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brown, obscurely barred on the scapulars and back with 

 dark rufous, and sparsely marked with huffish- white specks. 

 Wing-coverts and tertiaries dark rufous-chestnut, waved, 

 barred, or mottled with black ; primaries and secondaries 

 barred evenly with paler rufous- chestnut and black ; upper 

 tail-coverts and tail dark rufous-chestnut, barred or waved 

 with black. Chin, throaty and breast blackish-broion, the 

 centres of the feathers with arrow-shaped whitish spots. 

 Eest of underparts very dark brown, waved and stippled with 

 dull buff and with a dull white spot occupying centres of 

 feathers. Wing 45 mm., culmen 12 mm., tail 33 mm., tarsus 

 about 18 mm. At first glance this bird might appear to be a 

 melanized or possibly a young specimen of E.formosa, the 

 young of which does not appear to be known, as the markings 

 of the upper parts are in the same style. The underparts, 

 however, are entirely different and the proportions do not 

 agree. The bill of E. laurentei is broader at the base, more 

 carinate, and longer ; the hind claws are also larger. 



Type (and only specimen, not sexed). Mahuangpu, S.E. 

 Yunnan, Tongking border, 13th July, 1921. 



Pomatorhiims ruficoUis albipectus, subsp. nov. 



Upper parts somewhat like P. r. styani, but hind neck not 

 rufous-chestnut but rather pale chestnut. Superciliary stripe 

 long and very pure white. Chin, throat, and breast pure 

 white (the breast faintly marked in two examples, and well 

 streaked in another, with pale olive-brown), centre of abdomen 

 to vent white, rest of underparts pale olive-brown. Bill 

 bright yellow with base of culmen dusky (dry state). 

 Culmen 19-5-21 mm., wing 81-84 mm., tail 84-92 mm., 

 tarsus 28-29 mm. (3 examples examined). 



Type^ S • Szemao, S. Yunnan, 1st Jan., 1923. 



Mesia argentauris ricketti, subsp. nov. 



Differs from M. a. argentauris in having the back and 



wing-coverts olive-green (not slate) and in the colour of the 



underparts, the chin and throat being bright yellow largely 



washed with scarlet, abdomen deep yellow, and flanks bright 



