^9^9'] from South Annam and Cochin China. 447 



3 c?, 2?. Arbre Broye, 5400 ft., S. Annam. 13-14 

 May, 1918. 



4 c?, 3?. Langbian Peaks, 6-7500 ft., S. Annam. 

 19-22 April, 1918. 



" Iris dark, bill and feet black." 



Males. T.L. 117, 114, 124, 114, 117, 108, 116, 118, 115 

 (worn) ; W. 56, 57, 57, 60, 59, 55, 62, 59, 59, 58 mm. 



Females. T. L. 114, 110, — , 110, 112 ; W. 57, 55, 58, 57, 

 55, 57 mm. 



We have carefully compared this series with absolute 

 topotypes of M. m. westermanni Sharpe, from which they 

 differ in having the upper surfaces of the females paler, less 

 bluish, grey, and the rump slightly washed with olivaceous. 

 Males are exactly similar. 



92. Hypothymis azurea styani (Hartl.). 



Hypothymis azurea styani Stresemann, Nov. Zool. xx. 

 1913, p. 295; Kloss, Ibis, 1918, p. 190. 

 Hypothymis azurea Oustalet, p. 52. 



1 ? . Trang Bom, Cochin China. 21 May, 1918. 



2 (?, 1 c? imm., 2 ? . Daban, 6500ft., S. Annam, 14-23 

 March, 1918. 



1 ? . Dran, 3000 ft., S. Annam. 11 May, 1918. 

 ''Iris dark; bill dull cobalt, tip and edges of maxilla 

 black ; feet dull cobalt to dark plumbeous." 

 Males. T. L. 164, — , 160 ; W. 70, 72, 70 mm. 

 Females. T. L. 163, 160, 162, 160 ; W. 63, 69, 67, 71 mm. 



93. Cryptolopha castaneiceps annamensis, subsp. no v. 

 Differs from C. c. castaneiceps in having the abdomen 



entirely bright yellow, not white, niesially; and from 

 C. c. sinensis Rickett (Ibis, 1898, p. 332) in having white on 

 the inner webs of the two outer pairs of tail-feathers instead 

 of on one pair only. 



Types. S from Langbian Peaks, 27 April ; ? from Dalat, 

 3 May. 



" Iris dark ; maxilla blackish ; edge and angle of bill 

 yellow in the male ; mandible ochreous ; feet greenish and 

 yellowish brown." 



