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160. PHAEORHADINA SUBAFFINIS (Grant) 



Oreopneiistc siihaffiuis Grant, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. 10, 1900, p. 37 

 (Pu-an-ting, S. W. Kweichu). 



One male, between Tsao Chiang, March 17 ; one male, two females, 

 and one imsexed, Likiang Momitains, 10,000-11,000 feet, April 8- 

 June. 



This closely resembles P. affinis, but the chest is strongly tinged 

 with ochraceous and it is a trifle smaller. If the two birds did not 

 apparently breed together they would only be considered forms of 

 one species. It is quite possible they may occupy different levels 

 in the breeding seasons. 



161. PHAEORHADINA AFFINIS (Tickell) 



MotaciUa afflnis Tickell, Journ. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, vol. 2, 1833, p. 576 

 (Jungles of Borabhum and Dholbum). 



Three females and one unsexed, Likiang Mountains, 8,200-12,000 

 feet, April 20-]\Iay 15; one female, Hofuping Mountains, Mekong 

 Valley, November. 



The lower parts vary from a lemon to a picric yellow. 



162. HOREITES BRUNNIFRONS UMBRATICUS Baker 



Horcites hrunnifrons iimhraticiis Baker, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. 44, 1924, 

 p. 63 ( Sheweli-Salwin Divide, Yunnan). 



One male and two females, Likiang Mountains, 10-12,000 feet 

 June, August, and September. 



163. SEICERCUS^= BURKII TEPHROCEFHALUS (Anderson) 



Cullclpeta tcphroceplialiis AkDeeson, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1871, p. 213 

 (Bhamo, Burma). 



One adult imsexed, between Likiang and Tuinakou, 10,000 feet. 

 May 16; five males and two females, Likiang Mountains, 10,000- 

 11,000 feet, May-August. 



An immature female taken in July and an immature male taken 

 in August of about the same size as the adult lack the gray median 

 stripe of the head, it being olive like the back ; the backs are more of 

 a citrine; the lower parts are lighter; and the bill is tipped with 

 yellow. 



In this plumage they resemble S. h. hurkii but are not such a deep 

 yellow below. The August specimen is molting into the bright yel- 

 low breast of the adult. 



" For the use of Seicercnis in place of Cryptolopha, see Baker, Fauna Brit. India, Birds, 

 ed. 2, vol. 2, 1924, p. 485. 



