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Unfortunately I identified this bird (Nov. Zool. xxviii.p.61) 

 as P. r. assimilis Wald., wliich is identical with F. ridilans 

 rutilans, the wrong locality on the type-specimen having 

 caused it to be compared with P. r. cinnamomeus [cf. Cat. B. 

 Brit. Mus. xii. p. 827). 



Ilah. Mekong Valley. 



Type, Mekong Valley, 7-9000 ft., 6.vii.21. Measure- 

 ments : S wing 71-75 mm. 



Propyrrhula subhimachala intensior, subsp. nov. 



cJ ad. Above more intensely and com])letely saturated 

 with dark crimson. Below more intensely crimson, especially 

 on the chin and throat, and this colour extends further over 

 the breast than in the typical race. 



? . Above less suffused with olive-green ; below the 

 yellow is deeper. 



Hah. Lichiang Range. 



Type, Lichiang Range (no date). 



Procarduelis rul)escens saturatior, subsp. nov. 



S ? . Differs from P. r. ruhescens in the much darker and 

 deeper coloration all over. 

 Hab. Shweli-Salwin Divide. 

 Type, Shweli-Salwin Divide, 9000 ft., May 1919. 



Dr. E. Hartert exhibited a new Crested Lark, which he 

 described as follows : — 



Galerida cristata festse, subsp. nov. 



Nearest to G. c. hrach/vra and G. c. zion from Palestine, 

 but bill longer, coloration of upperside and wings browner. 

 Culmen 20-225, mostly 21-22, while in G. c. hrachjura 

 and zion it seldom surpasses 20 and only exceptionally 

 reaches 22 mm. Smaller than G. c. arenicola from Algeria 

 and Tunisia, wing much shorter, also considerably darker, 

 more brownish. Most of the specimens are more or less 

 tinged with rufous by the red soil and fine dust which 



