169 [Vol. xliii. 



the 2nd primary equals the 8th, 3rd and 4th equal and 

 longest, 5th just a shade shorter. 



Type, S' Chinwangtao, N.E. Chihli, China, 1 June, 1917, 



Tkibura melanoehyncha (Eickett) 



is a resident bird in North and Central Fohkien. It has a 

 grey breast with but a few spots in the summer plumage and 

 entirely different proportions. The bill is stout, blackish in 

 winter, black in summer. Culmen 11 mm. ; wing 51, 52 mm. ; 

 tail 58-63 (much worn) ; tarsus 18 mm. The first primary 

 is about half of the second, which latter is much shorter than 

 the 10th, the 5th is slightly longer than 3rd, 4th, and 6th. 



Doctor Hartert has united this bird with Trihura thoracica 

 (Blyth), but I believe that he is now inclined to consider the 

 Chinese bird distinct. 



Tkibuka luteiventris, Hodgson. 



Trihura russula (Slater) apparently is but HomocMamys 

 brevipennis (Verreaux) and is now lumped with Trihura 

 luteiventris, Hodgs., by Dr. Hartert and other authorities. I 

 would, however, state that the colour of the soft parts and 

 the proportions of the Fohkien birds do not agree with those 

 given by Hartert or by Gates in the ' Fauna of India ' (Birds, 

 vol. i. p. 365, 1st ed.). The notes taken by me on fresh-shot 

 specimens are as follows : — Iris dark greyish brown, upper 

 mandible and point of lower mandible blackish ; lower 

 mandible and sides of upper mandible pink, lower mandible 

 becoming yellow towards the gape ; legs pink. 



The proportions of six specimens of Trihura russula 

 (Slater), including co-type, in my collection are : — Culmen 

 10 mm. (bill very fine) ; wing 50-53"5 mm. ; tail 56-60 mm. ; 

 tarsus 18-20 mm.; total length 143-150. First primary 

 14-15 mm., in two cases equal to half of second, in four cases 

 under half of second ; second primary equals 10th, 3rd,. 

 4th, and 5th longest, the 3rd and 5th equal, the 4th a trifle 

 longer. 



