AKT. o BIRDS FROM YUNNAN AND SZECHWAN, CHINA RILEY 37 



feet, April and August; one feTnale, Tseh Chung Mountains, Mekong 

 Valley, November; one male, mountain above Hunfuping, Mekong 

 Valley, November. 



The two young fully grown but still in the spotted plumage were 

 taken in August. 



The males have deeper black throats and backs and the breast 

 more of a mars yellow than P. a. auroreus. 



130. PHOENICURUS SCHISTICEPS (Gray) 



Ruticilla »chisticeps Gray, Cat. Mamm. Bds. Nepal Coll. Hodgson, 1846, 

 pp. 69, 153 (Nepal). 



One adult and one immature female, Likiang Mountains, 11,000- 

 12,000 feet, April 15 and June; one adult male, Whei Hsi Mountains, 

 November; one adult fe"male, plain of Youngning, 11,000 feet, Feb- 

 ruary ; three adult males, forests of Mill, 12,000 feet, February. 



131. PHOENICURUS HODGSONI (Moore) 



RuticUla hodynoni Mooke, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1854, p. 26, pi. 58 (Nepal). 



One female, Tengyueh, 5,600 feet, March 5; two males, between 

 Tan-ten and Ssuching, March 24; one male and one female, Likiang 

 Mountains, 9,500-9,600 feet, April 20 and 23; one male and two 

 females, Tseh Chung Mountains, Mekong Valley, November; two 

 males, Hofuping Mountains, Mekong Valley, November; one male, 

 forests of Mili, 9,000-10,000 feet, Szechwan, February. 



132. PHOENICURUS FRONTALIS SINAE Hartert 



Phoenicurus frontalis sinae Hartekt, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. 38, 1919, 

 p. 78 (Kansu). 



One male, Kanhoten, Yiinlooshan Range, March 29; one male, 

 Nguluko, 9,500 feet, April 20; two males, three females, and one 

 immature, Likiang Mountains, 9,500-15,000 feet, April-June and 

 August; four adult males and two immature males, Yangtza Moun- 

 tains, Mekong Valley, November. 



An immature in the spotled plumage was taken in August. The 

 two immature males taken in November have a distinctive plumage 

 from the adult female ; they are browner above, the throat and chest 

 buckthorn brown, becoming yellow ocher on the breast and belly, 

 and the rump and base of the outer tail feathers deeper (xanthine 

 orange). Evidently the adult plumage is not assumed until spring. 

 The males taken in autumn have the blue areas with rusty edges to 

 the feathers. 



133. RHYACORNIS FULIGINOSA FULIGINOSA (Vigors) 



Phoenicura fuliginosa Vigors, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1831, p. 35 (Himalaya). 



A fair series of adults and one immature from borders of Feilung- 

 chiao, March 27 ; Nachupa Plain, 8,000 feet. May 30 ; Likiang Moun- 



