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209. PROCARDUELIS NIPALENSIS INTENSICOLOR Baker 



Procardiielis nipalensis intensicolor Baker, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. 45, 

 1925, p. 92 (Mekong-Salwin Divide, Yunnan). 



One male and four females, Likiang Mountains, 10,000 feet, June- 

 September. 



210. SPINUS AMBIGUUS (Oustalet) 



Chrysomitris amhigita Oustalet, Bull. Mus. Paris, vol. 2, 1896, p. 186 

 (Yunnan). 



One female, Chin Chou and Feilung Chiao, Mekong Valley, March 

 20; seven adults (five males and two females), Likiang Mountains, 

 10,000-12,000 feet, May 12-June; one male, Yangtze Gorge near 

 Yulo, 7,400 feet. May 20; one female, Lashipa Plain, 8,600 feet. May 

 27 ; one immature male. Limestone Range, east of the Likiang Moun- 

 tains, 10,000 feet, July 2; one male, mountains near Yangtza, Mekong 

 Valley, November; one male, without definite data. 



The male taken in November has the feathers of the lower parts 

 broadly tipped with drab and the yellow subapical streak almost con- 

 cealed. As the season advances these tips evidently wear off, leaving 

 the lower-parts yellow streaked with warbler green. The feathers of 

 the lower-parts also have a concealed subbassal spot of white. 



The males have the cap and sides of face dull black ; in the females 

 it is only olivaceous-black (1). The female is generally duller col- 

 ored, otherwise the sexes are much alike. 



The immature male taken Jul}^ 2, while full size, resembles the 

 adult, except it is light brownish olive above streaked with blackish ; 

 below it is a light chalcedony yellow streaked with blackish, the 

 center of the breast and belly becoming more yellowish. It lacks 

 the black cap. 



211. MONTIFRINGILLA NEMORICOLA NEMORICOLA (Hodgson) 



Fringilauda nemoricola Hodgson, Asiat. Res., vol. 9, 1836, p. 158 (Nepal). 



Two males and two females, Likiang Mountains, 11,000-13,000 

 feet, April 9-18 ; three males and one female, Hofuping Mountains, 

 Mekong Valley, November. 



The majority of the specimens have the top of the head tawny 

 olive, unstreaked; in one it has faded to Isabella color and is being 

 replaced by dark-centered feathers and in another the dark-centered 

 feathers are coming in without much fading in the old feathers. 

 These two specimens were taken in April, but one specimen taken in 

 November has the forehead unstreaked and the occiput streaked. 

 The other two April specimens (male and female) have the crown 

 streaked. According to Sharpe °- the plain-crowned birds are 

 immature. 



^- Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vol. 12, 18S8, p. 268. 



