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PUBLICATION 290
ZOOLOGICAL SERIES VOL. XVIII, No. 3

BIRDS OF

THE KELLEY-ROOSEVELTS EXPEDITION
TO FRENCH INDO-CHINA

BY

OUTRAM BANGS

CURATOR OP BIRDS, MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY
AND

JOSSELYN VAN TYNE

ASSISTANT CURATOR OP BIRDS, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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CURATOR, DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY

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BIRDS OF

THE KELLEY-ROOSEVELTS EXPEDITION
TO FRENCH INDO-CHINA

BY OUTRAM BANGS AND JOSSELYN VAN TYNE

The collection of birds here reported upon was made in 1929 by
the Indo-China division of the William V. Kelley-Roosevelts Expedi-
tion of Field Museum. This division consisted of a party of four,
organized 'and led by Harold J. Coolidge, Jr., whose special interest
was mammals. Dr. Ralph E. Wheeler was the physician, but also
collected indefatigably at every opportunity. Russell W. Hendee,
although primarily in charge of the mammal collecting, secured a
large number of birds, especially in the region north of Lai Chau.
To the junior author, Dr. Josselyn Van Tyne, was given the primary
responsibility for bird collecting and to that most of his time was
devoted. Loyal help was received from P. Jabouille's two Annamese
assistants, Ut and Tuong, who were with the expedition throughout.
During part of the time there was also other native assistance.

This report deals only with collections made in Tonkin and Laos.
The party also spent nine days in January collecting near Quang Tri,
Annam, and there secured thirty-three additional forms, making a
total of four hundred and twenty species and subspecies collected by
the expedition in Indo-China.

After leaving Ngai Tio on February 20, 1929, the expedition worked
until early July in regions almost wholly unknown to zoologists.
The only previous bird collection was a small number of skins col-
lected by F. R. Wulsin for the United States National Museum
during a hasty trip (April-August, 1924) through a part of the region
covered by the Kelley-Roosevelts Expedition. His collection has
never been reported upon.

THere were two principal regions worked. The drainage system
of the Riviere Noire in northern Tonkin was the first of these. The
second was Phong Saly in northern Laos and the area to the west
of it, all drained by the Nam Hou River. In addition, every possible
opportunity for collecting en route was utilized fully. At Vientiane
in southern Laos it was possible to spend four days collecting while
awaiting transportation down the Mekong River.

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34 FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY— ZOOLOGY, VOL. XVIII

Except for a month (March 7-April 9) in the Lai Chau region
the four members of the expedition operated as a single unit until
May 14 when Hendee started alone on his ill-fated attempt to join
the Roosevelts in Annam. He traveled via the Nam Hou and Mekong
Rivers, the same route later followed by the main party. The speci-
mens which he secured en route are from the same localities but are
dated several weeks earlier than the dates listed beyond in the
itinerary of the main party.

The accompanying map, gazetteer, and itinerary should make
clear the identity and location of the places from which specimens
are listed.

The task of working over this collection of more than three
thousand specimens comprising three hundred and eighty-seven
species has been carried on at the Museum of Comparative Zoology
of Harvard College. In addition the junior author visited the
Rothschild Museum at Tring and spent a short time working in
the British Museum of Natural History. Earlier in the work a
number of specimens were sent to the British Museum for examina-
tion by N. B. Kinnear, who helped greatly with his opinions. Other
questions were settled by J. H. Riley and Dr. C. W. Richmond of the
United States National Museum. James L. Peters frequently
rendered aid and advice of especial value. To all of these gentlemen
grateful acknowledgment is made.

The colors of soft parts here recorded were personally noted in
the field by the junior author and the nomenclature is that of
Ridgway's Color Standards and Color Nomenclature (1912). The
color names from Ridgway are here capitalized. All measurements
of specimens are in millimeters unless otherwise stated and are given
in the same order as are listed the specimens from which they were
taken. The sequence of families is that proposed by Dr. Wetmore
(Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 76, p. 1, 1930).

ITINERARY

TONKIN February 27 to Lai Chau (via Nam Na

February 11 to 15 at Chapa (32 km. River).

from Lao Kay). February 27 to March 7 at Lai Chau.

^HEELER AND VAN TYNE TO MUONG

February 20 to Ngai Tio (17 km.). MOUN AND RETURN

February 21 to Ye Yen Sun (19 km.). March 7 to Pa Ham (about 25 km.).

February 22 to Phong Tho (25 km.). March 7 to 9 at Pa Ham.

February 22 to 26 at Phong Tho. March 9 to Nam Nen (about 15 km.).

February 26 to Bac Tan Trai (via March 10 to Muong Moun (about 18
Nam Na River). km.).

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35

March 10 to April 5 at Muong Moun.
April 5 to Nam Nen.
April 6 to Pa Ham.
April 6 to 9 at Pa Ham.
April 9 to Lai Chau.

COOLIDGE AND HENDEE TO MUONG BOUM
AND RETURN

March 7 to Ba Nam Yon (about 30

km.).
March 8 to Ba Nam Nhung (about 10

km.).

March 8 to 12 at Ba Nam Nhung.
March 12 to Muong Mo (about 23 km.

via Ba Nam Cai).
March 12 to 20 at Muong Mo.
March 20 to Nong Lum (about 30 km.).
March 21 to Muong Bourn (about 18

km.).

March 21 to 29 at Muong Bourn.
March 29 to Pa Mp (via Nam Bourn

and Nam Mo Rivers).
March 30 and 31 to Lai Chau via

Riviere Noire.

HENDEE TO MAO XAO PHING AND RETURN

April 2 to Chieng Chan.

April 4 to 7 at Lieng San.

April 8 to Mao Xao Phing.

April 14, Lai Chau to Nam He (30 km.).

April 15 to Muong Tia (30 km.).

April 16 to Can Ho (30 km.).

April 17 to Pou Den Dinh (25 km.).

April 17 to 19 at Pou Den Dinh.

LAOS

April 19 to Pinh H6 (26 km.).
April 20 to Lao Fou Tchai (35 km.).

April 20 to 22 at Lao Fou Tchai.
April 22 to Hatsa (34 km.).
April 23 to Phong Saly (22 km.).
April 23 to May 7 at Phong Saly.
May 7 to Bun Nua (43 km.).
May 8 to Muong Yo (30 km.).
May 8 to 21 at Muong Yo.
May 21 to Boun Tai.
May 21 to June 2 at Boun Tai.
June 2 to Kouei Soung (20 km.).
June 3 to Muong Chao Noi (20 km.).
June 4 to Phong Saly (30 km.).
June 5 to Hatsa (22 km.).

By water to Savannakhet (July 6) ;

Hatsa to Pak Hou, via Nam Hou

River; Pak Hou to Savannakhet,

via Mekong River.

June 6 to Ban Khana (about 40 km.).
June 7 to Muong Khoua (about 45

km.).

June 8 to Faux Hatsa.
June 9 to Muong Ngoi.
June 10 to Ban Ten Khen (about 36

km.).

June 11 to Lat Te.
June 12 to Pak Hou and Luang Pra-

bang.

June 12 to 18 at Luang Prabang.
June 18 to Pak Si.
June 19 to 22, Pak Si to Paklay.
June 22 to 25, Paklay to Vientiane.
June 25 to July 5 at Vientiane.
July 5 to Paksane.
July 6 to Savannakhet.
July 7 to Hue by automobile (via

Tcephone and Quang Tri).

LIST OF LOCALITIES

Ba Nam Cai (Tonkin). — On the Nam Nhung River just above
Ba Nam Nhung. Also spelled Ba Nam Kai.

Ba Nam Nhung (Tonkin). — Village of forty huts on a branch of
the Riviere Noire. Second growth forest and low hills with clearings
along the stream for rice fields. Also spelled Ba Nam Nhon, or Nhum.

Bac Tan Trai (Tonkin) .—Alt. 650 ft. Small village on the left
bank of the Nam Na River about 20 km. southwest of Phong Tho.
Also spelled Pac Tan Trai on some maps.

Ban Don Men (Laos). — Small village on the right bank of the
Mekong River below Paklay.

Ban Khana (Laos). — Small Laotian village on the left bank of
the Nam Hou River about 40 km. below Hatsa.

36 FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY — ZOOLOGY, VOL. XVIII

Ban Ten Khen. — Small village on right bank of Nam Hou about
36 km. below Muong Ngoi.

Bonn Neua (Laos). — Small military post and village in a flat
valley surrounded by high forested hills. Considerable open park
country in the valley. Excellent place for Gaur and Sambur. A
few natural salt licks. Also spelled Bun Nua.

Bonn Tai (Laos). — Alt. about 1,900 ft. Important Lu village and
small French fort on the Nam Leng River. Largely cleared but
with some good forest near the village. Also written Muong Boun
Tai (or Tay).

Chapa (Tonkin). — Alt. 4,300 ft. Expedition base at Hotel Chapa
but collecting was carried on a thousand feet down to "Ville de la
Cascade" and up Mt. Fan-si-pan nearly a thousand feet. Some good
forest close at hand (forest preserves). Chapa is an important
"hill-station" 36 km. by auto road southwest of Lao Kay.

Chieng Chan (Tonkin) .—Alt. 600 ft. Near Lai Chau.

