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180. PARUS MAJOR TIBETANUS Hartert 



Pants major tihctanus Hartert, Yogel palilark. Fauua, vol. 1, Heft 3, 1905, 

 p. 346 (Chaksam, Tsongpo Valley, Tibet). 



A small series of adults and young between Pakang and Waman- 

 gai, March 16; Ngiiliiko, 10,000 feet, April 6 and 7; Likiang Moun- 

 tains, 8,500-10,000 feet, April and June; between Dyinaloko and 

 Bayiwiia, 11,000 feet. May 2; Yangtza Mountains, Mekong Valley, 

 November. 



Larger, with less yellow on the mantle; outer tail feather more 

 extensively white than in forms to the north and east of it. So many 

 forms have been named from China within recent years that it is 

 difficult to decide which are valid without a more intensive study 

 than I am able to devote to it. 



181. PARUS MONTICOLUS YUNNANENSIS La Touche 



Pants monticolus yunnanensis La Touche, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. 42, 

 1922, p. 51 (Milati, Yunnan). 



Seven adults, Likiang Mountains, 10,000-11,000 feet, April-Sep- 

 tember. 



This series when compared with a small series from Kashmir has 

 the white markings on the wings less marked, the lower back and 

 rump a deeper, clearer gra}', and it appears to be slightly larger in 

 size. 



182. AEGITHALISCUS CONCINNUS TALIFUENSIS Rippon 



Aeffithaliscus taliftiensis Rippon, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. 14, 1903, p. 18 

 (Gyi-dzin-shau, east of Talifu, Yunnan). 



One adult, Yiinlung, March 22; one adult, Lashipa, June G; one 

 adult female, Likiang Plain, 8,200 feet, August 21. 



This does not seem to be a well-marked race, but Rothschild *^ and 

 La Touche ** with more ample material recognize it. The pectoral 

 band is darker and narrower than in birds from central and eastern 

 China. A series from Suifu, Szechwan, seems to agree with the 

 eastern race. 



183. AEGITHALISCUS BONVALOTI (Oustalet) 



Acrcdula bonvaJoti Oustai^et, Ann. Sci. Nat., Zool., ser. 7, vol. 12, 1891, 

 p. 286, pi. 9, fig. 1 (Ta-tsieu-lu and Pendjama, Szechwan). 



Nine adults and one immature from Likiang Mountains, 9,600- 

 12,000 feet, April-June ; between Likiang and Tuinakou, 10,000 feet, 

 May 16 ; and Hof uping Mountains, Mekong Valley, November. 



"Nov. Zool., vol. 30, 1923, p. 51. 

 "Ibis, 1923, p. 311. 



