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•i 

 I propose to separate the Fohkien bird as 



Snthora webbiana fohkienensis, subsp. nov. 



Differs from S. w. svffusa Swinhoe in having the head, 

 neck, and npper back of an intense foxy-red, tinged with 

 vinous in winter, and separated sharply in summer from the 

 grey-brown lower back. The back in winter is more rufous. 

 cJ. Wing 52-55 mm. (av., 51 mm.) ; tail 58-70 mm. 

 (av., 63 mm.). 



? . Wing 49-52 mm. (av., 53 mm.) ; tail 55-64 mm. 

 (av., 58 mm.). 

 Types, S, Kuatun, N.W. Fohkien, 6 Dec, 1895. 



? , N.W. Fohkien, May 1907. 

 The distribution of Suthora webbiana in North, Central, 

 and East China would therefore be as follows: — 

 Suthora webbiana pekinensis, West Chihli. 

 „ „ rosea, N.E. Chihli. 



„ „ subsp. ?, Shensi. 



„ ,, suffusa, Yangtze Valley. 



( Hupeh Province to 

 Chinkiang, L. Yangtze.)! 

 „ „ webbiana^ Shanghai and Yangtze 



delta to Hangchow in 

 Northern Chekiang. 



Further north we have Suthora webbiana mantschurica 

 Tacz. and in the south-west Suthora webbiana styani Rippon 

 and Suthora webbiana ricketti Eothschild, both from Western 

 Yunnan. 



I do not consider that Suthora brunnea Anderson can be 

 classed under S. webbiana. 



Mr. J. D. La Touche also communicated the following 

 notes on the Tits of the Parus commiatus group : — 



Dr. Hartert, in his ' Birds of the Palsparctic Fauna,' 



places the North China Great Tit under Parus major minor 



T. & S. The South China Great Tit is named by him Parus 



major commixtus Swinhoe. In his description of P. com- 



mixtus he writes that the two birds differ in size, P. major 



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