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(4) Hemichelidon sibirica rothschildi, subsp. nov. 



Type, S' In the British Museum. No. 1921.7.15.463. 

 Lichiang Range, N.W. Yunnan. Forrest Coll. 



Lord Rothschild has already called attention to the 

 exceptionally deep colour of this race, and when the 

 Yunnan birds are compared with long series of the other 

 forms the difference is very striking. 



Habitat. Yunnan. 



In all these races the differences between the adults 

 is accentuated in the young. 



Colonel R. Meinertzhagen exhibited and described the 

 following new species and subspecies : — 



Pyrrhulanda eremodites, sp. nov. 



This species is based on an unique specimen obtained near 

 Aden on Jan. 15th, 1922. It is very different from anything 

 either in the British Museum or at Tring, and appears to 

 agree best with the genus Pyrrliulauda, being nearest to but 

 larger then Pyrrliulauda frontalis frontalis. From this latter 

 form it further differs in being less sandy on the back and in 

 having darker centres to the feathers. In P. f. frontalis 

 these dark centres to the feathers of the upper parts are 

 confined to the head, whereas in P. ei^emodites ih.Q feathers of 

 the back have distinct dark centres. 



A much paler bird than P.f. syncipitalis (Blyth, Ibis, 1861, 

 p. 183 : Aden) and also lacks the mottling on the underparts 

 of that race. 



General description. Upper parts sandy isabelline as in 

 A.mmomanes phoenicura arenicola, especially on the wings, 

 but with dark centres to the feathers of the back and crown. 

 Neck with a streak leading from the lores to the side of the 

 throat — in the nature of a moustache. Flanks of upper 

 breast minutely streaked. Throat whitish, breast tiuged with 

 sandy colour, abdomen whitish. The outer two pairs of 

 rectrices are almost black with yellowish tips and fringes. 

 The third pair of rectrices are fulvous with a darker streak 

 running up the centre and occupying about one-half of the 



