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618 Messrs. Robinson and Kloss on Birds [Ibis, 



220. Passer flaveolus Blyth. 



7 c? ad., 1 S iiuni., I S j^v., 6 ? . Tour Cham, Phanrang, 

 S. Annam. 21-23 May, 1918. 



^^Iris dark; male, bill l)lack ; female, maxilla brown, 

 mandible flesby ; feet brown.^' 



Males. T. L. 150, 138, 144, 140, 13.5, 140, 138 ; W. 71, 

 72, 69, 72, 69, 68, 68 mm. 



Females. T. L. 140, 140, 137, 135, 138, 133 ; W. 68, 68, 

 65, 67, 65, 63 mm. 



221. Loxia curvirostra meridionalis, snbsp. nov. 

 Nearest L. c. albiventris, but witli a very mucli coarser, 



more massive bill : larger than L. c. himalayensis and L. c. 

 luzoneyisis^ and the males with no trace of pink in the under 

 tail-coverts as in the latter form. 



Out of the large series obtained no male is entirely devoid 

 of green feathers intermixed with the red of the head and 

 underparts. In the sequence of plumages males appear to 

 pass through a stage in which they exactly resemble the 

 adult females, except that they are a little darker on the 

 chin and have the green on the under surface more yellow. 

 On the other hand, three birds in the heavily striped immature 

 livery already show traces of the orange-red adult plumage. 



Types. S ? • Dalat, 5000 ft., S. Annam. 4 & 7 May, 

 1918. 



Male. T. L. 167; wing 96 ; tail 61 ; tarsus 17; bill from 

 gape 20 ; height of maxilla 8*2, breadth at base 10 mm. 



Female. T. L. 167 ; wing 90 ; tail 60 ; tarsus 16 ; bill 

 from gape 19"7; height of maxilla 80, breadth at base 

 9 mm. 



"Iris dark; bill blackish brown, tomia paler; feet dark 

 brown." 



6(^ ad., 2 cJ mm. (in female plumage), 6 ? ad., 1 $ juv. 

 Dalat, 5000 ft., S. Annam. 11 April-7 May, 1918. 



1 S juv., 1 ? ad. Arbre Broye, 5400 ft., S. Annam. 

 14 May, 1918. 



2 S juv., 1 ? juv. Dran, 3000 ft,, S. Annam. 17 May, 

 1918. 



