168 SOME CHINESE VERTEBRATES. 







This series shows considerable variation in the colors of the head and back, 

 a variation principally seasonal though in slight degree due to individual differ- 

 ences; there is however not a single specimen that could be referred to Proparus 

 fucatus Styan described from Ichang. 



MOUPINIA POECILOTIS (Verreaux). 



Four specimens, adults and immature of both sexes, Tachienlu, and Chin- 

 chihsien, western Szechwan, at altitudes ranging from 8,000 to 12,500 feet, 

 August and October. 



SCHOENIPARUS VARIEGATUS Styan. 



One adult o" in worn plumage, Chinshihsien, western Szechwan, June 27, 

 1908. 



Ogilvie-Grant considers this species the same as Schoeniparus geneslieri 

 (Oustalet), which has two years priority over Styan's name; but Sharpe retains 

 both species in his Hand List of Birds. With but a single specimen we are not 

 in a position to decide. 



STACHYRIDOPSIS PRAECOGNITUS (Swinhoe). 



Seven specimens, adults of both sexes, Hsienshanhsien, Hupeh, and Kiating, 

 Washanhsien, and Nanchihsien, Szechwan, spring, autumn, and winter. 



The one skin taken at Hsienshanhsien, December 28, 1907, is paler below, 

 more grayish and less greenish olive, above, than any of the Szechwan specimens. 

 Though very pale in color below it is still, however, yellowish, and can not, we 

 believe, be referable to S. davidi Oustalet, which was described as " cinerascenti- 

 bus" on the breast and abdomen, though it would seem to approach that form 

 in some degree. 



MYIOPHONEUS CAERULETJS (Scopoli). 



Five adults, both sexes, Kweichowhsien, and Ichang, Hupeh, and Nitow, 

 and Kiating, western Szechwan, December, March, and June. 



MYIOPHONEUS TIBETANUS Madarasz. 



This very distinct species with a yellow bill and no semiconcealed white 

 markings on the feathers of the rump and sides, was taken at Nachuka, 10,000 

 feet, Tachienlu, 7,500 to 10,000 feet, Washan, and Cheto, 10,000 feet, western 



