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-^ Bubo bubo jarlandi, subsp. nov. 



Differs from both European and Chinese examples in 

 being very dark and in having the under surface of the 

 primaries unbarred. AVing f ? ) 457 mm. 



Type. ? , not quite adult, Mts. near Mengtsz, S.E. Yunnan, 

 5000 ft., spring 1921. 



Named in honour of the donor. Dr. Jarland, French 

 Colonial Army, late of Mengtsz. 



A pair of nestlings were given to me by Dr. Jarland. 

 The larger bird, a female, unfortunately died on the Cliina 

 coast while being taken to Europe, and was made into a skin 

 bv me. The other bird reached England safely and is now 

 in the Owl Cages, Zoological Gardens, Regent's Park, 

 London. 



~\^ Dryobates pygmseus obscurus, subsp. nov. 



Near D. p. kaleensis, bat much smaller, the lower back 

 uniformly barred without any white spot on the inter- 

 scapulary region, the tertiaries barred and spotted and not 

 showing any large white mark on the innermost tertiary as 

 in D. p. kaleensis and I), p. seintilliceps. The streaks on the 

 underparts are broad, as in D.p. kaleensis. Wing (?) 92 mm. 



Tyjje. (J ad., Hokow, S.E. Yunnan (300 ft.), 24th March, 

 1921. 



~V- Serilophus lunatus elisabethae, subsp. nov. 



(^ ? . Differ from Siamese birds in being darker all over, 

 hy the darkish grey upper back, and the much darker grey 

 underparts. The bird differs also in the same way from 

 Burmese specimens, which are very red on the upper parts and 

 have a lighter-coloured crown. Wing, c? 89 mm., $ 90. 



Types, c? , Hokow, S.E. Yunnan (alt. 300 ft.), 22nd March, 

 192i. 



? , Hokow, S.E. Yunnan (alt. 300 ft.), 29th March, 1921. 



Named after my daughter Elizabeth. 



V- 



Niltava grandis griseiventris, subsp. nov. 

 Very near Niltava g. gy'andis, but with much less blue 

 on the upper abdomen and much greyer lower abdomen. 