Hatsa (Laos).- — Alt. 1,400 ft. Native village on the right bank of
the Nam Hou River, 22 km. east of Phong Saly. Not to be confused
with the Laotian village of the same name (but usually called Faux
Hatsa by the French) three days' journey down the river and on
the left bank. Also written Hat Sa.

Lai Chau (Tonkin). — Alt. 500 ft. Important village at the junction
of the Riviere Noire and the Nam Na Rivers. French post command-
ing the whole region. No forest left near-by.

Lao Kay (Tonkin). — Large town on the Fleuve Rouge at the
Yunnan border. The point at which the expedition left the railroad.
Also spelled Lao Kai.

LaoFou Tchai (Laos). — Alt. 3,400 ft. Chinese village of several
dozen houses on a high barren hillside. Very rough country. Nearly
all the country around is artificial savanna, with here and there a
few trees or brush patches and distant several miles a few very small
patches of isolated forest.

Lieng San (Tonkin). — Alt. 4,900 ft. On plateau near Mao Xao
Phing.

Luang Prabang (Laos). — Capital of the kingdom of Luang Pra-
bang. At the junction of the Nam Khan and Mekong Rivers.

Makomen (Laos). — See Phong Saly.

Mao Xao Phing (Tonkin). — Alt. about 5,200 ft. High plateau
thirty miles north of Lai Chau. Inhabited by Meos. Largely grass-
land with patches of original forest.

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Muong Bourn (Tonkin). — Important/Thai village and small mili-
tary post. Rice fields along the valley of the Nam Bourn River.
Lower slopes of mountains forested. On the higher slopes of the
mountains that surround the village is considerable bamboo jungle
and tall grass burned frequently by the Meos.

Muong Khoua (Laos). — Important native village and small
French outpost on the Nam Hou River at the mouth of the Nam
Pak River.

Muong Mo (Tonkin). — On the Mo River, a branch of the Riviere
Noire.

Muong Moun (Tonkin).— Alt. 1,200ft. Important Thai village.
Country diversified and much changed by man but some large forest
left. The Thais and the Meos from the surrounding hills brought
in a large number of the specimens preserved here.

Muong Ngoi (Laos). — Alt. about 1,200 ft. Important Laotian
village and small French outpost on the left bank of the Nam
Hou River. Surrounded by precipitous limestone mountains.

Muong Yo (Laos). — Alt. 2,300 ft. Small Lu village west of Phong
Saly and about 10 km. from the Chinese border. Rice fields about
the village but much good virgin forest close by.

Nam Nen (Tonkin).— Alt. about 750 ft. Small Thai village
between Pa Ham and Muong Moun. Forest entirely destroyed.

Ngai Tio (Tonkin).— Alt. about 4,500 ft. Thomas (P. Z. S. Lond.,
1925, p. 499) lists it as 4,800 ft. Stone rest-house and small native
village on the east side of the Col de Nuages Pass (not to be confused
with the "Col de Nuages" in Annam where Delacour worked). This
was an important collecting base of H. Stevens (Kinnear, 1929).
Splendid forest from here to the pass at 7,000 ft. Also spelled Nagi
Cho or Ngoi-Tio (Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl., 45, p. 74-5).

Nong Lum (Tonkin). — Small forested hollow on the top of a
mountain range. Alt. over 5,000 ft. Surrounding country largely
tall grass. No village.

Pa Ham (Tonkin).— Alt. 500 ft. Small Thai village on the Meuk
River. Precipitous hills all about. Some good forest remaining
near the village.

Pak Hou (Laos). — Point of entry of the Nam Hou River into
the Mekong. High limestone cliffs harboring many swallows and
bats.

Pak Si (Laos). — Small village on the left bank of the Mekong
River about 30 km. below Luang Prabang.

38 FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY— ZOOLOGY, VOL. XVIII

Phalane (Laos). — Village on the main auto road between Savan-
nakhet, Laos, and Quang Tri, Annam. About one-third of the way
from Savannakhet.

Phong Saly (Laos). — Alt. 4,400 ft. Large native town with a
French post and prison. Also spelled Phong Sali. Mountainous region.
Valleys more than 2,000 ft. deep all about. Country entirely
deforested except for a few sacred groves and French forest reserves
of perhaps one to three acres each. The natives (Pu Noi) are great
trappers and brought in a great many birds and mammals. Most
of the collecting was actually done from a base at the village of
Makomen, about 5 km. south-southeast of Phong Saly.

Phong Tho (Tonkin). — Alt. 1,020 ft. Important native village and
small French fort on the Nam Na River. Surrounded by forested
hills. Forest much cut and altered.

Pou Den Dinh (Tonkin). — Alt. 3,100 ft. Rest-house close to the
border of Laos. Very hilly country; largely savanna but with some
second growth forest left. Situated on the divide between the valley
of the Mekong and the Riviere Noire. Also spelled Phu Den Dinh.

Pyn Ho (Laos). — Alt. 4,000 ft. Rest-house on route between
Lai Chau and Phong Saly. Country for the most part recently
burned over. Also called Sala Pyn Ho, or (on one map) merely Sala.

Tcephone (Laos). — Village on the main auto route from Savan-
nakhet to Quang Tri, Annam. East of Phalane.

Vientiane (Laos). — Alt. less than 500 ft. Capital of Laos. All
specimens labeled Vientiane were collected about the rest-house and
village of Tha Ngon, 24 km. north-northeast of the city. Very flat
country with diversified vegetation which included some large forest.

Ye Yen Sun (Tonkin).— Alt. 2,800 ft. Small village at the west
base of the "Col de Nuages" on the route between Lao Kay and
Phong Tho. Country nearly all cleared.

Poliocephalus ruficollis poggei (Reichenow). CHINESE LITTLE
GREBE.

Colymbus nigricans poggei Reichenow, Journ. f. Orn., 50, p. 125, 1902 —

Tschili, China.
TONKIN: Lai Chau, one d" , April 2.

Delacour has used the name philippensis for Indo-Chinese birds
but our specimen agrees entirely in the light color of its back with
examples of poggei from China.

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Anhinga melanogaster Pennant. INDIAN SNAKE BIRD.

Anhinga melanogaster Pennant, Ind. Zool., 13, pi. 12, 1769 — India.
LAOS: Mekong River, near Paklay, one unsexed, about May 31 (Hendee).

The Snake Bird was first noted by the main party on June 20
about halfway between Luang Prabang and Paklay. Single birds
were seen at intervals thereafter but were too wary to be collected.

Ixobrychus cinnamomeus (Gmelin). CHESTNUT BITTERN.

Ardea cinnamomea Gmelin, Syst. Nat., 1, p. 643, 1789 — China.

TONKIN: Lai Chau, one cf, March 3; Muong Moun, two cf cf, March 27,

April 1; Muong Mo, one cf , March 12.
LAOS: Muong Yo, five cf cf , May 16 to 19; Boun Tai, one cf, two 9 9, May

27 to 31.

Gorsachius melanolophus melanolophus (Raffles). MALAY
BITTERN.

Ardea melanolophus Raffles, Trans. Linn. Soc., 13, p. 326, 1822 — Sumatra.

TONKIN: Muong Moun, one adult cf , April 2.

Iris about Strontian Yellow, skin of face pale Windsor Blue,
legs and feet Citrine Drab in front and Ecru Olive behind, soles of
feet Isabella Color.

This rare Bittern was found in a native pheasant dead-fall in a
dry bamboo thicket several hundred feet from the nearest water.

Butorides striatus javanicus (Horsfield). INDIAN LITTLE GREEN
HERON.

Ardea javanica Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc., 13, p. 190, 1821 — Java.

TONKIN: Nam Na River between Bac Tan Trai and Lai Chau, one cf (wing
201), Feb. 27; Muong Moun, one 9 (wing 178), March 21; Ba Nam
Nhung, one cf (wing 185), March 11; Muong Mo, one 9 (wing 180),
March 16.

We do not consider Stresemann's recently described connectens
(Orn. Monat., 38, p. 48, 1930) worthy of recognition.

Ardeola bacchus (Bonaparte). CHINESE POND HERON.

Buphus bacchus Bonaparte, Consp. Gen. Av., 2, p. 127, 1857 — Malay Peninsula.
TONKIN: Muong Bourn, one cf , March 26.

Ibis leucocephalus (Gmelin). PAINTED STORK.

Tantalus leucocephalus Gmelin, Syst. Nat., 1, p. 649, 1789 — Ceylon.
LAOS: Mekong River, 30 miles above Paklay, one 9 , June 21; Mekong River,
Ban Don Men, one 9 , June 23.

40 FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY— ZOOLOGY, VOL. XVIII

Iris Pinkish Buff, bill Deep Chrome at the base to Olive Lake
at the tip, forehead Ochraceous Orange.

The Painted Stork was first noted on the Mekong on June 20
about halfway between Luang Prabang and Paklay. Many were
seen between June 20 and 25 but they were difficult to approach.

Leptoptilus javanicus (Horsfield). SMALLER ADJUTANT.

Ciconia javanica Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc., 13, p. 188, 1821 — Java.
TONKIN: Chieng Chan, one 9 , April 2.

Pseudibis davisoni (Hume). DAVISON'S BLACK IBIS.

Geronticus davisoni Hume, Stray Feathers, 3, p. 300, 1875 — Tenasserim.
LAOS: Mekong River, about 40 and 20 miles above Paklay, one tf, one 9,
June 20, 21.

