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Two of the males (304993, 304990) are as large as the same sex 

 in the series of Erriberiza g. hangsi from Kansu, but are much darker 

 in color and are probably only unusually large specimens. The 

 characters of the two forms seem to run into one another and must 

 intergrade somewhere in the vicinity. 



164. EMBERIZA GODLEWSKII OMISSA Rothschild 



Em'beriza cia omissa Rothschild, Nov. Zool., vol. 28, 1921, p. 60 ( Si Taipaishan, 

 Tsin-ling Mountains). 



One male, Eastern Tombs, Chihli, January 2. 

 This specimen is smaller and darker than the specimens identified 

 as E. g. hangsi. 



165. EMBERIZA CIOIDES WEIGOLDI Jacobi 



Em'beriza oioides weigoldi Jacobi, Abh. und Ber. Mus. Dresden, vol. 16, No. 1, 

 1923, p. 36 (Peking, Chihli). 



Two males and one female, Eastern Tombs, Chihli, December 18, 

 January 4; one female, 30 miles northwest of Paotow, Inner Mon- 

 golia, March 29. 



The latter specimen is lighter below than the Chihli birds. 



Although the United States National Museum contains quite a 

 series of this species from China, it has very few taken in the breed- 

 ing season. What few I have been able to examine from south and 

 north China seem to show that the present form is very poorly 

 characterized, if worthy of recognition at all. I have been able to 

 compare three males in breeding plumage from north Chihli with 

 four males from south China (Kiangsu, Hunan, and Szechwan). 

 Southern birds appear to be a trifle darker and a little smaller; the 

 differences are slight, however. 



166. EMBERIZA LEUCOCEPHALA S. G. Gmelin 



Em'beriza leucocepJialos S. G. Gmelin, Nov. Comm. Acad. Sci. Imp. Petrop., vol. 

 15, 1771, p. 480, pi. 23, fig. 3 (Astrachan). 



One male and one female, Eastern Tombs, Chihli, December 8 

 and 24. 



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