yellowish instead of whitish, and the 

 lower parts a deeper yellow. 



The males can not be told with certainty from P. b. ethologus. 

 except they seem to have considerably shorter tails. 



81. PERICROCOTUS BREVIROSTRIS ETHOLOGUS Bangs and Phillips 



Pericrocotus brevirostris ethologus Bangs and Phillips. Bull. Mus. Comp. 

 Zool., vol. 58, 1914, p. 282 (Hsienshan, Hupeh). 



A good series from : Likiang Mountains, 8,500-12,000 feet, April- 

 August; Likiang Plain, 8,200-9,400 feet. May and August; Likiang 

 Forests, August. 



16 Fauna Brit. India, Birds, ed. 2., vol. 2, 1924, p. 338. 



