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N. KURODA 



This form is much smaller than the typical A. magna. Exposed 

 culmen 38-40 mm., wing 83.5-89 mm. 



129. A.raehnothera longiroalris (Lath.). 

 Little Spider-hunter. 



Gadow, Cat. B. Br. Mus., IX, p. 103; Gates, F. Br. Ind., Bds., II, p. 371. 

 One male (Nov. 12, 191 1) frcm Yen-bai ; two males (Dec. 7, 28) from Lao- 

 kay. 



Fam. DIC^IDiE. 



123. Dicœutn cruentattttn (L.). 

 Scarlet-backed Flower-pecker. 



Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus., X, p. 1 5 ; Swinhoe, P.Z.S., 187 1, p. 349; 

 David et Oust., Ois. Chine, p. 83 ; Oates, F. Br. Ind., Bds., II. p. 376 ; 

 Grant, P.Z.S., 1900, p. 468. 



Four males (Nov. 14, 15, 16, 16, 191 1) from Yen-bai. 



Fam. PLOCEIDiE. 



124. Mattia topela Swinhoe. 

 Swinhoe's Munia. 



Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus., XIII, p. 351; Swinhoe, P.Z.S., 1871, p. 385 ; 

 David et Oust., Ois. Chine, p. 343; Grant, P.Z.S., 1900, p. 465; Ingram, Nov. 

 Zool., XIX, p. 307. 



An adult male (Jan. 20, 191 2\ an immature male (Jan. 20), and three 

 immature females (Jan. 20, 20, 20) collected at Lao-kay. One adult female 

 (Nov. I, 191 1 ) from Yen-bai. 



125. l/roloncha acuticauda (Hodgs.). 

 Hodgson's Munia. 



Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus., XIII, p. 356; Oates, F. Br. Ind., Bds., II, p. 

 184; Munia acuticauda Hodgs., Swinhoe, P.Z.S., 1871, p. 385 ; David et 

 Oust., Ois. Chine, p. 343; Ingram, Nov. Zool., XIX, p, 307. 