Iris Orange Chrome, bill Olive Gray at the tip to Clear Green
Blue Gray at the base, collar Burn Blue on the nape to bluish white
on the throat, legs and feet Deep Vinaceous (adult 9 ).

Black Ibises were first noted on June 20 about halfway between
Luang Prabang and Paklay. They were frequently seen thereafter,
usually in small flocks.

Dendrocygna javanica (Horsfield). COMMON WHISTLING TEAL.

Anas javanica Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc., 13, p. 200, pi. 1, 1821 — Java.
LAOS: Vientiane, one <?, one breeding 9 , July 3.

Baza lophotes burmana Sclater. BURMESE BLACK-CRESTED BAZA.

Baza lophotes burmana Sclater, Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl., 41, p. 31, 1920 — Malewoon,

Tenasserim.

TONKIN: Muong Moun, one 9 , March 10; Muong Mo, one d" , March 16.
LAOS: Boun Tai, one 9 , May 29.

Pernis apivorus ruficollis Lesson. INDIAN CRESTED HONEY
BUZZARD.

Pernis ruficollis Lesson, Trait6 d'Orn., p. 77, 1830 — Bengal.
TONKIN: Phong Tho, one d1, Feb. 24; Muong Moun, one 9 , April 1.
LAOS: Nam Hou River near the mouth, one 6", May 21 (Hendee).

Our specimens have short crests, which are however rather longer
than in orientalis, a form also distinguished by having the first
primary longer than the secondaries. In ruficollis, on the other
hand, the first primary is of the same length or (more frequently)
shorter. The banding of the tail in this species is very inconstant

1931 INDO-CHINESE BIRDS — BANGS AND VAN TYNE 41

and cannot be used as a taxonomic character as was attempted by
Stuart Baker. Adult birds assume gray heads and the adult plumage
can always be so recognized.

Accipiter nisus nisosimilis (Tickell). ASIATIC SPARROW HAWK.

Falco nisosimilis Tickell, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 2, p. 571, 1833 — Borabhum,

Bengal.
TONKIN: Chapa, two ? 9 , Feb. 13.

Both birds had two equal ovaries.

Astur trivirgatus rufitinctus (McClelland). NORTHERN CRESTED
GOSHAWK.

Spizaetus rufMnctus McClelland, P. Z. S. Lond., 1839, p. 153 — Burhampooter

River, Assam.

TONKIN: Phong Tho, one d" (wing 235), Feb. 25.
Iris Cadmium Yellow, cere Olive Yellow, feet Yellow Ochre.

Astur gentilis subsp. GOSHAWK.

TONKIN: Muong Moun, one immature d" (wing 305), March 22.

This single specimen is in immature plumage and is therefore
not identifiable as to subspecies in the present very incomplete state
of our knowledge of the many races of this species. Kuroda's single
specimen from Lao Kay (1917, p. 218) is apparently the only previous
record from Indo-China.

Circus melanoleucus (Forster). PIED HARRIER.

Falco melanoleucus Forster, Ind. Zool., 1781, p. 2, pi. 12 — Ceylon.
TONKIN: Muong Moun, two d" d*, one 9 , March 24 to April 2.

Iris Citron Yellow, feet about Light Orange Yellow.

Ichthyophaga humilis plumbeus (Jerdon). HIMALAYAN GRAY-
HEADED FISHING EAGLE.

Polioaetus plumbeus Jerdon, Ibis, 1871, p. 336 — n. w. Himalayas.
TONKIN: Nam Na River between Bac Tan Trai and Lai Chau, one d" (wing
420), Feb. 27.

This Fishing Eagle has not been found before in Indo-China.
Butastur indicus (Gmelin). GRAY-FACED BUZZARD EAGLE.

Falco indicus Gmelin, Syst. Nat., 1766, p. 264 — Java.
TONKIN: Lai Chau, one <?, Feb. 28.

Spilornis cheela burmanicus Swann. BURMESE SERPENT EAGLE.

Spilornis cheela burmanicus Swann, Synop. List Accipitr., 1920, p. 81 — Jobin,
Thayetmyo, Burma.

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TONKIN: Muong Bourn, one d", March 25.

LAOS: Muong Yo, one o*, May 18.

The Tonkin specimen is somewhat darker but is still referable to
burmanicus, although Delacour (1929, p. 212) considers Tonkin
specimens to be ricketti.

The stomach of the Muong Yo bird contained a twelve-inch snake.
Ictinaetus malayensis perniger (Hodgson). INDIAN BLACK EAGLE.

Heteropus perniger Hodgson, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 5, p. 227, 1836 — Nepal.
TONKIN: Mao Xao Phing, one d" (wing 560), April 3; Lieng San, one cf
(wing 565), April 6.

Falco tinnunculus interstinctus McClelland. HIMALAYAN
KESTREL.

Falco interstinctus McClelland, P. Z. S. Lond., 1840, p. 154 — Assam.
TONKIN: Muong Moun, one 9 (wing 240), March 19.

Microhierax melanoleucus melanoleucus (Blyth). INDIAN
WHITE-LEGGED FALCONET.

lerax melanoleucus Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 12, p. 179, 1843 — Assam.

TONKIN: Muong Moun, one d", one 9, March 20, 27.

As Baker has stated (Birds Brit. Ind., 5, p. 54) the form sinensis
is probably not recognizable. Several Fukien specimens in the
Museum of Comparative Zoology have no white nape feathers at all.

These birds had been eating small beetles and other insects.

Tiopicoperdix chloropus olivacea Delacour and Jabouille. GREEN-
LEGGED HILL PARTRIDGE.

Tropicoperdix chloropus olivacea Delacour and Jabouille, Bull. Brit. Orn. CL,

48, p. 129, 1928— Nape", Laos.
TONKIN: Muong Moun, three <?<?, five 9 9, March 11 to 18; Muong Mo,

one d", two 9 9 , March 16 to 19.

Arborophila brunneopectus henrici (Oustalet). BROWN-
BREASTED HILL PARTRIDGE.

Arboricola henrici Oustalet, Bull. Mus. Paris, 1896, p. 317 — Tonkin and
Quang Tri, Annam.

TONKIN: Nam Nen, one 9 (captive bird), March 10; Muong Moun, seven
cf o* , three 9 9 , March 14 to 23.

As Delacour has stated (1929, p. 200), this species is extremely
variable in markings and the form neveni described by him cannot
be recognized.

1931 INDO-CHINESE BIRDS — BANGS AND VAN TYNE 43

Excalfactoria chinensis chinensis Linnaeus. BLUE-BREASTED
QUAIL.

Tetrao chinensis Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., 12th ed., p. 277, 1766 — China.
TONKIN: Mao Xao Phing, four d" d", five 9 9 , April 8, 9.

Bambusicola fytchii fytchii Anderson. YUNNAN BAMBOO
PARTRIDGE.

Bambusicola fytchii Anderson, P. Z. S. Lond., 1871, p. 214, pi. 11 — Ponsee,
Yunnan.

TONKIN: Chapa, one d" (captive bird), Feb. 15; Ngai Tio (near), one 9,
Feb. 20; Muong Moun, three 9 9 , March 17 to 25; Muong Mo, five d* d",
five 9 9 , March 13 to 17; Lieng San, one d", one 9 , April 6.

LAOS: Phong Saly, one d", April 25; Muong Yo, one d", May 16.

The Bamboo Partridge is apparently confined to the northern
border of Indo-China.

Gennaeus nycthemerus ripponi Sharpe. YUNNAN SILVER
PHEASANT.

Gennaeus ripponi Sharpe, Bull. Brit. Orn. CL, 13, p. 29, 1902 — South Shan

Hills.

TONKIN: Muong Moun, three d* d", one 9, March 16 to 26.
LAOS: Phong Saly, one adult d", one adult 9 , three downy young, April 29-30.

Iris Orange Cinnamon, face Dragon's Blood Red, legs and feet
Nopal Red (adult 9, Muong Moun).

Callus gallus jabouillei Delacour and Kinnear. JABOUILLE'S
JUNGLE FOWL.

Gallus gallus jabouillei Delacour and Kinnear, Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl., 49, p. 49,
1928— Backan, n. e. Tonkin.

TONKIN: Lai Chau, one adult cf, April 11; Muong Moun, three adult cPcf,
March 11 to April 3; Ba Nam Nhung, one adult d", March 10; Muong Mo,
one adult d\ March 16; Muong Bourn, one adult d1, March 26.

LAOS: Phong Saly, one adult 9 , April 29; Muong Yo, two 9 9 , May 20.

Iris Brazil Red, bare skin of head Vandyke Red, legs about Dark
Gull Gray (old breeding d", Muong Moun).

All of these males had red ear-lappets, while a specimen secured
at Quang Tri, Annam (Gallus g. gallus) had white ear-lappets.

Polyplectron bicalcaratum bicalcaratum (Linnaeus). BURMESE
PEACOCK PHEASANT.

Pavo bicalcaratus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1, p. 156, 1758 — China-
Burma, restricted to Thoungyah.

44 FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY— ZOOLOGY, VOL. XVIII

TONKIN: Lai Chau, three adult cf d1, March 2 to April 13; Muong Moun,
ten d" d"1, ten 9 9 , March 12 to April 1; Muong Bourn, two cf d", March
25 to 28.

