584 Messrs. Robinson and Kloss on Birds [Ibis, 



Female. T. L. 118; W. 54; T. 49; Ts. 20; bill from 

 gape 14*5 mm. 



" Iris crimson ; maxilla brown, tomia pale ; mandible 

 flesby ; feet (male) dull yellow, (female) greenish yellow 

 washed with brown." 



6 c?, 3 ? . Langbian Peaks, 5500-7500 ft., S. Annara. 

 16-24 April, 1918. 



Mules. T.L. 123, 122, 126, 123, 125, 1.28; W. 57, 56, 58, 

 58. 58, 60 ram. 



Females. T. L. 118, 127, 120 ; W. 54, 56, 54 mm. 



144. Stachyris nigriceps dilutus. subs p. nov. 



Differs from aS'. n. davisoni Sharpe (Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, 

 i. 1892, p. vii), from the Malay Peninsula, in having the top 

 of the head paler and greyer, the white stripes almost 

 absent. An intense black postorbital stripe, broadening 

 to a patch on the sides of the nape ; no wliite malar spot ; 

 throat white, tinged only with grey ; underparts much paler 

 olivaceous buff", except ou the lower throat, where it is 

 slightly more ochraceous ; ear-coverts ochraceous tawny. 



Types. cJ ? . Dran, 3000 ft., S. Annam. 1 April- 



17 May, 1918. 



Male. T. L. 140* ; W. 60* ; T. 61 * ; Ts. 21 * ; B. f. g. 



18 * mm. 



Females. T. L. 142 *, 136, 138 ; W. 67 *, 66, 68 ; T. 69 * ; 

 Ts. 20* ; B. f. g. 18* mm. 



Two females, possibly somewhat immature, have the 

 throat partly washed with butfy. 



145. Stachyridopsis ruficeps Blytii. 



Stachyridopsis ruficeps Blyth, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 

 1847, p. 452. 



Lower plumage pale uniform Avax-yellow with fine dark 

 shaft-stripes on the throat, rufous cap extending to the 

 nape with no black shaft-stripes, mantle and back greyish 

 olivaceous. 



IS, 2 ?. Dalat, 5000 ft., S. Annam. 8-10 April, 

 1918. 



* Types of the subspecies. 



