460 Mr. J. D. La Touche on the [Ibis, 



Near G. c. ricketti of Fohkieu but greyer below, more 

 golden (less olive) g'reen above, with darker garnet-coloured 

 forecrown and less black over the eye. Base of lower 

 mandible bright yellow. 



Chang-yang Hsien, Common resident in the mountains 

 of this district. I saw the fine series collected by Zappey. 

 It is plainly divisible into two sections : — G. c. yuerini and 

 a dark bird, some of which, obtained in the Hupeh Mts., 

 are presumably of this form. Unfortunately, the Museum 

 of Comp. Zo(3logy had not any series from other parts of 

 C;hina, so that exact identification of the birds in the Zappey 

 collection was difficult. 



91. *Dryobates hyperythrus subrufinus (Jab, & Heine. 

 T. & B. p. 100. 



Gbang-yang Hsien. One ^ dated 27 September, 1918. 



The specimen collected is a bird of the year with dark 

 umber-brown underparts and remains of nestling plumage 

 about the head and neck. This is the first record of this 

 Woodpecker in Hupeh. Zappey obtained one in Szechuen. 

 I have a female from Shanghai and a lono- series from 

 north-east Chihli, where it is very common on passage. 



92. Dryobates major cabanisi (Malh.). 

 Dryohates cabanisi cabanisi T. & B. p. 160. 



Abundant both in Chang-yang Hsjen and on the plain. 

 The few examples collected are variable, much as in birds 

 from the Lower Yangtze, as regards the tints of the under- 

 parts and the spotting of the secondaries. 



93. Dryobates pygmaeus clementii. 



Yimgipicus scintilliceps scintilliceps T. & B. p. 161. 



lyngipicus pygiiKvus clementii La Touche, Bull. B. 0. C. 

 xl. 1919, p. 51. 



The Spark-headed Woodpecker obtained by me in the 

 Hupeh Mts. differs as follows from the north-eastern and 

 south-e.'istern (Jhina birds : — The white on the back is more 

 extensive than in kaleensis, resembling in this respect scin- 

 tilliceps from northern Chihli. The axillaries are unmarked 