Iris white, orbital skin Chamois, nostrils Deep Mouse Gray,
distal half of maxilla Dusky Green Gray, rest of bill Light Mouse
Gray, legs and feet Castor Gray.

Our series shows some variation in the character of the buffy ring
about the ocelli of the tail. Several specimens have the ring nearly
complete as in Polyplectron bicalcaratum ghigii Delacour and Jabouille
(Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl., 45, p. 30, 1924).

Turnix maculatus maculatus Vieillot. BURMESE BUTTON QUAIL.

Turnix maculatus Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., 35, p. 47, 1819 — Assam.
TONKIN: Muong Moun, one d", March 26.

Turnix suscitator blakistoni (Swinhoe). CHINESE BUSTARD
QUAIL.

Areoturnix blakistoni Swinhoe, P. Z. S. Lond., 1871, p. 401 — Canton.
TONKIN: Muong Moun, two cf d", one 9 , March 22 to 26; Mao Xao Phing,

four d" d% three 9 9 , April 3 to 9.
LAOS: Phong Saly, two d" d", April 27 to May 3.

Iris Light Buff, bill about Clear Green Blue Gray, feet Hathi
Gray (pair from Muong Moun).

Porphyrio poliocephalus edwardsi Elliot. EDWARDS PURPLE
MOORHEN.

Porphyrio edwardsi Elliot, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., (5), 1, p. 98, 1878 —

Cochin China and Siam.
LAOS: Vientiane, six d1 d1 (wing 240, 225, 257, 240, 245, 233), July 3.

Amaurornis phoenicurus chinensis (Boddaert). CHINESE WHITE-
BREASTED WATERHEN.

Fulica chinensis Boddaert, Tabl. PI. Enlum., 1783, p. 54 — Hongkong.
TONKIN: Phong Tho, one 9 , Feb. 24; Muong Moun, two d" d", one 9 , March

12 to 25; Ba Nam Nhung, one d\ March 11.
LAOS: Muong Yo, four d" d% two 9 9, May 9 to 19; Boun Tai, two d"d",

May 28 to 31 ; Nam Hou River below Muong Ngoi, one 9 , June 10.

Iris Hays Russet, bill Vinaceous Rufous to Mignonette Green,
legs Old Gold.

Wing: cf d1 152, 166, 161, 170, 159, 165, 158; 9 9 159, 141, 146,
151, 166, 155, 152.

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Corethrura fusca erythrothorax (Temminck and Schlegel).
CHINESE RUDDY CRAKE.

Gallinula erythrothorax Temminck and Schlegel, Siebold's Faun. Jap. Av.,

p. 121, pi. 28, 1849— Japan.
LAOS: Long Nai (s. w. of Boun Tai), one 9 (wing 103), May 27.

Porzana bicolor Walden. RUFOUS-BACKED CRAKE.

Porzana bicolor Walden, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., (4), 9, p. 47, 1872 —

Darjeeling.

LAOS: Phong Saly, one cf (wing 119), May 4.

Iris Vinaceous Rufous, orbital skin Apricot Orange, bill Apple
Green to Chaetura Drab at tip, legs Apricot Orange to Hazel.

Hypotaenidia striata (Linnaeus). BLUE-BREASTED BANDED RAIL.

Rallus striatus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., 1766, p. 262 — Philippines.
LAOS: Muong Yo, one 9 (wing 124), May 12; Long Nai (s. w. of Boun Tai),
one 9 (wing 123), May 27.

Rostratula benghalensis benghalensis (Linnaeus). PAINTED
SNIPE.

Rallus benghalensis Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., 1, 1758, p. 153 — Asia.
TONKIN: Ba Nam Nhung, one 9 , March 10.

Hydrophasianus chirurgus (Scopoli). PHEASANT-TAILED JACANA.

Tringa chirurgus Scopoli, Del. Flor. et Faun. Insubr., 2, p. 92, 1786 — Luzon.
LAOS: Muong Yo, two <? o", May 12, 20.

Sarcogrammus indicus atronuchalis (Blyth). BURMESE RED-
WATTLED LAPWING.

Lobivanellus atronuchalis Blyth, Jerdon's Birds of India, 3, p. 648, 1864 —

Burma.
LAOS: Muong Yo, two cfcf, three 9 9, May 9 to 19; Boun Tai, two cfcf,

May 22, 28.

Hoplopterus ventralis (Wagler). SPUR-WINGED PLOVER.

Charadrius ventralis Wagler, Syst. Av., p. 59, 1827 — Calcutta.
TONKIN: Bac Tan Trai, one 9, Feb. 26; Nam Na River between Bac Tan
Trai and Lai Chau, one cf , Feb. 27; Lai Chau, one d", one 9 , March 3.

The Spur-winged Plover was rather common on the banks and
sand bars of the Nam Na River below Bac Tan Trai.

Charadrius dubius jerdoni (Legge). JERDON'S LITTLE RINGED
PLOVER.

Aegialitis jerdoni Legge, P. Z. S. Lond., 1880, p. 39 — Ceylon and Central
India.

46 FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY— ZOOLOGY, VOL. XVIII

TONKIN: Lai Chau, two cfcf (wing 109, 107), two 9 9 (wing 111, 107),
March 4 to April 1.

Orbital skin Light Cadmium.
Capella stenura (Bonaparte). PINTAIL SNIPE.

Scolopax stenura Bonaparte, Ann. Stor. Nat. Bologna, 4, p. 335, 1830 — Sunda

Islands.
TONKIN: Mao Xao Phing, one 9 , April 9.

Scolopax rusticola rusticola Linnaeus. WOODCOCK.
Scolopax rusticola Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., 1, p. 146, 1758 — Europe.
TONKIN: Chapa, one o", Feb. 15.

Actitis hypoleucos (Linnaeus). COMMON SANDPIPER.

Tringa hypoleucos Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., 1, p. 148, 1758 — Europe.
TONKIN: Nam Na River below Phong Tho, one d" , Feb. 26; Lai Chau, one 9 ,
March 3; Ba Nam Nhung, one d\ one 9 , March 11.

Tringa ocrophus Linnaeus. GREEN SANDPIPER.

Tringa ocrophus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., 1, 1758, p. 149 — Europe.
TONKIN: Lai Chau, two cf cf, two 9 9, March 3 to 4; Ba Nam Nhung, one
d", March 10.

Seena aurantia (J. G. Gray). . INDIAN RIVER TERN.

Sterna aurantia J. G. Gray, Hardw. 111. Ind. Zool., 1, pi. 69, fig. 2, 1832— India.
LAOS: Pak Si (Mekong River), immature 9 , June 18.

This was the only species of tern seen on the Mekong River. At
Paklay on June 22 terns were seen in numbers for the first time.

Macropygia ruficeps assimilis Hume. BURMESE LITTLE CUCKOO
DOVE.

Macropygia assimilis Hume, Stray Feathers, 2, p. 441, 1874 — Tenasserim.
TONKIN: Muong Mo, one cf, one 9, March 12 to 14; Muong Bourn, one d",

March 26.
LAOS: Muong Yo, one d", May 15.

Macropygia unchall tusalia (Hodgson). BAR-TAILED CUCKOO
DOVE.

Coccyzura tusalia Hodgson, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 14, p. 809, 1843 — Nepal.
TONKIN: Lai Chau, one immature cf , March 1.
LAOS: Phong Saly, one adult cf , April 20.

1931 INDO-CHINESE BIRDS — BANGS AND VAN TYNE 47

Delacour (1928, p. 33) lists his specimens as minor (of Hainan),
but Hartert (Novit. Zool., 17, p. 194, 1910) has shown that minor
can not be separated from tusalia.

Streptopelia orientalis orientalis (Latham). RUFOUS TURTLE
DOVE.

Columba orienlalis Latham, Ind. Orn., 2, p. 606, 1790 — China.
TONKIN: Lai Chau, one 9, March 2; Muong Moun, one cf, March 14; Ba
Nam Nhung, one 9 , March 9; Muong Mo, one 9 , March 16.

Streptopelia chinensis tigrina (Temminck). BURMESE SPOTTED
DOVE.

Columba tigrina Temminck, Les Pigeons, p. 94, 1810 — Java.

TONKIN: Phong Tho, one 9, Feb. 24; Lai Chau, one 9, March 1; Muong

Moun, three cf cf , March 21 to 27; Muong Mo, one cf , March 19.
LAOS: Muong Yo, one cf , May 10; Vientiane, one cf , July 2.

Ducula badia griseicapilla Walden. GRAY-HEADED IMPERIAL
PIGEON.

Ducula griseicapilla Walden, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (4), 16, p. 228, 1875 —
Karen Hills.

LAOS: Pyn Ho, one cf , one 9, April 19; Phong Saly, five cf cf, four 9 9,
April 24 to May 1.

Iris about Pale Gull Gray, bill about Drab, feet and base of bill
Perilla Purple (Pyn Ho pair).

These specimens have already been listed by Conover in his paper
on Ducula badia obscurata (Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 43, p. 2, 1930).

Muscadivora aenea sylvatica (Tickell). INDIAN GREEN IMPERIAL
PIGEON.

Columba sylvatica Tickell, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 2, p. 581, 1833 — Borabhum.

