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108. PHOENICURUS AUROEEUS AUROREUS (PalJas) 



Motacilla aurorea Paixas, Reise Russ. Reichs, vol. 3, 1776, p. 695 (Salenka, 

 Lake Baikal ) . 



A good series from Kansu (30 to 60 miles northwest of Ninghsia, 

 April 30-May 27; 15 to 140 miles south of Lanchow, July 23- 

 September 20). 



109. PHOENICURUS HODGSONI (Moore) 



Ruticilla hodgsoni Mooke, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1854, p. 26, pi. 58 (Nepal). 



Three males, Kansu (16 miles east-southeast, July 12; 40 miles 

 south, September 19; and 120 miles south of Lanchow, August 6) 



110. PHOENICURUS SCHISTICEPS (Gray) 



Riiticilld schisticeps Gray, Cat. Mam. Bds. Nepal Coll. Hodgson, 1846, pp. 69, 

 153 (Nepal). 



One adult and one young male in the spotted plumage, 100 and 140 

 miles south of Lanchow, Kansu, August 22 and 30. 



Stresemann -° has named Phoenicurus schisticeps heicki from 

 Lanhukou, Kansu. Bangs and Peters ^^ discredit the form. No 

 specimens from Nepal are available for comparison, but three males 

 from Mili, southwest Szechwan and one from northern Yunnan 

 compared with a series of seven males from Sungpan, northern 

 Szechwan and the single male Kansu specimen support their 

 remarks. The wings in four males from southwest Szechwan and 

 northern Yunnan, measure: 81.5-85 (83.9) ; while the wings in the 

 seven Sungpan and one Kansu male measure 81.5-86.5 (84.2). 



111. PHOENICURUS ALASCHANICA (Przewalski) 



Ruticilla alasohamca Przewalski, Mongol i Strana Tangut, vol. 2, 1876, p. 40, 

 pi. 9, fig. 2 (Alaschan) ; Rowley's Orn. Miscel., vol. 2, 1877, p. 175, pi. 14, 

 fig. 2. 



Four males and one female, 15 miles northwest of Ninghsia 

 (Holanshan Mountains), Kansu, May 12-15. 



112. CYANOSYLVIA SUECICA PALL ID OCULARIS (Sarndny) 



Gyanecula sueclca jjalUdogularis Saeudny, Mat. z. Kennt. d. Fauna und Flora 

 Russ. Reichs, Zool., vol. 3, 1897, pp. 171, 812 (Orenburg). 



One male, 45 miles northwest of Ninghsia, Kansu, May 18. 



This is paler than a male from the Altai that has been referred to 

 0. s, discessa, but I agree with S. Baker ^^ that the latter is not dis- 

 tinct enough to warrant recognition by name. 



2«0rnith. Monatsb., 1927, p. 134. 



=aBull. Mus. Comp. ZoOl., vol. 68, p. 352. 



=^ Fauna Br. India, Birds, ed. 2, vol. 2. 1924, p. 85. 



