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224. EMBERIZA SPODOCEPHALA MELANOPS Blyth 



Eniberisa melwnops Blyth, Jonrn. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, vol. 14, 1845, p. 

 554 (Tipperah, India). 



One male, between Tiiinakou, and Likiang, 9,000 feet, May 18; 

 one adult male, Kanhoten, June 3; one immature male, Likiang 

 Plain, 8,200 feet, August 21 : one female without locality or date. 



225. EMBERIZA GODLEWSKII YUNNANENSIS Sharpe 



Emberiza yunnanensis Shabpe, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club., vol. 13, 1902, p. 12 

 (Gyi-dziu-shan, W. Yunnan). 



A fair series: Between Feilung-chiao and Yiinlung, March 21: 

 Likiang Mountains, 9,400-12,000 feet, April 5-May 12; between 

 Likiang and Tuinakou, 10,000 feet. May 16; Yangtze Valley, 4,600 

 feet. May 17; Likiang Plain, August: mountains above Hungfuping, 

 Mekong Valley, November; Hofuping Mountains, Mekong Valley, 

 November ; Yangtze Gorge opposite Fungkou, February. 



These are considerably darker and richer colored, both above and 

 below, than the more northern race named Ennberiza cia o?nissa 

 Rothschild. 



An immature male taken in August is molting into the first winter 

 plumage and is almost or quite as dark as the adult; only a few 

 streaks of the immature dress, remain on the throat and chest. 



226. EMBERIZA GODLEWSKII OMISSA Rothschild 



Emberiza cia omissa Rothschild, Nov. Zool., vol. 28, 1921, p. 60 (Si 

 Taipaislaan, Tsin-ling Mountains). 



One female, Tseh Chung Mountains, Mekong Valley, November; 

 one female, Hofuping Mountains, Mekong Valley. November. 



227, MELOPHUS MELANICTERUS (Gmelin) 



Fringilla melanictera Gmelin, Sys. Nat., vol. 1, pt. 2, 1789, p. 910 (Macao). 



One male, marked female, between Kantingai and Muanglai, Sal- 

 win Valley, March 15; one male, between Wamangai and Tsao 

 Chiang, March IT. 



Family STURNIDAE. Starlings 



228. SPODIOPSAR CINERACEUS (Temminck) 



Sturnus cineraceus Temminck, PI. Col., pi. 556, 1832 (Japan). 

 One female, without locality or date. 



229. GRACUPICA NIGRICOLLIS (Paykull) 



Oracula nigricollis Paykull, Kongl. Vetenskaps Acad. Nya Handlingar, 

 vol. 28, 1807, p. 291, pi. 9 (China). 



Two males and one female, Tengyueh. 6,300 feet, March 7. 



