1 91 9-] fiinii South, Annmn and Cochin. (Udnu. 621 



:227. ^thopyga sanguinipectus johnsi, snUsp. uov. filiate 

 XVII T. fig. 1.) 



A very distitict subspecies of jE. saiu/uiniix'cl.ns Wald., 

 the male diffei'iiig in the almost total suppression of" the 

 yellow ot" the breast, so that it app(;ais aliiio>t unit'orm 

 scarlet^ finely streaked with yelhnv, not yellow lightly 

 streaked witli orange-red. Abdomen gr(;yish olive-green, 

 darker thaii in jE. sanguinipectus. Black pectoral band 

 almost absent. 



Type. Adult male Crom Dran, 3000 it., S. An nam. 

 15 May, 1918. 



T. L. 114; W. 50 ; tail 48 ; tarsus 11 : bill from gape 

 15"6 ram. 



"Iris dark, Inll black, feet blackish brown." 



3 S • JDran, 3000 ft., S. Annam. March 1918-15 May, 

 1918. 



Total length 112, 1 15, 114 ; wing 49, 51, 50 ram. 



In patches of evergreen forest : not common. 



[Named in honour of Mr. J. F. Johns, Actiiig Britisli 

 Consul at Saigon at the dates of ray visit, to whom I 

 ara very grateful for much hospitality and assistance. — 

 C. H. K] 



228. ^thopyga gouldise annamensis, subsp. nov. (Plate 

 XVllI. figs. 2, 3.) 



Male. Like that of JE. (j. (joutdite^ but without any 

 indication of red stripes on the breast and with no yellow 

 whatever on the lower back and rump, which is dull olive- 

 i)rowu ; yellow of the under surface less orange, being 

 "lemon-chrome" of liidgway. Shoulder-patch and upper 

 tail-coverts steel-blue without violet retlectious. Total 

 length 162; wing 57; tail 98; tarsus 14; bill from gape 

 175 mm. 



Female. Less distinctly yellow on the rump and with the 

 throat, neck, and sides of breast greyish instead of greenish 

 yellow. Tail more elongated than in the typical subspecies. 

 Bellv and under tail-coverts bright clear yellow. Total 



