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117. OLIGURA CASTANEOCORONATA CASTANEOCORONATA (Burton) 



Sylvia? castaneo-coronata Burton, Proc. Zool. Soc. Loud., 1835, p. 152 

 (Himalaya). 



One male and three females, Likiang Mountains, June. 



The only specimen available is a male from Sikkim. It is smaller, 

 has a darker head, the back more of a warbler instead of olive-green, 

 and the lower parts a deeper yellow when compared with the Yunnan 

 series. Whether these differences would hold in a larger series is for 

 the future to decide. 



Family CINCLIDAE. Dippers 



118. CINCLUS CINCLUS CASHMERIENSIS Gould 



Cinclus cashmeriensls Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. Loud., 1859, p. 494 (Kasch- 

 mir). 



One male, Likiang Mountains, 9,600 feet, April 18. 



The above and a female from Sungpan, Szechwan, when compared 

 with a series of three males and four females from Kashmir, are 

 darker on the breast and belly and grayer on the back, with little or 

 no brownish wash. They probably represent a distinct form, but 

 Avhich is better left unnamed for the present. 



119. CINCLUS PALLASII SOULIEI Oustolet 



Cinclus pallasi, var. souliei Oustalet, Auu. Soc. Nat. Zool., ser. 7, vol. 12, 

 1891 (1892), p. 299 (Tatsienlou and Mupin). 



One female, Likiang Mountains, September; one female, Whei 

 Hsi, October; one female, Hungfuping, Mekong Valley, November. 



Family TURDIDAE. Thrushes 



120. MYOPHONUS TEMMINCKII EUGENEI Hume 



Myiophoneus eugenei Hume, Stray Feathers, vol. 1, 1873, p. 475 (Pegu). 



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

 between Yiinlung and Tan-ten, March 23; two adult males, one 

 immature male, and two unsexed, Likiang Mountains, 10,000-11,000 

 feet, May-August. 



Besides the differences pointed out by Stuart Baker ^^ between this 

 and M. t. tenvniinckii^ the above series has larger, heavier bills; 

 darker above and below ; the blue more of a dusky violet-blue instead 

 of dark soft bluish-violet ; and the rump and belly without any white 

 bases to the feathers. In fact, they are so different that I have 

 serious doubts of the propriety of making them forms of one species. 



The young was taken in August and is like the parents, but duller 

 without the glistening blue spots or shoulder patch. It is rather 



»i Fauna Brit. India, Birds, ed. 2, vol. 2, 1924, p. 181. 



