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above lores ; chin and throat greenish-white ; back to end 

 of tail-coverts bright, but dark, yellowish-green ; tail black, 

 greenish at the base and with broken white bars on the 

 central rectrices ; lesser and median wing-coverts and inner 

 secondaries like the back, but with a bronze sheen and inner 

 webs blackish ; greater coverts, primaries, and outer secon- 

 daries blackish-brown barred with white ; upper breast dull 

 crimson-red, forming with the scarlet nape a complete red 

 collar, the two colours blending on the sides of the neck ; 

 lower breast dark green, abdomen, flanks, and under tail- 

 coverts lighter, more yellowish-green with white and pale 

 yellowish markings. 



" Eyes reddish-brown ; bill black; legs and claws yellow " 

 {Herbert). 



Wing 136 ram., bill from front 36 mm., tarsus 30 mm. 



The female is like the male, but has the crown dark green ; 

 the collar is less strongly developed on the upper breast, but 

 is equally intense scarlet on the nape. 



"Eyes reddish-brown; bill black; legs green, claws 

 brown '" {Herbert) . 



Wing 139 mm. ; bill from front 34*5 mm.; tarsus 29'5 mm. 



Types. $ , no. 2&2, Ban Hoi Mak, Camp no. 39, Siam, 

 29. 2. 20 ; ? , Muong Lep, Camp no. 15, Siam,16. 1. 20. 



i Schoeniparus rufigiilaris major, subsp. nov. 



Similar to S. rufigulaiis rufigularis, but larger, wing 

 63 mm. as against a maximum of 61 and an average of 

 58 mm. in that bird. The upper parts are a brighter rufous 

 and the crown is markedly paler and brighter ; the white 

 supercilium is larger and the chestnut collar on the throat 

 paler and interrupted, a feature seldom seen in the typical 

 form. 



Although there is only a single specimen in Mr. Herbert's 

 collection, there is a very large series for comparison, with 

 no one of which does it agree. This, combined with the great 

 extension of its hitherto recorded range, induces me to 

 name it. 



Type. (^ ,no. 94, Herbert Coll., Pak Mat, Camp 18, Siam, 

 19. 1. 20. 



