AET. 15 BIRDS COLLECTED IN CENTRAL CHINA ^RILEY 15 



Family UPUPIDAE 



HOOPOES 

 56. UPUPA EPOPS SATURATA Lonnberg 



Upupa epops saturata Lonnbebg, Aikiv for Zool., voL 5, no. 9, 1909, p. 29 

 (Kjachta, Mongolia). 

 Two males, 100 miles northwest of Ninghsia, April 25 ; one male 

 15 miles east-southeast of Lanchow, Kansu, July 11. 



Family PICIDAE 



WOODPECKERS, ETC. 

 57. PIOUS CANUS ZIMMERMANNI Reichenow 



Picus canus zimmermanni Reichenow, Orn. Monatsb., 1903, p. 86 (Tsingtao, 

 Shantung) . 



Five males and four females, Eastern Tombs, Chihli, December 

 21 to January 18. 



One male (304612) has the long nape feathers tipped with black, 

 showing a tendency toward Pious canus guerini. 



58. PICUS CANUS GUERINI (Malherbe) 



Ghloropicos guermi Malherbe, Rev. et Mag. Zool., 1849, p. 539 (China). 



Five males and 16 females, Kansu (Lanchow, July 3, 4; 15 miles 

 east-southeast of Lanchow, July 10; 80 miles south of Lanchow, 

 September 16; 90 miles southeast of Lanchow, September 1; 120 

 miles south of Lanchow, July 25-August 14; 10 miles north-east of 

 Sining, August 4; Choni, July 4- August 7). 



This series is too much abraded and faded to be used for compari- 

 son with fresh specimens. In the summer examples the green has 

 practically faded from the back and breast. The autumn birds in 

 fresh plumage agree fairly well with Shanghai specimens. 



59. DRYOBATES MAJOR CABANISI (Malherbe) 



Picus cabanisi Malherbe, Journ. fiir Orn., 1854, p. 172 (China). 



Two males and eight females, Eastern Tombs, Chihli, December 



8-28. 



60. DRTOBATES MAJOR STRESEMANNI Rensch 



Dryobates major stresemanni Rensch, Abh. u. Ber. Mus. f. Tierk, u. Volkerk. 

 Dresden, vol. 16, No 2, 1924, p. 38 (Tsalila, Szechwan). 



One male and two females, 90-120 miles south of Lanchow, Kansu, 

 July 26, August 6, and September 1. 



One of the females is still in immature plumage and the other 

 female and the male are molting, apparently from a darker to a 

 lighter plimiage below. 



