Vol. xlii.] 30 



Wing 71 mm. ; tail 50 mm. ; ciilmen 14 mm. ; tarsus 

 31 mm. Bill black, legs very dark purplish-brown. 



Type. J ad., Mengtz, S.E. Yunnan (4000 £t.), 31 October, 

 1920. 

 ~~^ Minla ignotincta mariaB, subsp. nov. 



cJ. Differs from M . ignotincta Hodgs. in having the back 

 olive-green, not dark brown, in having the primaries bordered 

 with crimson-lake, and in the underparts, which are brilliant 

 yellow, flecked with pale olive. Wing 70 mm. 



? . Has the underparts pale yellow and the wings 

 bordered with the same. Wing 68 mm. 



Types, c?, Milati, S.E. Yunnan, 13th January, 1921. 



? ad., Loukouchai, S.E. Yunnan, 4th March, 1921. 



Named after my daughter Mary. 



Ohs. Minla jerdoni Verr., according to Lord Rothschild, 

 is inseparable from M. ignotincta, and it would appear that 

 Bangs and Phillips wrongly identified their examples of this 

 bird with the former. 



-f- Merula protomomelaBna yunnanensis, subsp. n. 



(J . Differs from the typical form in having the black head 

 and neck sharply separated from the slate-coloured back. 

 Iris dark brown, rim of eyelid and bill bright yellow (ad.), 

 yellow tipped with black (younger birds), upper mandible 

 reddish-brown with lower mandible dull yellowish with dark 

 point (young bird), legs fleshy yellow, dull dark yellowish- 

 flesh, yellowish-red, and dull Naples yellow. 



Wing 123-140 mm. 

 $ , Is of a much darker olive-brown on the upper parts. 



Iris dark brown, bill dull yellowish, base of upper mandible 

 blackish (ad.), dull greenish-brown, gape yellow, legs Naples 

 yellow (ad. and jun.), rim of eyelid dull yellowish. 



Wing 114-120 mm. 



Types. S , Milati, S.E. Yunnan (5000 ft.), 19 Jan., 1921. 



i_ Urosphena laurentei, sp. nov. 



Nearest to U. squamiceps Swinhoe, but with shorter bill 

 and wing, longer tail, and no squamation on the head. 

 Upper parts plain umber-brown, the upper surface of the tail 

 much darker brown, contrasting with the shade of brown 



