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Dr. Bowdlek Sharpe also exhibited some interesting 

 species of birds from Yun-nan, collected by Colonel G. Rippon. 

 Amongst these were several specimens of the splendid Siskin 

 called by Dr. Oustalet Chrysomitris ambigua, which recalled 

 some of the South-American Siskins in its appearance, but 

 had wings like those of Chloris sinica. 



Propasser ripponi, n. sp. 

 Similis P. rhodopeplo et maculis roseis ad apicem secun- 

 dariorum intimorum insignis ; dorso medio quoque 

 roseo longitudinaliter striato, sed uropygio roseo 

 concolore haud maculatim notato; tectricibus alarum 

 medianis et majoribus minime roseo terminatis ; corpore 

 subtus pallide roseo; gutture et supercilio magis mar- 

 garitaceis. Long. tot. 65 poll., culm. 055, alae 2*8, 

 caudae 2*75, tarsi 0*75. 

 Hab. Gyi-dzin-shan, W. Yun-nan. 



Obs. This Rose-Finch is smaller than P. rhodopeplus, and 

 has the wing-coverts edged with rosy brown, not spotted so 

 as to form a double wing-bar. 



Abrornis ripponi, n. sp. 

 Similis A. schisticipiti, sed gutture tantum flavo restricto, 

 praepectore et pectore summo sericeo-albis, minime flavo 

 lavatis distinguenda. Long. tot. 4*3 poll., culm. 0*4, alae 

 2 0, caudae 1*75, tarsi 0*65. 

 Hab. Gyi-dzin-shan, east of Tali-fu, W. Yun-nan, 8000 ft. 

 Certhia yunnanensis, n. sp. 

 Similis C. himalayance, sed ubique saturation pileo nigri- 

 cantiore, vix griseo-striato ; cauda cinerascente, nigro 

 regulariter transfasciata, infra vix rufescente. Long, 

 tot. 5*6 poll., culm. 0*8, alae 26, caudae 2'3, tarsi 0'6. 

 Hab. Shayang, Ch'u-tung road, March 15. 



Anorthura talifuensis, n. sp. 

 Similis A. nepalensi, sed alae maculis albis majoribus, et 

 maculis regionis paroticse rufescenti-fulvis ad latera 

 colli extensis. Long. tot. 4 - 2 poll., culm. 0'55, alae 1*8, 

 caudae 1*2, tarsi 0*65. 



Hab. Gyi-dzin-shan, east of Tali-fu. 



LOPHOPHANES PCECILOPSIS, n. Sp. 



Similis L. beavani, sed subtus pallidior, gula tantum nigra, et 



