1919I from South Ainiaiu (ind Coc/iiu China. (!05 



Under surface unif'onn apple-green (very slij^htly tinged 

 witli yellow on the breast and sides of neck and head in 

 life)/ 



7i//)<?.9. ^ ? . Langhian Peaks, 6500 ft., S. Annaiu. 

 21-22 April, 1918. 



Male. T. L. 405 ; W. 145 ; T. 213 ; Ts. 42; B. f. g. 39 mm. 



Female. T. L. 396 ; W. 142 ; T. 220 ; Ts. 42 ; B. f. g. 

 37 mm. 



"Iris crimson, edge of eyelid crimson, bill and feet blood- 

 red.^' 



1 (?) 1 c? jiiv., 2 ?, 1 ? vix ad., 1 ? juv. Langbian 

 Peaks, 6-7500 £t., S. Annam. 21-28 April, 1918. 



Male. T. L. 405 ; W. 145 mm. 



Females. T. L. 396, 335, 375 ; W. 142, 143, 140 mm. 



Juvenile birds have the abdomen almost white, faintly 

 washed with green ; the crown pale yellow mixed with streaks 

 of apple-green. " Iris dark, bill pale dull brown, tip and gape 

 orange, feet deep orange washed brown/^ 



As we have found it necessary to reduce Cissa <jabriell(S to 

 a synonym of Cissa kypoleuca^ it gives us much ])leasure to 

 be able to name this far more beautiful Hunting-Crow after 

 Mrs. G. M. Vassal, who seems to have l)ecn the first collector 

 of any zoological specimens on the Langbian Plateau. 



192. Urocissa occipitalis magnirostris Blyth. 

 Kloss, Ibis, 1918, p. 230. 



1 c^. Djiring, 3000 ft., S. Annam. 10 April, 1918. 

 " Iris brown, bill deep blood-red, feet S( aling-vvax rcd.^' 

 T.L. 555 ; W. 182 (worn). 



193. Crypsirhina varians (Lath.). 



Kuroda, Annot. Zool. Japon. ix. 1917, p. 248 ; Kloss, 

 Ibis, 1918, p. 233. 



3 (5^,4 ?. Tour Cham, Phanrang, S. Annam. 20-22 

 May, 1918. 



''Iris sky-blue, bill and feet black. '^ 



Males. T. L. 322, 320, 305 ; W. 118, 117, 117 mm. 



Females. T. L. 325, 300, (imm.) 300, 255 ; W. 113, 109, 

 (imm.) 115, 112 mm. 



