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ACROCEPHALUS INEXPECTATUS Berezowski & Bianchi. 



One adult male, taken at Ichang, Hupeh, October 8, 1907. This individual 

 has the wing, 76 mm.; tail 61.5; tarsus, 27.; culmen, 17. The second primary 

 falls between the 4th and 5th ; and the color of the upper parts is a rich russet- 

 brown. The specimen, therefore, agrees exactly with the description of Berezow- 

 ski and Bianchi and is undoubtedly a migrant of the rather more northwestern 

 species. 



DlJMETICOLA 1 BRUNNEIPECTTJS (Blyth). 



Nine specimens, adults of both sexes, Hsientientze, Hupeh, and Washan, 

 western Szechwan, May, and June. All were taken at altitudes of between 6,000 

 and 8,000 feet. 



Two nests with sets of eggs one of two and the other of four were 

 secured May 31 and June 6, and in each case the female parent was also taken. 



Our skins belong apparently to D. brunneipectus rather than to D. russulus 

 (Slater), but we have had no specimens of the latter for comparison. 



ClSTICOLA CISTICOLA TINTINNABULANS (Swhlhoe). 



Two males, Kiating, and Hochianghsien, Szechwan, April 22, and May 6. 



OREOPNEUSTE SUBAFFINIS (Ogilvie-Grant). 



Ten specimens, adults of both sexes, Hsientientze, Tawan, and Showlungtan, 

 Hupeh, and Kiating, Washan, and Tachienlu, Szechwan, at altitudes ranging 

 from 5,000 to 8,000 feet, spring and summer. The one skin from Kiating which 

 is in low country, was taken November 18, 1908, and is the only specimen in 

 autumnal plumage. 



A nest and set of four eggs was taken together with the female parent at 

 Washan, 6,000 feet altitude, May 31, 1908. 



OREOPNEUSTE AFFINIS (Tickell). 



At Yachiakun, western Szechwan, September, 1908, at an altitude of 13,500 

 feet Mr. Zappey collected one male (probably young in first autumnal plumage) 

 that is very unlike any in the series of 0. subaffinis even the single autumnal 

 one from Kiating. This specimen we can not distinguish in any way from skins 

 of 0. affinis from Shillong, India, with which we have carefully compared it. 



1 This genus is unquestionably quite distinct and must be recognized as different from Tribura. 



