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Family SYLVIIDAE. Warblers 



150. DUMETICOLA THORACICA THORACICA Blyth 



Dumeticola thoraoica Blyth, Jouni. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, vol. 14, 1846, p. 584 

 (Nepal). 



A fair series, Likiang Mountains, 12,000 feet, June-August. 



Four immature birds taken in August and September are darker 

 above than the adult and have the lower parts marguerite yellow, 

 the flanks light brownish olive, the foreneck and chest spotted with 

 buffy-olive, the under tail coverts olive with yellowish margins. 



151. TRIBURA TACZANOWSKIA (Swinhoc) 



Locustella ta-czanowshla Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc. Loud., 1871, p. 355 

 (Trans-Baikal). 



One male, Likiang Mountains, 12,000 feet. May 12. 



This specimen has a few almost obsolete dusky spots on the chest. 

 Stuart Baker ^^ in his description does not mention these. The speci- 

 men is very much like T. majoi^ except for its much smaller bill. 

 It is more of a brownish olive on the back and the spots on the chest 

 are fewer in number, lighter, and almost obsolescent. I have no speci- 

 mens of T. taczaiioioskia for comparison. 



152. FRANKLINIA GRACILIS (Franklin) 



Prinla ffraciUs Franklin, Proc. Zool. Soc. Loud., 1831, p. 119 (Vindhyani 

 Hills). 



One male, Yangtze Gorge, 4,800 feet. May 17. 



153. ACANTHOPNEUSTE MAGNIROSTRIS (Blyth) 



Phylloscopus niagnirostris Blyth, Journ. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, vol. 12, 1843, 

 p. 966 (Calcutta). 



Three males and three females, Likiang Mountains, 12,000 feet, 

 May, June, and August; one male, Bayiwua, 10,000 feet, June; one 

 female, Likiang Plain, 8,200 feet, August. 



One of the females taken in August is brighter, more yellowish 

 green above, more tinged with yellow below, the superciliary and 

 wing band deeper and more pronounced. The bill is slightly smaller. 

 I take it to be a bird of the year in fresh autumnal plumage. 



154. ACANTHOPNEUSTE REGULOIDES CLAUDIAE La Touche 



Acantliopneuste trochiloldes claudiae La Touche, Bull. Brit. Oru. Club, 

 vol. 43, 1922, p. 22 (Mengtz, Yunnan). 



Three males, five females, and three unsexed, Likiang Mountains, 

 9,600-12,000 feet, April-August ; one male, without locality, March 25. 



I am not satisfied that the above series has been correctly deter- 

 mined. They are very close to a rather poor specimen from Nepal; 



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