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Proparus striaticoUis yunnanensis, subs p. nov. — u^ 



Nearest to P. s. manipurensis Grant, and like that form 

 has the lores the same colour as the crown, not black as in 

 P. s. StriaticoUis. Differs in being larger and the flanks and 

 rump more yellow, less tawny. 



Wing 55 mm., P. s. yunnanensis ; 49-51, P. s. mani- 

 purensis, 1 ? , Mekong Valley, April 1921 ; 1 S (type), 

 Mekong-Salwin Divide, Sept. 1921. 



YuMna nigrimentum intermedia, subsp. nov. 



Intermediate between N. nigrimentum and N. pallida. 

 Differs from the former by the greyer back and from the latter 

 by the intermediate shade of buff on the abdomen and flanks. 



Hah. Mekong Valley and Mekong-Salwin Divide. 



Type, S , Mekong-Salwin Divide, 27.vii.21. 



Paradoxornis wehhiana ricketti, subsp. nov. 

 (^ ad. Nearest to P. w. styani, but head and nape much 

 darker chestnut ; the rest of the upper surface much greyer, 

 not so strongly washed with yellowish brown. Below throat 

 and chest white, not suffused with vinaceous ; feathers with 

 longitudinal chestnut streaks reaching on to two-thirds of 

 the breast, not stopping short at lower neck and much more 

 sharply defined than in all the other races of P. lo. wehbiana. 

 Abdomen and flanks much paler than in P. w. styani. 



Hah. S ? , Yangtze Valley, 6-7000 ft., Oct. 1921 (type, 

 ?, No. 466, Porre^f). * 



Parns major longipennis, subsp. nov. 

 Differs from P. major commixtus Swinh. in being larger. 

 Wing, P. m. longipennis, ' ^ 10-1^ mm., ? 67 mm. 



„ P. m. commixtus, $ , &Q mm., ? 62 mm. 

 Hab. Lichiang Range. 

 Type, Lichiang Range, 9-12,000 ft., 10.xii.21. 



Passer rutilans intensior, subsp. nov. 



$ ? . Differs from P. rutilans cinnamomeus in its much 

 smaller size and from P. rutilans dehilis Hart, in the much 

 darker upperside. 



