268 BULLETIN: MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY. 
Mr. Wilson informs us that the plain about the city is almost birdleal 
The region appears to be a favorite winter resort for many species of 
birds, whose breeding grounds are either in the higher mountains near 
by or in north central and eastern China. The series of a species often 
contains two subspecies, one, sometimes both of which do not breed 
in the immediate vicinity. This is made evident by the date on the 
labels, although no field notes accompanied the collection. Bird col- 
lecting was carried on through every season of the year, and the com- 
moner resident species are almost always represented by skins in fresh 
autumnal or winter dress, and by well-worn summer specimens. : 
We have marked with an asterisk, each species not in Ingram’s list. 
All measurements are given in millimeters, and for all new descrip- 
tions Ridgway’s color standard (Washington, 1912) has been used. _ 
PHASIANIDAE. 
FRANCOLINUS CHINENSIS (Osbeck). 
1 o', Mengtsze, 26 May, 1911. 
*ARBORICOLA RUFOGULARIS EUROA, subsp. nov. 
2 o’s, Mengtsze, March, July. 
Type:— adult o&, M. C. Z., No. 61,841, Mengtsze, 18 March, 1911. | 
Characters.— General coloration darker and richer, and size larger - 
than in true A. rufogularis Blyth from Sikhim. 'The white central 
shaft stripes of the flank feathers are reduced to mere lines; crown | 
greyer and less olivaceous, especially towards the forehead; scapulars— 
and greater wing coverts with larger black areas. | 
Measurements of the type: wing, 160, tarsus, 42, culmen from base | 
of forehead, 25. 
* BAMBUSICOLA OLEAGINIA, sp. Nov. 
Type, and only specimen:— adult o&, M. C. Z. No. 61,839, Mengtsze, ' 
12 December, 1910. { 
Characters. — Somewhat similar to B. fytchii Anderson, of Assam 
and Upper Burma, but postorbital region black instead of ferruginous; 
ground color of upper parts much darker and more olivaceous, with’ 
dark central stripes of feathers of the back black instead of ferruginous. 
