ART. 5 BIRDS FROM YUNNAN AND SZECHWAN^ CHINA RILEY 47 



Family LANIIDAE. Shrikes 



169. LANIUS TEPHRONOTUS (Vigors) 



Collurlo tephro)iotus Vigors, Proc. Zool. Soc. Loud., 1831, p. 43 (Himalaya). 



A <rood series from: Tsao Chiang, Marcli 18; Likiang Plain, 9,400 

 feet. May 4; Likiang, 8,200 feet, May 15; between Likiang and 

 Ganhaitze, 10,000 feet. May 19; Likiang Mountains, 9,500-11,000 

 feet, April 23-September ; Limestone Range, east of the Likiang 

 Mountains, 10,000 feet, July 2; Whei Hsi Mountains, Mekong Val- 

 ley, November; Tseh Chung Mountains, Mekong Valley, November. 



Specimens in worn plumage have the gray of the back darker 

 and the red of the rump lighter than birds in unworn ])lumage. 



One specimen (297168) has a white line bordering the black mark 

 from just forward of the eye to near the end of the ear coverts, and 

 there is a slight indication of it in one or two other specimens. 



170. LANIUS NIGRICEPS NIGRICEPS (Franklin) 



Collurio nigriceps Franklin, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1831, p. 117 (Ganges 

 and Nerbudda). 



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

 female, Tsao Chiang, March 18. 



171. LANIUS CRISTATUS CRISTATUS Linnaeus 



Lanius cristatus Linnaeus, Sys. Nat., ed. 10, 1758, p. 93 (Bengal). 



Two immature males, Likiang Mountains, 8,500 feet, August and 

 September. 



Family PARADOXORNITHIDAE. Parrot-bills 



172. PARADOXORNIS GUTTATICOLLIS David 



Paradoxornis guttaticollis David, Nouv. Arcli. Mus. Paris, vol. 7, Bull. 

 1871, p. 14 (Szecliwan and Mupin). 



One female, without locality. 



The black of the ear coverts is more extensive and the spotting 

 on the chest more pronounced than in a female from Fukien, the 

 only specimen with which I have been able to compare it. 



173. SUTHORA UNICOLOR SATURATIOR (Rothschild) 



Paradoxornis unicolor saturatior Rothschild, Nov. Zool., vol. 28, 1921, 

 p. 54 (Sheweli-Salwin Divide, Yunnan). 



Two adults, between Dyinaloko and Bayiwua, May 1; three males 

 and two females, east slopes Likiang Mountains, July; one male, 

 west slopes of Likiang Mountains, July. 