LAOS: Muong Yo, three cf cf , May 10 to 16.

Iris Victoria Lake, eye ring Madder Brown, base of maxilla Deep
Livid Brown, distal half of maxilla Clear Green Blue Gray, mandible
Castor Gray, feet about Mineral Red.

Chalcophaps indica indica (Linnaeus). INDIAN EMERALD DOVE.

Columba indica Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., 1, p. 164, 1758 — East Indies, restricted

to Calcutta.
TONKIN: Muong Moun, three 9 9 , March 15 to April 3; Ba Nam Nhung, one

cf , March 11; Muong Bourn, two cf cf , March 26, 28.
LAOS: Muong Yo, one cf , one 9 , May 19; Boun Tai, two cf cf , May 26 to 29.

48 FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY — ZOOLOGY, VOL. XVIII

The little Emerald Dove was seen rather frequently at Muong
Moun.

Sphenurus apicauda laotianus Delacour. PIN-TAILED GREEN
PIGEON.

Sphenurus apicauda laotianus Delacour, Bull. Brit. Orn. CL, 47, p. 10, 1926 —

Xieng Kouang, Laos.
TONKIN: Pou Den Dinh, one d", one 9, April 18; Phong Saly, two cfcf,

three 9 9 , April 28 to May 4.

Iris about Light Salmon Orange, horny bill about Pea Green, base
of bill Calamine Blue, feet Spectrum Red (Pou Den Dinh pair).

Sphenurus Sphenurus yunnanensis (La Touche). WEDGE-
TAILED GREEN PIGEON.

Sphenocercus sphenurus yunnanensis La Touche, Bull. Brit. Orn. CL, 42,
p. 13, 1921 — Lotukow, s. e. Yunnan.

TONKIN: Muong Bourn, one d", March 25.

Our specimen is exactly like the type and another male from
Yunnan except that it has less conspicuous dark shaft stripes on the
under tail coverts.

Treron curvirostra nipalensis (Hodgson). THICK-BILLED GREEN
PIGEON.

Toria nipalensis Hodgson, As. Res., 19, p. 164, 1836 — Nepal.
LAOS: Hatsa (10 km. east of), one d", April 22; Muong Yo, four cf d", three
9 9 , May 12 to 19; Boun Tai, three d* d", two 9 9 , May 22 to 27; Vien-
tiane, one d", July 2.

Iris Cadmium Yellow, orbital skin about Viridine Green, bill
about Lime Green (base about Garnet Brown), feet about Carmine
(Muong Yo d" ).

This species was noted as breeding at Muong Yo and Boun Tai.

Treron pompadora phayrei (Blyth). ASHY-HEADED GREEN
PIGEON.

Osmotreron phayrei Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 31, p. 344, 1862 — Tounghoo.
LAOS: Boun Tai, one adult 9 , May 28.

Rhopodytes tristis longicaudatus (Blyth). MALAY GREEN-
BILLED MALKOHA.

Phoenicophanes longicaudatus Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 10, p. 923, 1841 —
Moulmein.

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TONKIN: Phong Tho, one cf, Feb. 25; Pa Ham, one 9, March 8; Muong
Moun, three d" cf , one 9 , March 21 to April 3; Ba Nam Nhung, one d\
March 11; Muong Mo, two cf cf , two 9 9 , March 16 to 19; Muong Bourn,
one d\ March 27.

LAOS: Muong Yo, one cf , May 13; Boun Tai, one 9, May 28; Vientiane, one
9 , June 30.

After examining the series in the British Museum we are con-
vinced that the form hainanus can not be recognized.

Centropus sinensis intermedius (Hume). HUME'S CROW
PHEASANT.

Centrococcyx intermedius Hume, Stray Feathers, 1, p. 454, 1873 — Thaetmyo.
TONKIN: Phong Tho, immature cf, Feb. 25; Lai Chau, one cf, April 1; Muong

Moun, two cf cf , one unsexed, March 11 to 31; Muong Mo, two cf cf , one

9 , March 12 to 17.

LAOS: Muong Yo, one 9 , May 14; Boun Tai, two 9 9 , May 28 to 30.
Iris Carmine.
Wing: adult cf c? 203, 201, 198, 201, 205; adult 9 9 218, 221, 214.

Eudynamys scolopacea chinensis Cabanis and Heine. CHINESE
KOEL.

Eudynamis chinensis Cabanis and Heine, Mus. Hein., pt. 4, sec. 1, p. 52,

1862— Canton.

TONKIN: Muong Bourn, one cf , March 26; Chieng Chan, one d" , April 2.
LAOS: Muong Yo, two d" cf , May 9.

Clamator coromandus (Linnaeus). RED- WINGED CRESTED CUCKOO.

Cuculus coromandus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., 1766, 1, 171 — Coromandel Coast.
LAOS: Boun Tai, one cf, one 9 , May 26.

Surniculus lugubris dicuroides (Hodgson). INDIAN DRONGO
CUCKOO.

Pseudornis dicruroides Hodgson, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 8, p. 136, 1839 —

Nepal.
TONKIN: Pa Ham, one cf , April 6; Muong Moun, two cf cf , one 9 , April 1 to

3; Pou Den Dinh, one cf , one 9, April 18.
LAOS: Phong Saly, one cf , May 2; Boun Tai, two cf cf , one 9 , May 26 to 31;

Vientiane, one 9 , July 2.

Chalcites maculatus (Gmelin). EMERALD CUCKOO.

Trogon maculatus Gmelin, Syst. Nat., 1, 1788, p. 404 — Ceylon = Pegu desig.

by Rob. and Kloss.

TONKIN: Muong Moun, one 9 , April 3; Chieng Chan, one cf , April 2.
The Emerald Cuckoo has not previously been found in Tonkin.

50 FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY — ZOOLOGY, VOL. XVIII

Cacomantis merulinus querulus Heine. BURMESE PLAINTIVE
CUCKOO.

Cacomantis querulus Heine, Journ. f. Orn., 11, p. 352, 1863 — Nepal.
LAOS: Lao Fou Tchai, one cf , April 21 ; Boun Tai, one cf , May 22.

Cuculus sparverioides Vigors. LARGE HAWK CUCKOO.

Cuculus sparverioides Vigors, P. Z. S. Lond., 1831, p. 173 — Simla- Almora

Districts.
TONKIN: Lai Chau, one d", April 1; Muong Moun, one cf , March 20; Nong

Lum, one cf , March 20; Muong Bourn, one cf , March 25.
LAOS: Muong Yo, one 9 , May 18.

Iris Mars Yellow, orbital skin and feet Cadmium Yellow, nares
and mandible Yellowish Olive, maxilla black (Muong Moun cT).

Specimens taken at Muong Yo were in breeding condition.
Cuculus micropterus micropterus Gould. INDIAN CUCKOO.

Cuculus micropterus Gould, P. Z. S. Lond., 1837, p. 137 — Himalayas.
LAOS: Muong Yo, two cf cf , May 9 to 16.

Cuculus canorus bakeri Hartert. KHASIA HILLS CUCKOO.

Cuculus canorus bakeri Hartert, Vog. Pal. Fauna, 2, 7, p. 948, 1912 — Shillong,
Khasia Hills.

TONKIN: Muong Moun, one cf , April 2; Mao Xao Phing, one d", April 3.

LAOS: Lao Fou Tchai, one d1, one 9 , April 21.

This Cuckoo has not been taken before in Indo-China. In
addition to those collected a number were heard calling in March and
April in northern Tonkin and Laos.

Psittacula alexandri fasciata (Mtiller). INDIAN RED-BREASTED
PAROQUET.

Psittacus fasciatus Muller, Nat. Syst. Suppl., p. 74, 1776 — Pondicherry.
TONKIN: Muong Mo, one cf , March 18.

Psittacula schisticeps finschi (Hume). BURMESE SLATY-HEADED
PAROQUET.

Palaeornis finschi Hume, Stray Feathers, 2, p. 509, 1874 — Kollidoo.
LAOS: Lao Fou Tchai, four cf cf , April 21; Boun Tai, one 9 , May 22.

Iris Marguerite Yellow, cere Yellow Ocher, mandible and distal
third of maxilla about Primuline Yellow, proximal two-thirds of
maxilla about Brazil Red

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Glaucidium brodiei tubiger (Hodgson). EASTERN COLLARED
PIGMY OWLET.

Noctua tubiger Hodgson, As. Res., 19, p. 175, 1836 — Nepal.
TONKIN: one c" (wing 83), Feb. 14.

Iris Lemon Yellow, bill Mignonette Green, feet Deep Grape Green,
soles Olive Yellow.

This specimen is in the gray phase.

Glaucidium cuculoides rufescens Baker. BURMESE BARRED
OWLET.

Glaucidium cuculoides rufescens Baker, Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl., 47, p. 59, 1926 —

Noon-zai-ban, Manipur.
TONKIN: Ngai Tio, one 9 , Feb. 20; Lai Chau, one d", March 2; Muong Moun,

one cf, three 9 9, March 11 to 28; Muong Mo, two 9 9, March 17, 19;

Muong Bourn, one cf, March 23.
LAOS: Muong Yo, one cf, one 9, May 10, 17; Boun Tai, one 9, May 26;

Vientiane, two cf d", one 9 , June 30 to July 2.

