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in the male are dark grey-bine origed paler, not blackish as 

 in P. m. monticolus and insperahis. Tlie underparts are alpo 

 ninch greener than in cither of these forms. The terminal 

 spots on the tertiaries are narrow, much as in P. m. monticolus. 

 Types, c? ? , Milati, S.E. Yunnan, 20 Jan., 1921. 



Suthora alphonsiana elisabethae, subsp. nov. 



Near S. a. yunnanensis, but differs in having the crown of 

 the head of a more intense red, this colour being prolonged 

 down the back, and in the colour of the sides of the head, 

 which are pinkish-grey glossed with red. The abdomen is 

 somewhat huffish. Size smaller than S. yunnanensif<. Tris 

 deep brown with an outer circle of grey. Bill and legs livid 

 reddish-grey. 



Type. Si Loukouchai, S.E. Yunnan, 1921. 



Dryonastes chinensis lowei, subsp. nov. 



Near Dryonastes c. chinensis, but with the slaty-grey of 

 the crown extending over the back and blending into the 

 olive-brown of the lower back. The underparts are also of a 

 purer grey as far as the lower abdomen, which is olive-brown. 

 The grey edging of the primaries extends to the 6th primary 

 as in true I), chinensis, but is darker and duller. (^ . Wing 

 119 mm., tail 119 mm. 



Type. cJ , Hokow, S.E. Yunnan (Tongking frontier), 

 27 March, 1921. 



Named in honour of Dr. Percy Lowe. 



Ohs. The Burmese bird, D. leucogenys Blyth, has the slate- 

 grey of the head sharply separated from the uniform olive- 

 brown upper parts. The underparts in this latter bird are of 

 a paler and browner grey than in the Y'unnan bird. 



The Burmese form was described from Upper Bengal, 

 where, as I am informed by Mr. E. 0. Stuart Baker, it does 

 not occur. 



Trochalopterum canorum yunnanensis, subsp. nov. 

 Differs from T. canorum of Fohkien and Central China in 

 being of a more earthy and darker brown on the upper parts, 

 in having the sides of the head dark brown, the flanks darker, 



