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All specimens of this jay examined by me from north China are a 

 much lighter blue above than those from the Yangtze south. This 

 agrees with La Touche's ^ experience, also. 



82. GARRULUS GLANDARIUS PEKINGENSIS Reichenow 



Oarrulus tispecularis pehingensis Reichenow, Joura. fur Orn., 1905, p. 425, 

 (Peking). 



One male, 100 miles southwest of, August 31, and 1 male, 90 miles 

 southwest of Lanchow, Kansu, September 1. 



The specimen taken August 31 agrees fairly well' with a male from 

 15 miles south of Sianfu, Shensi of this form. The September bird 

 shows an approach toward G. g. hrandti ; the speculum at the base of 

 the inner primaries and outer secondaries is white distally on the 

 eighth and ninth primary and without bars, the bars appearing 

 basally and normally on the other feathers. 



83. PYRRHOCORAX PYRRHOCORAX BRACHYPUS (Swinhoe) 



Fregilus graculus var. irachypus Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. See. London, 1871, p. 

 383 (Peking). 



One male and 1 female, Paotow, Inner Mongolia, March 18; 2 

 males and 2 females, 15 miles northwest of Ninghsia (Holanshan 

 Mountains), Kansu, May 13-15; 1 male, Lake Kokonor, Tibet, 

 August 13. 



This series averages smaller with smaller bills than birds from 

 southwest Szechwan and northern Yunnan {P. p. himalayanus) . 



84. PSEUDOPODOCES HUMILIS SAXICOLA Stresemann 



Pseudopodoces humilis saxicola Stresemann, Ornith. Mouatsb., vol. 36, 1928, 

 p. 82 (Lamasery Mantusse, district of Sining-fu, N. Kansu). 



One female, southeast corner of Lake Kokonor, Tibet, August 14; 

 1 female, 40 miles west of Sining, August 18; 5 males, 100 miles 

 southwest of Lanchow, Kansu, August 28 and 29. 



This is one of the most interesting birds received by the National 

 Museum in recent years, representing a quite distinct monotypic 

 genus. It differs from Podoces Fischer (type Podoces panderi 

 Fischer) in the proportionally shorter tail and outer primary; the 

 scutellation on the acrotarsium obsolescent, instead of well-marked 

 and obvious. From Eupodoces Zarudny and Loudon (type Podoces 

 hiddulphi Hume) Pseudopodoces differs in the proportionally 

 shorter tail, bill, and outer primary ; the barbs on the feathers of the 

 mentum less prominent; the feathers of the crown not metallic or 

 obviously elongated posteriorly; and there are other characters, but 

 enough have been enumerated to show that it is quite distinct. All 

 three genera seem to be well-founded and worthy of recognition. 



» Handbook Birds Eastern China, pt. 1, 1925, p. 17. 