Iris Lemon Chrome, bill and cere Ecru Olive, feet Dark Olive
Buff (Lai Chau cf ).

Delacour has called Tonkin specimens whiteleyi, but ours are
separable from a series of twenty-five from south China by their much
more rufous color and wider black barring of the tail. Three speci-
mens from Szemao, Yunnan, were listed by Rothschild (Novit.
Zool., 34, p. 39) as G. c. cuculoides, but we have examined them and
would include them with our northern Indo-Chinese series.

The stomachs examined contained grasshoppers, beetles, and
other large insects.

Otus spilocephalus latouchei (Rickett). LA TOUCHE'S SPOTTED
SCOPS OWL.

Scops latouchei Rickett, Bull. Brit. Orn. CL, 10, p. 56, 1900— Ah Chung,
Fukien.

TONKIN: Chapa (near), one 9 (wing 150), Feb. 14.

This specimen was collected in a cave 8 km. south of Chapa
(alt. about 4,300 ft.). The form latouchei is a close but recognizable
subspecies of spilocephalus of India. We have compared our speci-
men with the type of latouchei in the British Museum.

Otus bakkamoena lettia (Hodgson). BURMESE COLLARED SCOPS
OWL.

Scops lettia Hodgson, As. Res., 19, p. 176, 1836 — Nepal.
TONKIN: Ba Nam Nhung, one 9 (wing 177), March 9.

52 FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY— ZOOLOGY, VOL. XVIII
Ketupa flavipes (Hodgson). TAWNY FISH OWL.

Cultrunguis flavipes Hodgson, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 5, p. 364, 1836 — Nepal.
TONKIN: Muong Mo, one 9 , March 18.

Strix leptogrammica laotiana Delacour. LAOTIAN WOOD OWL.

Strix newarensis laotianus Delacour, Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl., 47, p. 11, 1926 —
Dakto, Annam.

LAOS: Phong Saly, one 9 (wing 390), April 29.

Our single specimen agrees fairly well with Delacour's description
of laotiana except that nearly the whole facial disc is black, only the
extreme periphery being touched with buff.

Lyncornis cerviniceps cerviniceps Gould. BURMESE GREAT
EARED NIGHTJAR.

Lyncornis cerviniceps Gould, Icon. Av., 2, pi. 4, 1838 — China.
LAOS: Ban Don Men (on Mekong River below Paklay), one a" (wing 297),
June 22.

Caprimulgus asiaticus asiaticus Latham. COMMON INDIAN
NIGHTJAR.

Caprimulgus asiaticus Latham, Ind. Orn., 2, p. 588, 1790 — India.
LAOS: Vientiane, two d1 d", three 9 9 , July 3.

Caprimulgus indicus jotaka Temminck and Schlegel. JAPANESE
JUNGLE NIGHTJAR.

Caprimulgus jotaka Temminck and Schlegel, Faun. Jap., p. 37, 1847 — Japan.
LAOS: Phong Saly, one 9 , April 26; Ban Don Men, one adult d" , one immature
d", June 22.

Hemiprocne coronata (Tickell). INDIAN CRESTED SWIFT.

Hirundo coronata Tickell, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 2, p. 580, 1883 — Borabhum,

Bengal.
LAOS: Phalane (18 km. west of), one cf, one 9 , July 7.

Collocalia francica germaini Oustalet. OUSTALET'S GRAY-
RUMPED SWIFT.

Collocalia germaini Oustalet, Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris, 1, p. 1, 1876 — Cochin

China.
LAOS: Nam Hou River near Ban Ten Khen, one adult d" (wing 123), June 11.

Collocalia brevirostris pellos Thayer and Bangs. HIMALAYAN

SWIFTLET.

Collocalia inopina pellos Thayer and Bangs, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., 40,
p. 158, 1912— Waschan, Szechwan.

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TONKIN: Lai Chau, one 6* (wing 134), March 5; Muong Moun, one d" (wing
138), March 27.

These two specimens are very similar to the type series of pellos
in the Museum of Comparative Zoology. We have also compared
our specimens with the British Museum Collocalias and find that the
specimen on which Kinnear (1929, p. 124) based his record of C.
innominata in Tonkin is actually not that species but pellos. Kinnear's
record is the only previous one for this Swiftlet in Indo-China.

The type of Collocalia inopina Thayer and Bangs (Bull. Mus.
Comp. Zool., 52, p. 139, 1909) from Hupeh remains unique and is
certainly very similar to some specimens of pellos. In case the two
prove indistinguishable the name inopina will have to replace pellos.
We follow Stresemann (Mitteil. Zool. Mus. Berlin, 12, 1926, p. 351)
in considering pellos a race of Collocalia brevirostris.

Collocalia brevirostris innominata Hume. HUME'S SWIFTLET.

Collocalia innominata Hume, Stray Feathers, 1, p. 294, 1873 — Button Is.,

Andamans.
TONKIN: Lai Chau, two d* cf (wing 124, 128), one 9 (wing 127), March 4 to 6.

This is the first record of Hume's Swiftlet in Indo-China. Kin-
near's (1929, p. 124) record from Tonkin proves to refer to pellos.
We have compared our specimens with the type and a series of seven
in the British Museum and find ours somewhat darker below. Perhaps
further material will show that Tonkin specimens are separable from
Andaman birds.

Hirundapus giganteus indicus (Hume). BROWN-THROATED
SPINETAIL.

Chaetura indica Hume, Stray Feathers, 1, p. 471, 1873 — Andamans.

LAOS: Muong Yo, two c? d", four 9 9 , May 10 to 20.

Wing: rfc? 206, 199; 99 207, 193.

These magnificent Swifts were seen rather frequently over the
rice fields of Muong Yo where they were feeding on dragon flies,
beetles, and other insects. Because of their great speed of flight
and tenacity of life they proved very difficult to collect even under
these favorable conditions.

Cypsiurus balasiensis infumatus (Sclater). EASTERN PALM
SWIFT.

Cypselus infumatus Sclater, P. Z. S. Lond., 1865, p. 602 — Bangermassing,
Borneo.

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LAOS: Boun Tai, two 9 9, May 28; Muong Ngoi, one 9, June 9; Ban Ten
Khen (on Nam Hou River), three d" d\ two 9 9 , June 10, 11; Tcephone,
one unsexed, July 7.

This Swift was breeding in the palm trees in the village of Ban
Ten Khen.

As Oberholser has shown (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 28, p. 860,
1905) these Swifts are not congeneric with Tachornis phoenicobia.
But Oberholser's new name, Tachynautes, is not necessary for
Cypsiurus of Lesson is not preoccupied by Cypsilurus of Swainson.

Apus pacificus cooki (Harington). BURMESE WHITE-RUMPED
SWIFT.

Cypselus pacificus cooki Harington, Bull. Brit. Orn. CL, 31, p. 57, 1913 —
Goteik Caves, Northern Shan States.

LAOS: Tcephone, one 9 (wing 162), July 7.

This one specimen, collected by Wheeler while passing through
the village of Tcephone, shows very well the streaked throat and
rump, the darker back, and smaller size of cooki.

Apus affinis subfurcatus (Blyth). MALAYAN HOUSE SWIFT.

Cypselus subfurcatus Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 18, p. 807, 1849 — Penang.
TONKIN: Lai Chau, one 9 , March 6.

Pyrotrogon erythrocephalus intermedius Kinnear. RED-HEADED
TROGON.

Pyrotrogon erythrocephalus intermedius Kinnear, Bull. Brit. Orn. CL, 45,

p. 105, 1925— Bao Ha, Tonkin.
TONKIN: Chapa, one d", one 9, Feb. 12, 15; Muong Mo, three cfcf, March

15 to 17.
LAOS: Phong Saly, two 9 9, April 25, 30; Muong Yo, one d", three 9 9,

May 14 to 18.

This seems to be a very slight form, recognizable by its somewhat
darker back and finer white bars on the wing coverts.

Carcineutes pulchellus amabilis Hume. PEGU BANDED KING-
FISHER.

Carcineutes amabilis Hume, Stray Feathers, 1, p. 474, 1873 — Pegu Hills.
LAOS: Vientiane, one d\ one 9, June 30, July 1.

This forest Kingfisher had not been recorded before so far north
in Indo-China.

Halcyon smyrnensis fusca (Boddaert). INDIAN WHITE-BREASTED
KINGFISHER.

Alcedo fusca Boddaert, PI. Enl., p. 54, 1783— Malabar.

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TONKIN: Bac Tan Trai, one cf , Feb. 26; Lai Chau, one 9 , April 1; Muong Mo,

three cf cf, one 9 , March 15 to 19; Muong Bourn, one cf , March 26.
LAOS: Muong Yo, one 9 , May 12; Boun Tai, three cf cf , May 22 to 29.

Pelargopsis capensis burmanica Sharpe. BURMESE STORK-
BILLED KINGFISHER.

Pelargopsis burmanica Sharpe, P. Z. S. Lond., 1870, p. 67 — Burma.
LAOS: Boun Tai, one cf , May 25; Muong Khoua (Nam Hou River), one 9,
June 7; Nam Hou River below Muong Ngoi, one cf , June 10.

As pointed out by Hartert (Novit. Zool., 31, p. 129, 1924) Gloger's
description of Pelargopsis is perfectly recognizable and Oberholser's
substitution of Ramphalcyon is unnecessary.

