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B. No white supereilium. 

 o. Crown chestnut. 



c'. Crown bright chestnut, indistinctly bordered 



with black on the sides P. ruficapillus. 



d'. Crown dull chestnut, distinctly bordered 



with black on the sides P. sordidior. 



d. Crown grey, tinged with pinkish-brown ; 



mantle brown P. cinereiceps. 



e. Crown brown. 



c 2 . Mantle brown, like the crown. 



a 3 . Rump brown or tinged with olive. 



a 4 . Outer webs of inner primary and 



secondary quills deep black P. guttaticollis. 



b 4 -. Outer webs of inner primary and 



secondary quills reddish-brown .... P. striaticollis. 

 b 3 . Rump dull ochraceous-orange. 



c 4 . Area in front of the eye pale pinkish- 

 brown ; flanks and sides of the belly 

 dull ochraceous-orange, like the 



rump P. tnanipurensis, 



d l . Area in front of the eye blackish ; 

 flanks and sides of the belly dull 

 brownish - orange, paler than the 



rump P. fonnosanus. 



(P. Mantle dark chestnut, contrasting with the 



brown of the crown P. fucatus. 



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Distribution. 



Proparus vinipectus Hodgson Simla, Nepal, and Sikkim. 



„ austeni O.-Grant Japvo Peak, Naga Hills. 



,, manipurensis O.-Grant. . . . Owen Kulno Peak, Munipur Hills. 



„ ripponi Harington Mt. Victoria, Chin Hills, Burma. 



„ sordidior Rippou Yunnan, E. of Talifu. 



,, bieti Oustalet S. and W. Yunnan. 



„ ruficapillus Yerreaux .... KansuandN.W.Szechuan, China. 



,, cinereiceps Verreaux KansuandN.W. Szechuan, China. 



,, fucatus Styan , Ichang, China. 



„ striaticollis Verreaux .... N.W. Szechuan. 



„ ffuttaticollis La Touche . . Kuatun, Fohkien, China. 



,, fonnosanus O.-Grant .... Formosa. 



