436 Messrs. Robinson and Kloss on Birih [Ibis, 



Males. T,L. 225, 231, 225 ; W. 125, 123, 122 mm. 



Females T. L. 223. 225 ; W. 119, 121 mm. 



One male, in wliicli the upper mandible is almost entirely 

 yellow, has a patch oP crimson on the sides oF the neck 

 behind the car-coverts, which is one of the characters assigned 

 to H, h. marshalli (Hartert), Viig. palaarkt. Kaun. ii. 1912, 

 p. 926, fiom the western Himalaya, which, however, is a 

 larger bird (wing 126-136 mm.). The character is probably 

 developed in fully adult birds. We are not convinced that 

 the birds from eastwards of the Shan. States are strictly 

 conspecific with the typical form fi-om Nepal and Sikkim, 

 but the question can remain open for the [)resent. They 

 show bnt little affinity to the wester/i and northern Chinese 

 bird H. Ii. snbrufinus (Cab. & Heine) = H. h. poUopsia Swinh. 



68. Pyrrhopicus pyrrhotis (Hodgs.). 



Hargitt, Cat. B. xviii. p. 380. 



1 $ vix ad. Dran, 3000 ft., S. Annam. 29 March, 

 1918. 



1? ad., 1 ? imm. Dalat, 5000 ft., S. Annam. 9-11 

 April, 1918. 



1 ^ ad., 3 ^ imm., 1 $ ad. Langbian Peaks, 6-7500 ft., 

 S. Annam. 17-27 April, 1918. 



" Iris dull crimson, orbital skin olive-brown ; bill yellow, 

 base tinged with green : feet olive-l)rown to brownisli 

 black." 



Males. T. L. 280, 283, 280, 280, 280 ; W. 1^1, 146, 141, 

 141, 146 mm. 



Females. T. L. 290, 263, 275 ; W. 140, 136, 146 mm. 



Tiie adult males of this series appear to agree fairly well 

 with adults from the mountains of the Malay Peninsula, 

 except that the latter have a strong claret flush on the 

 mantle. Immature birds agree exactly with the description 

 of P. sinensis (Rickett)* and suggest that that race is 

 fouiuled ou young examples ; P. p. kainanus (Grant) f 

 appears to be somewhat smaller. 



* Bull, Brit. Orn. Club, vi. 1897, p. I ; Ibis, 1897, p. (J03. 

 t Ibis, 1899, p. 585. 