The species has not been found before so far north in Indo-China.

Ceyx tridactylus tridactylus (Pallas). INDIAN THREE-TOED KING-
FISHER.

Alcedo tridactylus Pallas, Spic. Zool., 6, p. 10, 1769 — Assam.
LAOS: Muong Yo, one cf , May 12.

Bill Scarlet, feet Mars Orange.

This beautiful little Kingfisher was also seen on June 2 in the
forest between Boun Tai and Kouei Soung. It has apparently not
been found before in northern Indo-China.

Alcedo hercules Laubmann. BLYTH'S KINGFISHER.

Alcedo hercules Laubmann, Verhand. der Orn. Gesell. in Bayern, 12, 1, p. 238,

1917— Sikkim.

TONKIN: Muong Mo, one cf (wing 98), March 17.
LAOS: Muong Yo, one cf (wing 102), May 19.

This Kingfisher was seen by Stevens at Bao Ha, Tonkin (Kinnear,
1929, p. 121), but has not been collected before in Indo-China.

Alcedo atthis bengalensis Gmelin. COMMON INDIAN KINGFISHER.

Alcedo bengalensis Gmelin, Syst. Nat., 1, 1766, p. 450 — Bengal.

TONKIN: Bai d'Along, one 9 , Feb. 6; Phong Tho, one cf , Feb. 25; Lai Chau,
two cf cf , March 3, April 1; Muong Moun, three cf cf , one 9 , March 18
to 27; Ba Nam Nhung, two 9 9, March 11; Muong Mo, two cf cf, five
9 9 , March 12 to 19; Muong Bourn, two cf cf , two 9 9 , March 25 to 28.

LAOS: Nam Hou River below Muong Ngoi, one cf , June 10.

Ceryle lugubris guttulata Stejneger. HIMALAYAN PIED KING-
FISHER.

Ceryle guttulata Stejneger, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 15, p. 294, 1893— Cachar,
India.

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TONKIN: Phong Tho (10 km. east of), one 9, Feb. 22; BacTan Trai,two 9 9,
Feb. 26, 27; Lai Chau, one d", March 3; Muong Moun, one d", April 4;
Muong Mo, one 9 , March 12; Muong Bourn, one adult d" , three unsexed
juvenals, March 23.

Ceryle rudis leucomelanura Reichenbach. INDIAN PIED KING-
FISHER.

Ceryle leucomelanura Reichenbach, Handb., Alced., p. 21, 1851 — Ceylon.

TONKIN: Lai Chau, two c? d" (culmen 63, 65), April 1.

Specimens from south China have been called insignis, a large-
billed form described by Hartert (Novit. Zool., 17, p. 216, 1910) from
Hainan, but our two specimens and nine from south China have bills
exactly like two specimens we have examined from India (Kooloo
Valley).

Nyctiornis athertoni (Jardin and Selby). BLUE-BEARDED BEE
EATER.

Merops athertoni Jardin and Selby, 111. Orn., 2, pi. 58, 1829 — India.

TONKIN: Muong Moun, one d\ one 9 , March 30, April 1; Muong Bourn, one

d", one 9, March 22, 24.
LAOS: Muong Yo, one adult d", one Juvenal d", May 14.

The stomachs of the two collected at Muong Moun were filled
with large bees.

Melittophagus erythrocephalus erythrocephalus (Gmelin).
CHESTNUT-HEADED BEE EATER.

Merops erythrocephalus Gmelin, Syst. Nat., 1, 1788, p. 463 — India.

TONKIN: Lai Chau, one d", March 5; Ba Nam Nhung, two 9 9, March 11;

Muong Mo, two d1 d1, one 9 , March 12 to 19.
LAOS: Boun Tai, nine tfcf, three 9 9, one unsexed, May 22 to 31; Hatsa,

one d1, one 9 , May 17 (Hendee).

Eurystomus orientalis orientalis (Linnaeus). BROAD-BILLED
ROLLER.

Coracias orientalis Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., 1766, 1, p. 159 — India (Java by

subsequent designation), Stresemann.
TONKIN: Lai Chau, one 9, April 1; Muong Mo, five d*d\ two 9 9, March

15 to 19; Muong Bourn, two d" d", two 9 9 , March 23 to 28.

Coracias benghalensis affinis McClelland. BURMESE ROLLER.

Coracias affinis McClelland, P. Z. S. Lond., 1839, p. 164— Assam.

TONKIN: Lai Chau, one 9 , Feb. 28.

LAOS: Boun Tai, one 9 , May 31; Vientiane, one d\ July 3.

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Upupa epops longirostris Jerdon. BURMESE HOOPOE.

Upupa longirostris Jerdon, Birds of India, 1, p. 393, 1862 — Burma.

LAOS: Boun Tai, one adult d", one immature cf , two adult 9 9 , May 24 to 31.

Our adult specimens have wings measuring 134, 133, 138, 135
but show great variation in color (culmen from base of forehead 66,
60.5, 60). We follow Baker and Delacour in using the name longi-
rostris for the Hoopoes of this region but we do not attach much value
to the identification. The species is badly in need of revision.

Ptilolaemus tickelli indochinensis Delacour and Jabouille.
TICKELL'S HORNBILL.

Ptilolaemus tickelli indochinensis Delacour and Jabouille, Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl.,

48, p. 129 — Khebon, n. Annam.
TONKIN: Muong Moun, one adult d", March 18.
LAOS: Muong Yo, three adult d" d", May 11 to 18.

Iris Kaiser Brown, orbital skin about Pale Russian Blue, base of
mandible Deep Chrome, feet Olive Gray.

The stomachs examined contained fruit and insects.

We use the name indochinensis but we have for comparison only
a single specimen of austeni from Upper Assam. Our three Laotian
birds are exactly like the specimen of austeni except that all have the
central tail feathers indistinctly and irregularly tipped with white.
Our Tonkin specimen, however, has no white on the central tail
feathers but has a much whiter throat.

Aceros nepalensis (Hodgson). RUFOUS-NECKED HORNBILL.

Buceros nepalensis Hodgson, As. Res., 18, p. 178, 1829 — Nepal.

TONKIN: Muong Moun, one adult cf, April 1.

Length (in the flesh) 110 cm., wing spread 136 cm.

Iris Morocco Red, orbital skin Calamine Blue, malar region Dull
Violaceous Blue to black, throat Flame Scarlet to Light Vinaceous
Cinnamon (on the sides), tip of bill Marguerite Yellow, base of max-
illa Deep Olive Buff, base of mandible about Olive Ocher, feet black.

This specimen secured by Wheeler was the only one seen and is
the second record for Indo-China. Its stomach contents consisted
of fruit.

Anthracoceros malabaricus leucogaster (Blyth). BURMESE PIED
HORNBILL.

Buceros leucogaster Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 10, p. 922, 1841 — Tenasserim.
TONKIN: Muong Moun, one 9 , March 19; Nam Nen, one d\ April 6; Muong
Bourn, one d", March 25.

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LAOS: Muong Yo, two 9 9, May 12, 20; Nam Hou River below Ban Ten
Khen, one cf , June 11; Vientiane, one cf, July 3.

Iris Mikado Brown.

Wing: <? <? 288, 285, 255; 9 9 270, 270.

The Pied Hornbills collected had eaten only large fruits.

Dichoceros bicornis (Linnaeus). GREAT HORNBILL.

Buceros bicornis Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., 1758, 1, p. 104 — China.
TONKIN: Muong Moun, one adult <?, March 11.

Iris Scarlet-Red, maxilla and casque Cadmium Yellow, anterior
part of casque Ecru Olive, mandible Marguerite Yellow, tip of bill
Grenadine Red, feet Grayish Olive.

Length (in the flesh) 135 cm., wing spread 162 cm.

The stomach contents of this Hornbill consisted of fruit and a
few small snails and beetles.

Cyanops franklinii franklinii (Blyth). GOLDEN-THROATED
BARBET.

Bucco franklinii Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 11, p. 167, 1842 — Darjeeling.
TONKIN: Chapa, one 9 , Feb. 15; Muong Moun, one 9 , March 29; Lieng San,
one 9 , April 5.

We have compared our specimens with six from Loukouchai and
one from Darjeeling but we cannot see in ours the characters ascribed
by Delacour to the form tonkinensis (Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl., 47, p. 153,
1927) from Tarn Dao, Tonkin. We understand that Delacour him-
self no longer maintains this subspecies.

Cyanops haemacephala indica (Latham). BURMESE CRIMSON-
BREASTED BARBET.

Bucco indicus Latham, Ind. Orn., 1, p. 205, 1790 — Calcutta.

LAOS: Boun Tai, six adult d" d", three juvenal cfcf, three adult 9 9, two

juvenal 9 9, May 22 to 31; Vientiane, two adult ofd", one juvenal d",

one adult 9 , one juvenal 9 , July 1 to 3.

Cyanops duvaucelii cyanotis (Blyth). INDIAN BLUE-EARED
BARBET.

Bucco cyanotis Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 16, p. 487, 1847 — Arakan.

TONKIN: Muong Moun, one d" (wing 84), March 21.

LAOS: Muong Yo, one adult d" (wing 84), two juvenal d^cf, one adult 9

(wing 82), May 10 to 19; Boun Tai, one d" (wing 86), one 9 (wing 83),

May 22 to 29; Vientiane, one juvenal 9 , July 1.

