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others under the two subspecies Sittliora wehUana wehhiana 

 Gray and Suthora wehhiana svffusa Swinhoe. The birds of 

 T^orth China down to Shanghai have been placed under S. w. 

 loebhiana and the Yangtze and Fohkien birds under S. w. 

 siijfusa Swinhoe. Some time ago, when showing Dr. Hartert 

 the series from N.E. Chihli (N.E. China), which I had called 

 S.io. mantschurica Hartert (' Ibis/ 1920, p. 639), he pointed 

 out to me that the bird was not S. lo. mantschurica, but a 

 different form. I now propose to separate this bird as 



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"^ Suthora wehhiana rosea, subsp. no v. 



Paler than S. u\ uehhiana Gray, from Shanghai, the back 

 greyish brown, the throat and breast of a pale rose-colour. 

 Size larger. 



cT . Wing 54-55 mm. ; tail 70-73 mm. 



? . „ 52-54 „ „ 56-71 mm. 



Types, S ? , Shanhaihuan, N.E. Chihli, end Jan. 1923. 



The West Chihli bird, of which I have a specimen given 

 to me some years ago by Mr. F. W. Styan, and labelled by 

 him Suthora longicauda, I would propose to call 



-^ Suthora wehhiana pekinensis, subsp. nov. 



Nearest to Suthora wehhiana ivebhiana Gray, of Shanghai, 

 but laroer and with brighter abdomen and darker flanks. 

 It differs from S. lo. rosea by the brown colour of the back 

 and the deeper and more sandy-yellow underparts. 



Wing 55 mm. ; tail 75 mm. 



Type, c? 5 Pekin (no date). 



While examining these northern Crow-Tits and their 

 southern allies, I have also found reason to modify my 

 former views on the Yangtze and Fohkien birds. More 

 careful comparison has shown me that the Fohkien Suthora 

 is not quite the same as the Ichang one, and that the latter 

 spreads down the Yangtze as far as Chinkiang. The 

 Yangtze bird is true Suthora sufusa of Swinhoe, who de- 

 scribed the bird from specimens taken in the gorges of the 

 Upper Yangtze. 



