collected in South China. 597 
b. $ ad. Pu-an-ting, South-west Kweichu, 25 January* 
1899. 
c, d. d ad. Pu-an-ting, South-west Kweichu, 28 January, 
1899. 
e. d a d. Near Yunnan city, East Yunnan, 6 February, 
1899. 
/. d ad. Near Yunnan city, East Yunnan, 24 February, 
1899. 
Iris red. Total length 9 inches (e), 10 inches (#,/), 11 
inches (b, c, d ). 
A female ( b ) and a male (c) have the lores and fore part 
of the forehead of a deep rust-red. The feathers are probably 
stained with some extraneous matter. Specimen f has 
the chest and breast wood-brown and of a much darker hue 
than any other specimen in the British Museum Collection, 
in b and c the colour of the chest is intermediate. 
Y" 87. Dendrocopus atratus. 
Dendrocopus atratus (Blyth); Hargitt, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
xviii. p. 263 (1890). 
a. d ad. South-west Yunnan, April 1899. 
Iris red. Total length 8 inches. 
4* 88. Iyngipicus scintilliceps. 
Yunyipicus scintilliceps (Swinh.); David & Oustal. Ois. 
Chine, p. 50, pi. 99 (1877). 
Iyngipicus scintilliceps (Swinh.) ; Hargitt, Cat. B. Brit. 
Mus. xviii. p. 313 (1890). 
a. d ad. Near Yunnan city, East Yunnan, February 1899. 
Iris brown. Total length 7 inches. 
89. Iyngipicus pygvleus. 
Iyngipicus pygmeeus (Vig.); Hargitt, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
xviii. p. 315 (1890). 
a. ? ad. South-west Yunnan, April 1899. 
Iris red. Total length 6 inches. 
I refer this specimen with some doubt to I. pygmceus , 
from which it differs in having a slightly larger bill and in 
the general colour of the underparts, which lacks the fulves- 
cent tinge. 
