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from southern Szechwan average a little smaller; the differences 

 are slight and grade into one another. The few summer specimens 

 that I have seen from the south appear to be more richly colored 

 than the Kansu birds. 



The measurements given by Jacobi ^^ for his Ghloris sinica 

 tschiliensis are no greater than those of this Kansu series and only 

 average slightly greater than the series from south China. Of 

 Ghloris sinica ussuriensis Hartert, I have examined only two adult 

 males and one female; they are slightly larger than Kansu birds, 

 but the difference is not great. 



143. MYCEROBAS CARNIPES (Hodgson) 



Cocothraustes camipes Hodgson, Asiatic Researches, vol. 19, 1836, p. 151 

 (Nepal). 



One male and one female, 15 miles northwest of Ninghsia (Holan- 

 «han Mountains), Kansu, May 16. 



Four males from southwest Szechwan and northern Yunnan are a 

 deeper black when compared with the above male ; the Kansu female 

 is a lighter gray than females from Yunnan and southwest Szechwan. 

 Perhaps the northern bird represents another form, but for the pres- 

 ent I do not care to separate it. 



144. FRINGILLA MONTIERINGILLA Linnaeus 



Fringilla montifringilla Linnaeus, Sys, Nat., ed. 10, 1758, p. 179 (Europa, *. e. 

 Sweden). 



Two females. Eastern Tombs, Chihli, December 8 and January 4. 



145. SPINUS SPINUS (Linnaeus) 



Fringilla spinus Linnaeus, Sys. Nat., ed. 10, 1758, p. 181 (Sweden). 



One female, Eastern Tombs, Chihli, December 10. 

 The above specimen has a deformed bill ; the lower mandible much 

 longer than the upper. 



146. ACANTHIS FLAVIROSTRIS MINIAKENSIS Jacobi 



Acanthis flavirostris miniakensis Jacobi, Abh. und Ber. Mus. Dresden, vol. 16, 

 No. 1, 1923, p. 25 (Tsehuwo, Bameh ; Dawo). 



One marked male but probably a female, 105 miles south-southwest 

 of Lanchow, Kansu, September 2. 



This specimen has been assigned to this form on geographic ground. 

 It is immature ; an adult female in worn plumage from Ngan Yang 

 Ba (near Tatsienlu), July 19, is much darker above and below and 

 more heavily streaked. 



28Abh. u. Ber. Zool. Mus. Dresden, vol. 16, No. 1, 1923, p. 25. 



