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lacks the black breast patch of true hodgsoniae; the other supposed color char- 

 acters appear to be very variable. 



COTURNIX JAPONICA (Temminck & Schlegel). 



Twenty specimens, both sexes, Ichang, and Changyanghsien, western Hupeh, 

 autumn, and April. 



This series is entirely referable to this very distinct species. Some young 

 males have a little black on the throat, but they show the long lanceolate throat 

 feathers. Some young females show the elongate throat feathers very slightly, 

 but otherwise are exactly like more adult females that show this character very 

 plainly. 



BAMBUSICOLA THORACICA (Temminck). 



Four adult males, Kiating, Chungking, and Yachow, western Szechwan, 

 November, and December. 



ITHAGENES GEOFFROYI Verreaux. 



Eight specimens, seven adults of both sexes, and one young male less than 

 half grown were taken at Tachienlu, Tongolow, Shuowlow, Ramala Pass, 

 and Kaoerhshan, western Szechwan, at altitudes ranging from 12,000 to 15,500 

 feet, in July, and August. 



The young male, Tachienlu, 12,000 feet, July 19, 1908, has the head and 

 nape blackish ashy, and the body feathers with conspicuous pale shaft-stripes; 

 the gray tail feathers and pointed red tail-coverts of the adult plumage are just 

 beginning to show. 



ITHAGENES WILSONI, sp. nov. 



Two adult males, Washan, western Szechwan, 9,000 feet altitude, No- 

 vember 2, 1908. 



Type: No. 52366 M. C. Z. adult <?. Western Szechwan: Washan Moun- 

 tain, 9,000 feet, November 2, 1908. W. R. Zappey. 



Characters: Similar in general to I. geoffroyi but about one third smaller. 

 In color the Washan bird does not differ radically from /. geoffroyi, though 

 there are some slight variances; the tail in /. wilsoni is rather darker ashy; 

 and the white shaft-lines on the back, scapulars, and upper tail-coverts are wider. 



