158 SOME CHINESE VERTEBRATES. 



April, and August. It is thus not certain that any of these were birds that 

 would breed in the region. All are referable to this lately described form, 

 the best character of which, as compared with European skins is the conspicu- 

 ously darker interscapular region. 



CAPRIMULGID.E. 



CAPKIMULGUS INDICUS JOTAKA Temminck & Schlegel. 



One young male (in plumage not unlike that of the adult female), Ichang, 

 Hupeh, September 13, 1907. 



MICROPODIDAE. 

 COLLOCALIA INOPINA iNOPiNA Thayer & Bangs. 



The type from Mafuling, Hupeh, taken June 1, 1907, was the only example 

 of this form secured; others, however, were seen in the same general region. 



COLLOCALIA INOPINA PELLOS, sub. sp. nov. 



Type: No. 52131 M. C. Z. adult d% Western Szechwan: Washan, 6,000 

 feet, May 31, 1908. W. R. Zappey. 



Characters: Similar to true C. inapina from Hupeh, and of the same size, 

 but upper surface darker, more sooty, less brownish, and more uniform, the 

 rump scarcely paler than the back. 



Measurements: Type, adult male, wing, 135; tail, 59; tarsus, 11.5; 

 culmen, 5. Topotype, adult 9, No. 52125, wing, 134; tail, 60; tarsus, 12; 

 culmen, 5. 



Remarks: Thirteen specimens of this form were secured at Chungchow- 

 hsien, and Washan, Szechwan, where it was fairly common, in April and May. 

 It appears to be easily distinguished from its more eastern representative, true 

 C. inopina, by its much darker, more sooty, and uniformly colored back, 

 without paler rump. 



COLLOCALIA FUCIPHAGA CAPNITIS Thayer & Bangs. 



Bull. M. C. Z., May, 1909, 52, p. 139. 



One adult male, the type, Wantaoshan, Hupeh, June 5, 1907. But one 

 specimen of this much smaller bird (the wing 10 mm. shorter than in C. inopina) 

 was taken. 



