THAYER AND BANGS: AVES. 171 



SUTHORA UNICOLOR CANASTER, sub. sp. nov. 



Two specimens, both males, Washan, and Yachiakun, western Szechwan, 

 July and November. 



Type: No. 50709 M. C. Z. adult d". Western Szechwan: Washan 

 Mountain, November 3, 1908. W. R. Zappey. 



Characters: Similar to true Suthora unicolor (Hodgson) (compared with 

 specimens from Sikkim) but slightly smaller with a decidedly smaller bill; colora- 

 tion grayer, the breast and chest much more ashy and less vinous, sides of head 

 paler and grayer, forehead and forward part of crown pearly gray instead of 

 vinous brown. 



Measurements: Type, adult <?, wing, 88; tail, 101; tarsus, 30.5; culmen, 

 13. No. 50710, adult d" , Yachiakun, western Szechwan, July 14, 1908, 

 wing, 89; tail, 104; tarsus, 30; culmen, 13.5. 



SUTHORA CONSPICILLATA David. 

 One adult d", Hsientientze, Hupeh, 6,000 feet, June 2, 1907. 



SUTHORA ALPHONSIANA Verreaux. 



Three adults, two males and a female, Kiating, and Luluping, western 

 Szechwan, June, and November. 



SUTHORA WEBBIANA SUFFUSA (Swinhoe). 



Twenty-three specimens, adults of both sexes, Ichang, Hsienshanhsien, 

 Shantau, and Kunganhsien, Hupeh, and Changshowhsien, eastern Szechwan 

 all seaso ns . 



SUTHORA ZAPPEYI, sp. nov. 



Plate 4, fig. 2. 



Seven specimens, adults of both sexes, all from Washan Mountain, western 

 Szechwan, 8,500 to 10,000 feet, October, November, and May. 



Type: No. 50738 M. C. Z., adult d". Western Szechwan: Washan Moun- 

 tain, 9,000 feet, November 3, 1908. W. R. Zappey. 



Characters: A medium sized species, with a small bill, much crested head, 

 and of dull coloration. Back Mars brown; head and anterior lower parts gray; 

 sides ecru-drab; flanks and under tail-coverts, drab. 



