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Shrike-Tit collected by Mr. C. B. llickett in China, as 

 follows : — 



Pterythius ricketti, n. sp. 



Pteruthius ceralatus, Rickett & La Touche (nee Tick.), 

 Ibis, 1898, p. 330. 



Ptererijthrius eeralatus, Grant (nee Tick.), Ibis, 1900, 

 p. 584 [?]. 



Adult male. Differs from the male of P. teralatus in 

 Laving the ear-coverts very dark grey, instead of black ; the 

 chin, throat, and chest dark grey, not lavender-grey; and 

 in lacking any trace of the white stripe below the eye 

 and ear-coverts which is so conspicuous a character in 

 P. ceralatus. Total length ca. 6'5 inches, wing 3*4, tail 2*5, 

 tarsus 11. 



Adult female. Differs from the female of P. ceralatus in 

 having the chin, throat, and upper breast grey, instead of 

 whitish buff. Total length 6*5 inches, wing 3*3, tail 2"4, 

 tarsus 11. 



Hab. South China : Kuatun, Foh-kien, and Ching-tung, 

 S. Yunnan. 



Mr. Grant also described a new species of Laughing- 

 Thrush from Karennee, collected by Col. R. G. Wardlaw- 

 Ramsay : — 



Trochalopterum ramsayi, n. sp. 



Adult male mid female. Most nearly allied to T. melano- 

 stigma (Blyth), but differing in having the chestnut of the 

 chin and throat continued over the entire breast and belly, 

 gradually decreasing in intensity towards the vent. In this 

 respect the present species approaches T. peninsula, Sharpe. 

 Iris deep chocolate, bill black, legs piukish brown. 



$ . Total length about 100 inches, wing 4*0, tail 4*5, 

 tarsus 1*5. 



? . Total length about 10'0 inches, wing 4"1, tail 45, 

 tarsus 1'6. 



Hab. Karennee, extending to the pine-forests in the 

 Salween District. 



