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230. ACRIDOTHERES TRISTIS (Linnaeus) 



Paradisea tristia Linnaeus, Sys. Nat., ed. 12, 1766, p. 167 (Philippine 

 Islands ) . 



One male, Chienchuan, 8,000 feet, June 5; one male and two fe- 

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

 one juvenile, Likiang Mountains. 10,000 feet, June and August. 



The juvenile is apparently just froni the nest and was taken in 

 August. 



231. AETHIOPSAR CRISTATELLUS CRISTATELLUS (Gmelin) 



Gracula cristatella Gmelin, Sys. Nat., vol. 1, pt. 1, 1788, p. 65 (China). 

 One male, Tsao Chiang, March 18. 



Family ORIOLIDAE. Orioles 



232. ORIOLUS CHINENSIS TENUIROSTRIS BIyth 



Oriolus tenuirosfris Blyth, Jour. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, vol. 15, 1846, p. 48 

 (Central India). 



A good series of adults and immatures from Likiang Mountains, 

 8.500-14,000 feet, April-September ; and Limestone Range east of the 

 Likiang Mountains, 10,000 feet, July. 



A young bird not long from the nest was taken July 2. 



233. ORIOLUS TRAILLH TRAILLII (Vigors) 



Pastor traillii Vigors, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1831, p. 175 (Himalaya, prob- 

 ably Darjiling). 



One adult female, Likiang Mountains, June. 



When compared with two females from the Himalayas it is not as 

 dark on the head above and lacks the maroon wash to the rump; 

 these differences may be individual or due to age. however, as the two 

 Indian specimens are not alike. 



Family DICRURIDAE. Drongo Shrikes 



234. DICRURUS ATER CATHOECUS Swinhoe 



Dicrtirus catJwecus Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1871, p. 377 (China). 



One male and three females, Likiang Mountains, 8,200-10,000 feet, 

 April 23, May 15, and September; one female, Chienchuan Plain, 

 June 5. 



235. DICRURUS LEUCOPHAEUS NIGRESCENS Gates 



Dicrurus nigrescens Gates, in Hume's Nests and Eggs, ed. 2, vol. 1, 1889, 

 p. 208 (Rangoon). 



A good series from: Likiang Mountains, 8,200-10,000 feet, April 

 5, June-August; Yangtze Gorge near Tsilikiang, 4,600 feet. May 

 17; between Nguluko and Yulo, Yangtze Valley, May 24; Chien- 

 chuan plain, 8,000 feet, June 5. 



