ART. 5 BIRDS FROM YUNNAN AND SZECHWAN, CHINA RILEY 53 



Two males from Hupeh are a duller less brilliant red on the backs 

 and chest, the rump and belly a lighter yellow, the middle tail 

 feathers more of a violet purple than any in the Yunnan series; the 

 Hupeh birds also have smaller bills and shorter tails. I have named 

 the Hupeh race Aethopyga dabryii hangsl.*^ 



195. AETHOPYGA NIPALENSIS (Hodgson) 



Cinnijris nipalensis Hodgson, Ind. Rev., vol. 2, 1837, p. 273 (Nepal). 

 One male, Hsuehshanting, 9,000 feet, March 13. 



Family MOTACILLIDAE. Wagtails and Pipits 



196. MOTACILLA ALBA HODGSONI Blyth 



Motacilla hodgsoni Blyth, Ibis, 1SG5, p. 49 (Nepal and Sikkim). 



A fair series of adults and imniatures from : Tsaochiang, March 18 ; 

 Yiinlung, March 22 ; Likiang Mountains, 9,400-10,000 feet, April 10- 

 August; Likiang Plain, August; between Likiang and Ganhaitze, 

 10,000 feet, May 19 ; Chienchuan, 8,000 feet, June 5. 



A small series from Kashmir Avitli which the above specimens have 

 been compared have more wdiite in the wing, especially to the outer 

 margins of the flight feathers; specimens from western Szechwan 

 agree Avith Yunnan birds. 



197. MOTACILLA ALBA LEUCOPSIS Gould 



MotaciUa lcucoi)sis Gould, Proe. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1837, p. 78 (India). 



One female, Likiang Plain, 8,200 feet, August; one female, Likiang 

 Mountains, 9,000 feet, September. 



198. MOTACILLA ALBA BAICALENSIS Swinhoe 



Motacilla Micalensis Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1871, p. 363 (Eastern 

 Asia ) . 



One male, Likiang Mountains, 9,000 feet, September ; one female, 

 plain of Youngning, February. 



199. MOTACILLA CINEREA CASPICA (S. G. Gmelin) 



Panes caspicus S. G. Gmelin, Reise duicli Russlaud, vol. 3, 1774, p. 104^ 

 pi. 20. fig. 2 (Enzeli, Caspian Sea). 



Four males and two females, Likiang Mountains, 8,500-9,800 feet, 

 April 29, August, and September; one male, Tseh Chung Mountains, 

 Mekong Valley, November; one female, without further data. 



200. BUDYTES FLAVA SIMILLIMA (Harteit) 



Motacilla fiava slmillima Hartert, Yugel palJlark. Fauna, vol. 3, Heft 3, 

 190.5, p. 289; Nov. Zool., vol. 26, 1919, p. 167 (Sula Id.). 



Tavo males and one female, Likiang Mountains, 8,500 feet, August. 



" Pi-oc. Biol. Soc, Wash., vol. 38, 1925, p. 11. 



