ABT. 15 BIEDS COLLECTED IN CENTRAL CHINA EILEY 13 



48. STREPTOPELIA DECAOCTO DECAOCTO (Frivaldszky) 



Cohmiba risoria Linnaeus var. decaocto Feivaldszky, A. M. Tarsasag Bvkony- 

 vei (ungarische Akademieschriften), 1834-1836, 3 kotet (3 Band), osztaly 

 (Teil) 3, 1838, pp. 183, 184, pi. 8 (Turkey). 



Two males and 1 female, Paotow, Inner Mongolia, March 18; 1 

 male and 1 female, 45 miles northwest of Ninghsia, Kansu, May 4. 



49. STREPTOPELIA ORIENTALIS ORIENTALIS Latham 



Columha oriental-is Latham, Ind. Oin., vol. 2 1790, p. 606 (China). 



One male, 30 miles west of Ninghsia, June 1 ; one male, 120 miles 

 south of Lanchow, Kansu, July 26. 



Family CUCULIDAE 



CTJCKOOS 

 50. CUCULUS CANORUS TELEPHONUS Heine 



C'UGUlus telephonus Hmne, Jonrn. f. Oru. 1863. p. 352 (Japan). 



One adult female, 60 miles south-southwest of Ninghsia, June 8; 

 1 adult female, Lanchow, July 4 ; and 1 immature male, and 1 adult 

 female, 120 miles south of Lanchow, May 28 and August 4, all in 

 Kansu. 



The two adults from Ninghsia and Lanchow are rather pale with 

 the bars below very narrow. 



Family BUBONIDAE 



EARED-OWLS 

 51. ASIO OTUS OTUS (Linnaeus) 



Strix otus Linnaeus, Sys. Nat., ed. 10, 1758, p. 92 (Sweden). 



One female. Eastern Tombs, Chihli, January 10. 

 This is a very light-colored bird with the buffy markings above 

 and below much reduced. 



52. BUBO BUBO SETSCHUANUS Relchenow 



Bubo bubo setsclmanus Reichenow, Orn. Monatsb., 1903, p. 86 (Setschuan). 



One male, Labrang, Kansu, August 30; one purchased native 

 skin about 30 miles west of Sining, Kansu, winter. 



The male from Labrang agrees (allowing for sex) with a speci- 

 men from Yunnan that the late Dr. Peter Suschkin identified as of 

 this form; if anything it is slightly darker. The purchased speci- 

 men is considerably lighter than that from Labrang, and it is verj 

 doubtful if they belong to the same form ; it is also probable that it 



