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240. NUCIFRAGA CARYOCATACTES MACELLA Thayer and Bangs 



Nucifraga hemispila macella Thayer and Bangs, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 

 vol. 52, 1909, p. 140 ( Hsien-shan-hsien, Hiipeh). 



One male, between Heshwe and Lusuko, 11,000 feet, April 27 ; one 

 adult unsexed and one immature, HesliAve, 10,000 feet, May 2; eight 

 adults (four males, three females, and one unsexed), and one imma- 

 ture female, Likiang Mountains, 10,000-11,000 feet, May-September. 



Two adults from the mountains of western Szechwan agree with 

 the Yunnan series. 



Three adults (only one sexed) from the mountains of Shansi are 

 browner, the dark color of the pileum does not extend so far onto the 

 mantle, the spots above and below are slightly heavier than in the 

 Yunnan birds. They represent Nucifraga hemispila interdictus 

 Kleinschmidt and Weigold.**^ 



Both Bangs '^^ and Kleinschmidt and Weigold°* have relegated 

 Nucifraga yurmanensis Ingram ^^ to the synonymy of Nucifraga 

 hemispila macella Thayer and Bangs.*'*' 



The two immature specimens referred to above taken May 2 and 

 June have the throats buffy white and the upper and lower parts, 

 except the rump and under tail coverts, heavily spotted with isabella 

 color. The May specimen is considerably younger and has a rather 

 short bill and the spots larger and heavier. 



241. UROCISSA MELANOCEPHALA MELANOCEPHALA (Latham) 



Coracias melanocephala Latham, Ind. Orn., vol. 1, 1790, p. 173 (China). 



Ten adults (five males, three females, and two unsexed), Likiang 

 Mountains, 8,200-11,000 feet, April-June and September; one male, 

 Yangtze Gorge, 7,000 feet. May 22; one male, mountains near 

 Yangtza, Mekong Valley, November; one female, Litang Valley, 

 below Mill, 8,000 feet, February. 



The above series when compared with a series from northern and 

 central China averages a much deeper and purer blue on the upper 

 parts, and the tail is considerably longer. 



242. UROCISSA FLAVIROSTRIS FLAVIROSTRIS (Blyth) 



Psilorhinus flavirostris Blyth, Journ. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, vol. 15, 1846, 

 p. 28 (Darjeeling). 



One male, Hofuping Mountains, Mekong Valley, November. 

 This appears to be the first record of this species from China. The 

 specimen differs widely from four adults from Kashmir {Urocissa 



82Falco, vol. 18, 1922, p. 2; Abh. u. Ber. d. Zool. u. Anthr.-Ethn. Mus. Dresden, vol. 

 15, 1922, p. 5. 



8= BuU. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist, vol. 44, 1921, p. 599. 



^ Abh. u. Ber. d. Zool. u. Anthr.-Ethn. Mus. Dresden, vol. 15, 1922, p. 5. 



6= Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. 25, 1910, p. 86. 



««Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool.. vol. 52, 1909, p. 140. 



