THAYER AND BANGS: AVES. 163 



SlPHIA ALBICILLA (Pallas). 



Five specimens, both sexes, Ichang, and Mafuling, Hupeh, and Omeihsien, 

 Szechwan, May, and October. 



SlPHIA STROPHIATA HodgSOH. 



Two males, Lianghokow, western Szechwan, 12,000 feet, September. 

 In one of these, in fully adult plumage, the usual crescent of rufous on the chest 

 is replaced with feathers with white bases. This specimen is probably abnormal. 



CYORNIS TICKELLIAE GLAUCICOMANS Thayer & Bangs. 



Bull. M. C. Z., May, 1909, 62, p. 141. 



Two adult males, one, the type, from Tanshuiya, Hupeh, May 7, 1907, the 

 other from Hsienshan, Hupeh, June 4, 1907. 



DlGENEA LEUCOMELANURA CERVINIVENTRIS Sharpe. 



One male, Washan, June 3, 1908. This was one of a pair that was evi- 

 dently nesting among the moss-covered rocks of the mountain side; Mr. Zappey 

 was unable to find the nest. 



NILTAVA LYCHNIS Thayer & Bangs. 

 Bull. M. C. Z., May, 1909, 52, p. 141. 



Plate 3, fig. 2. 



The type, an adult male taken at Patung, Hupeh, May 19, 1907, was the 

 only example seen during the trip. 



PALIOMYIAS HODGSON: (Verreaux). 



Three adult males, Nachuka, Wulungshih, and Ramala Pass, western 

 Szechwan, 12,000 to 15,000 feet, August. 



XANTHOPYGIA XANTHOPYGIA (A. Hay). 



Four specimens, two adult males, an adult female and one male in the spotted 

 nestling plumage, Ichang, Hupeh, and Kungyahsien, Szechwan, June, and July. 



CYANOPTILA CUMATILIS Thayer & Bangs. 



Bull. M. C. Z., May, 1909, 62, p. 141. 



Eight specimens, adults of both sexes, Mafuling, Hsientientze, and Fang- 

 shen, Hupeh, May, and June. 



