ART. 5 BIRDS FROM YUNNAN AND SZECHWAN^ CHINA EILEY 51 



Besides the differential characters given by the original describer, 

 all the adults have a narrow whitish superciliary line more or less 

 distinct and the white on the outer tail feathers reduced to almost 

 the vanishing point. 



One immature female, taken May 24, and about size of the adult 

 or only a trifle smaller, has the black line on the side of the neck 

 reduced to only an indication of neutral gray on the ear coverts, and 

 the superciliary is barely indicated by a little lighter gray than the 

 pileum ; the bill is considerably shorter than in the adult. 



This is a very distinct species, apparently not closely related to 

 any other Chinese form. 



187. SITTA MAGNA Ramsay 



Sitta magna Ramsay, Proc. Zool. Soc. Loncl., 1876, p. 677 (Karennee). 



One adult, between Dyinaloko and Bayiwua, 11,000 feet. May 2; 

 one adult, near Bayiwua, 10,000 feet, May 2; and one adult male, 

 Likiang forests, 8,200 feet, August. 



Family CERTHIIDAE. Creepers 



188. CERTHIA FAMILIARIS KHAMENSIS Bianchi 



Certhia khamensis Bianchi, Sharpens Handl. Birds, vol. 4, 1903, pp. 3.55, 

 360 (Kansu; Szechwau ; S. E. Tibet). 



Two males, Likiang Mountains, 12,000 feet, April 9; two males, 

 mountains near Yangtza, Mekong Valley, November; one male, 

 Hofuping Mountains, Mekong Valley, November. 



ISD. TICHODROMA MURARIA (Linnaeus) 



Certhia muraria Linnaehis, Sys. Nat., ed. 12, 1766, p. 184 (Soiitti Europe). 



One male, Kangpu Mountains, Mekong Valley, October; one male, 

 mountains near Yangtza, Mekong Valley, November; one female, 

 Youngning Plain, 9,600 feet, February. 



While the United States National Museum contains quite a series 

 of this species from Asia, it only possesses a pair from Europe. 

 These two are lighter and have longer bills than any in the Asiatic 

 series, and it may eventually be necessary to recognize an eastern 

 and western race. 



Family ZOSTEROPIDAE. Silver-eyes 



190. ZOSTEROPS PALPEBROSA SIMPLEX Swinhoe 



Zosterops simplex Swinhoe, Ibis, 1861, p. 331 (Amoy). 

 Three males and two females, Likiang Mountains, 8,500-9,000 

 feet. May and August; one male, Likiang Plain, 8,200 feet, August. 

 This series aarees with birds from Fukien. 



