ART. 5 BIRDS FROM YUNNAN AND SZECHWAN, CHINA RILEY 33 



Likiang Mountains, July; one male, Hofuping Mountains, Mekong 

 Valley, November; one male, Tseh Chung Mountains, Mekong Val- 

 ley, November. 



114. PTERUTHIUS XANTHOCHLORIS PALLIDUS (David) 



Allotrius xanthochloris, var. pallidus David, Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, vol. 

 7, 1871, p. 14 (Frontiers of Kookonor). 



One female, Muang-hii-ko, east slopes of Likiang Mountains, 

 July; two males and one female, mountains near Yangtza, Mekong 

 Valley, November. 



Family TROGLODYTIDAE. Wrens 



115. NANNUS TROGLODYTES TALIFUEXSIS (Sharpe) 



Anothura taUfuensts Sharpe, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. 13, 1902, p. 11 

 (Gyi-dzin-shan, Yunnan). 



Two females and one unsexed, Likiang Mountains, 11,000-12,500 

 feet, April 8-15; one female, mountains near Yangtza, Mekong Val- 

 ley, November. 



Three males from western Szechwan are slightly darker. A male 

 from Ichang, Hupeh, is considerably lighter than any in the Yunnan 

 series. The ranges of the various forms in China do not seem to 

 be very satisfactorily worked out. 



116. SPELAEORNIS SOULIEI Oustalet 



Spelaeornis souliei Oustalet, Bull. Mus. d'Hist. Nat., vol. 4, 1898, p. 257 

 (Tsekou). 



One female, Hofuping Mountains, Mekong Valley. November. 



This specimen does not agree with the figure of this species -^ or 

 the description of the young.^° As it is very close and the plumages 

 or variations are so little known it would be unwise to provide it 

 with a name at this time. The specimen may be described as fol- 

 lows : 



Similar to Hartert's figure '^ cited above, but blackish terminal 

 spots on head more pronounced; back much lighter (near sudan 

 brown), the apical black spot more pronounced; auriculars sides of 

 neck, flanks, and breast much lighter (ochraceous taAvny), the black 

 apical spot nearly obsolete; and the wing coverts narrowly barred 

 with white, drab, and dusky. 



It seems to be adult, but from the description of the young it may 

 be a bird of the year not yet in fully adult plumage. It measures: 

 Wing, 48; tail, 50; culmen, 10; tarsus, 20; middle toe. 13 mm. 



^"Nov. Zoo]., VOL 17, 1910, pi. 7, flg. 1. 

 10 Idem, vol. 28, 1921, p. 25. 



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