592 
Mr. W. R. Ogilvie Grant on Birds 
a. $ ad. Yuan-chu, Wu - ho River, West Hunan, 
16 December, 1898. 
Iris yellow. Total length 4 inches. 
This specimen belongs to the Chinese race of S. ruficeps, 
with the top of the head pale chestnut-red, the colour not 
extending over the nape. 
4 64. ScHCENIPARUS GENESTIERI. 
Alcippe genestieri Oustalet, Bull. Mus. Paris, iii. pp. 210 
& 211(1897). 
Schoeniparus vnriegatus Styan, Bull. B. O. C. vol. viii. p.xxvi 
(1899); id. Ibis, 1899, p. 299, pi. iv. fig. 2. 
a, b. $ ad. Pu-an-ting, South-west Kweichu, 25 January, 
1899. 
Iris yellow. Total length 6 inches. 
There can be no doubt that S. variegatus Styan is synony¬ 
mous with S. genestieri (Oustal.). 
; 65. Proparus bieti. 
Alcippe ( Proparus ) bieti Oustalet, Ann. Sci. Nat., Zool. (7) 
xii. pp. 284 & 304 (1892) [Ta-tsien-lu]. 
a. <$ ad. Near Ching-tung, Yunnan, 4 March, 1899. 
Iris brown. Total length 5 inches. 
This species is new to the British Museum Collection. 
(436. Yuhina diademata. 
Yuhina diademata J. Verr.; David & Oustal. Ois. Chine, 
p. 138, pi. 69 (1877) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. vii. p. 632 
(1883). 
a. ad. Near Yunnan city, East Yunnan, 23 February, 
1899. 
Iris brown. Total length 7 inches. 
67. Siva castaneicauda. 
Siva castaneicauda Hume ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. vii. 
p. 639 (1883). 
a. $ ad. Between Ching-tung and I-men, Yunnan, 
3 March, 1899. 
Iris brown. Total length 6J inches. 
