ART. 5 BIRDS FROM YUNNAN AND SZECHWAN, CHINA RILEY 23 



86. OTOCOMPSA EMERIA EMERIA (Linnaeus) 



Lanitis emeria Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, 1766, p. 137 (Bengal). 



One male, between Chiigai and Kantingai, 6.000 feet, Salween 

 Valley, March 14; one male, between Kantingai and Musanglai, 

 Salween Valley, March 15. 



87. SPIZIXOS CANIFRONS BIyth 



Spizlxos canifrons Blyth, Jouru. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, vol. 14, 1845, p. 571 

 (Cherra Punji). 



A good series of both sexes from between Chungai and Kantingai, 

 Salween Valley, 6,000 feet, March; between Yiinlimg and Tanten, 

 March; between Likiang and Tuinakoii, 10,000 feet. May; Mount 

 Mitzuza, 12,000 feet, forest of Mili, southwest Szechwan, February. 



Family TIMALIIDAE. Babbling Thrushes 



88. BABAX LANCEOLATA BONVALOTI Oustalet 



Babax lanccolatus, var. bonvaloii Oustalet, Ann. Sci. Nat., ser. 7, vol. 7, 

 1892. pp. 273, 274 (So. Tibet, error!); Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, ser. 

 3, vol. 5, p. 192 (Tara, Tibet). 



A small series of adults and young from between Yiinlung and 

 Tanten* March ; Lashipa Plain, 8,600 feet, June ; Likiang Mountains, 

 11,000-12,000 feet, April-September. 



The series averages larger and darker than the single male of 

 Babax I. lanceolata from Hupeh w'ith which it has been compared. 



The immature only differs from the adult in having the brown 

 stripes above and on the flanks reduced in size and depth of color ; in 

 fact, the stripes on the flanks are almost absent. 



89. TROCHALOPTERON ELLIOTII ELLIOTII Verreaux 



Trochalopteron elliotii Verreaux, Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, vol. 6, Bull. 

 1870, p. 36 (Mountains of Chinese Tibet). 



A good series of adults from : Mountains near Yangtza, Mekong 

 Valley, November; mountains above Hungfuping, November; 

 Hofuping Mountains, Mekong Valley, November; Tseh Chung 

 Mountains, Mekong Valley, November; forests of Mili, southwest 

 Szechwan, February. 



The above series agrees quite well with a small number of speci- 

 mens from Szechwan (Mount Omei). Specimens in the United 

 States National Museum from Shensi and Hupeh Provinces are con- 

 siderably lighter, but not quite as light as the series I have identified 

 as 7\ e. yunnanense. 



