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98. ALCIPPORNIS NIPALENSIS YUNNANENSIS (Harington) 



Alcippe fratercula yimnanensis Harington, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. 33, 

 1913, p. 63 (Gyi-dzin-shan, east of Talifu, Yunnan). 



One female, Teng3aieh, Paofiingssu, 5,600 feet, March 5 ; one male, 

 Yangtza Mountains, Mekong Valley, November. 



These two specimens when compared with A. n. 7iipalensis are quite 

 distinct. They are more of a huffy brown on the back without a 

 reddish cast ; the tail not very distinctly different from the back ; the 

 pileum and hind neck a purer gray ; the lower parts more extensively 

 and a deeper cinnamon-buff with little or no white. A. n. hueti is 

 sort of intermediate in color between A. n. nipalensis and A. n. 

 yunnanensis^ but nearer the former from which it is quite distinct, 

 however. It is a clearer gray on the pileum, more buffy below^, and 

 somewhat larger than A. n. nipalensis. 



99. FULVETTA RUFICAPILLA SORDmiOR (Rippon) 



Proparus sordid tor Rippon, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. 13, 1903, p. 60 (Talifu, 

 Yunnan). 



One female between Tuinakou and Likiang, 9,000 feet. May 18; 

 one female, Likiang Plain, 8,200 feet, August 21 ; one female, Hofu- 

 ping Mountains, November. 



100. FULVETTA VINIPECTA BIETI (Oustalct) 



Alcippe (Proparus) bieti Oustalet, Ann. Sci. Nat., ser. 7, vol. 12, 1892, p. 

 284, pi. 9, fig. 2 (Ta-tslen-lou). 



A series of adult males and females: Likiang Mountains, 12,000- 

 14,000 feet; April-July; betw^een Bayiwua and Heshwe, 10,000 feet, 

 May 2; between Likiang and Ganhaitze, 10,000 feet. May 19; 

 Yangtza Mountains, . Mekong-Salwin Divide, November; Hofuping 

 Mountains, Mekong Valley, November; Forests of Youngning, Feb- 

 ruary. 



This series agrees essentially with a specimen from near Tatsienlu, 

 the type locality, but differs from vinipecta so widely in the color of 

 the crown, ear coverts, and other particulars that it is very doubtful 

 whether they are forms of a single species. The differences are best 

 given in parallel columns : 



F. vinipecta F. Itieti 



Crown and nape, snuff brown. Crown and nape, buffy brown. 



Ear coverts, color of the crown. Ear coverts, dull black. 



Upper back, only lighter than the Upper back, light grayish-olive. 



crown. 



Lower back and rump, ochraceous Lower back and rump, clay color. 



tawny. 



General effect of the tail above, tawny General effect of the tail above, drab. 



olive. 



Belly and crissum, cinnamon-buff. Belly and crissum of the same color 



as the chest. 