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Baker (Ibis, 1919, p. 217) has reviewed the races of this Barbet
and shows that orientalis Robinson can not be maintained.

Cyanops asiatica davisoni (Hume). DAVISON'S BLUE-THROATED
BARBET.

Megalaema davisoni Hume, Stray Feathers, 5, p. 108, 1877 — Meetan, South
Tenasserim.

TONKIN: Phong Tho, five <? d", three 9 9 , Feb. 22 to 25; Bac Tan Trai, one
9, Feb. 26; Pa Ham, one d", one 9, March 8, April 6; Muong Moun,
eight cfcf, seven 9 9, March 12 to April 3; Ba Nam Nhung, one 9,
March 9; Muong Mo, five d" d1, seven 9 9 , March 13 to 15; Muong Bourn,
one 9 , March 27.

LAOS: Phong Saly, three 9 9 , April 25 to 28; Muong Yo, four & & , two 9 9 ,
May 9 to 17; Boun Tai, two d" cT, five 9 9 , May 22 to 29.

The Blue-throated Barbet proved to be by far the most common
Barbet throughout the region traversed in northern Laos and Tonkin.

We agree with Kinnear (1929, p. 127) that laurentii Wells can not
be recognized.

Thereiceryx lineatus intermedius Baker. BURMESE LINEATED
BARBET.

Thereiceryx lineatus intermedius Baker, Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl., 39, p. 19, 1918 —

Pahpoon, Burma.
LAOS: Vientiane, one d" (wing 123, worn), one 9 (wing 121), July 2, 3.

Iris Mars Brown, orbital skin Primuline Yellow, feet Light
Cadmium

Thereiceryx faiostrictus faiostrictus (Temminck). TEMMINCK'S
BARBET.

Bucco faiostrictus Temminck, PI. Col., 3, p. 527, 1831 — Cochin China.
LAOS: Vientiane, two d" d" (wing 108, worn, 115), June 30, July 2.

Megalaima virens virens (Boddaert). GREAT CHINESE BARBET.

Bucco virens Boddaert, Tabl. PL Enl., p. 53, 1783— China.
TONKIN: Chapa, one d", Feb. 13; Pa Ham, two 9 9, March 8.
LAOS: Phong Saly, two 9 9 , April 29, May 4.

Bill Deep Olive Buff to Light Cadmium at base, feet and tarsi
Dark Olive Buff, soles Yellow Ocher (Chapa cf).

Sasia ochracea reichenowi Hesse. BURMESE RUFOUS PICULET.

Sasia ochracea reichenowi Hesse, Orn. Monatsb., 19, p. 181, 1911 — Burma.
TONKIN: Chapa, one 9, Feb. 14; Phong Tho, one 9, Feb. 24; Muong Moun,
one d", April 1; Ba Nam Nhung, one cT, March 10.

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LAOS: Phong Saly, one a", one unsexed, April 25; Boun Tai, one 9 , May 24.
Iris Carmine, orbital skin Acajou Red, feet Tawny ( 9 , Chapa).

Picumnus innominatus malayorum Hartert. MALAY SPECKLED

PlCULET.

Picumnus innominatus malayorum Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun., 2, pt. 1, p. 937,

1912 — Gunong Ijau, Perak.
TONKIN: Muong Moun, two 9 9, March 28, April 3; Muong Bourn, one 9,

March 24; Lai Chau, one d"1, April 1.
LAOS: Phong Saly, two d"d", two 9 9, April 25 to 30; Boun Tai, one d%

May 25.

Mulleripicus pulverulentus harterti Hesse. INDIAN GREAT
SLATY WOODPECKER.

Mulleripicus pulverulentus harterti Hesse, Orn. Monatsb., 19, p. 182, 1911 —

Assam.
LAOS: Muong Yo, one d", one 9 , May 19, 20.

The male of these two breeding birds has the throat, especially
the lower throat, strongly washed with red.

Their stomachs contained great numbers of ants.

Chrysocolaptes lucidus guttacristatus (Tickell). TICKELL'S
GOLDEN-BACKED WOODPECKER.

Picus guttacristatus Tickell, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 2, p. 578, 1833 — Borabhum,

Bengal.

TONKIN: Muong Mo, one d", March 17; Muong Bourn, one d", March 22.
LAOS: Vientiane, two d" cf, two 9 9 , June 30 to July 2.

Dinopium javanense intermedium (Blyth). BURMESE GOLDEN-
BACKED THREE-TOED WOODPECKER.

Picus intermedius Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 14, 1845, p. 193 — Arakan.
TONKIN: Lai Chau, one d", two 9 9 , March 3, 4.
LAOS: Vientiane, one d1, June 30.

Micropternus brachyurus annamensis Delacour and Jabouille.
ANNAMESE RUFOUS WOODPECKER.

Micropternus brachyurus annamensis Delacour and Jabouille, Bull. Brit. Orn.

Cl., 45, p. 31, 1924— Hailang, Annam.
TONKIN: Muong Moun, one 9, March 20.
LAOS: Phong Saly, one d", May 1; Muong Yo, one d", four 9 9, May 10 to

19; Boun Tai, one d1, three 9 9 , one unsexed, May 24 to 29.

Wing: Laos cf d" 120, 120, 120; 9 9 120, 119, 119.5, 119.

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This distinct form is well characterized by Delacour and Jabouille
as differing "from M. b. fokiensis (Swinhoe) in its smaller size, more
barred wings and tail, much darker head, more barred but lighter
body, while the rufous collar on the hind neck is of a brighter rufous."

All stomachs examined contained only ants.

Micropternus brachyurus phaioceps Blyth. NORTHERN RUFOUS
WOODPECKER.

Micropternus phaioceps Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 14, p. 195, 1845 —

Arakan.
LAOS: Vientiane, one 9 (wing 122), July 2.

This bird is separable from specimens of williamsoni from Bangkok
by the pale streaks on the throat which are concolor with the breast.
From annamensis it differs sharply in being much paler, with the
stripes much paler.

Blythipicus pyrrhotis annamensis Kinnear. RED-EARED BAY
WOODPECKER.

Blythipicus pyrrhotis annamensis Kinnear, Bull. Brit. Orn. CL, 46, p. 72, 1926 —

Langbian Peaks, s. Annam.
TONKIN: Ba Nam Nhung, one immature c?, March 9; Muong Mo, one cf,

March 17; Muong Bourn, one cf , March 27.
LAOS: Phong Saly, one cf, May 2; Boun Tai, one immature d", May 29.

Wing: cf cT 144, 146, 147, 153.

We have examined the British Museum series with Kinnear and
Delacour and have concluded with them that intermedius Delacour
(Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl., 47, p. 154) can not be recognized. Compared
with nine skins of sinensis from Fukien in the Museum of Com-
parative Zoology our series differs markedly in being much more
red, less brown, above and in having the tail much less heavily barred
with black. The nuchal patch in all of our skins is continuous across
the nape.

Dryobates semicoronatus obscurus La Touche. YUNNAN PIGMY
WOODPECKER.

Dryobates pygmaeus obscurus La Touche, Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl., 42, p. 14, 1921 —
Hokow, Yunnan.

TONKIN: Pou Den Dinh, one c* (wing 90), one 9 (wing 91), April 18.

Our specimens are very similar to the type of obscurus with which
we have compared them. This form is separable from omissus
Rothschild by its much smaller size.

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Dryobates semicoronatus canicapillus (Blyth) . BURMESE PIGMY
WOODPECKER.

Picus canicapillus Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 14, p. 197, 1845 — Arakan.
LAOS: Vientiane^ three cf d", one ? , July 1 to 3.

Gecinulus grantia indochinensis Delacour. PALE-HEADED WOOD-
PECKER.

Gecinulus grantia indochinensis Delacour, Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl., 47, p. 154, 1927—

Backan, n. e. Tonkin.
TONKIN: Pa Ham, one 9 , March 8; Muong Moun, three cT cf , one ? , March

18 to 30; Muong Mo, one d\ March 16.
LAOS: Phong Saly, one cf , April 29.

Wing: Tonkin rf c? 129, 133, 133, 134; 9 9 129, 135. Laos
cf 134.

This well marked form differs from typical grantia, of which we
have seen one example from Upper Assam, in its larger size and much
darker and richer colored head. From viridanus (seven Fukien
skins examined) it differs in having the back and wing coverts much
more red and the head of a richer color above.

Chrysophlegma flavinucha annamensis Delacour and Jabouille.
LARGE YELLOW-NAPED WOODPECKER.

Chrysophlegma flavinucha annamensis Delacour and Jabouille, Bull. Brit. Orn.

CL, 48, p. 130, 1928— Kebon, n. Annam.
TONKIN: Muong Mo, one d", March 13.
LAOS: Muong Yo, one adult d", one immature d", one immature 9, May 10

to 17; Boun Tai, one d1, one 9 , May 26.

Our Tonkin specimen is like our other skins and not like styani
which Delacour (Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl., 48, p. 130) ascribes to Tonkin.

Picus chlorolophus laotianus Delacour. LAOTIAN SMALL YELLOW-
NAPED WOODPECKER.

Picus chlorolophus laotianus Delacour, Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl., 47, p. 12, 1926 —

Xieng Kouang, Laos.

TONKIN: Chapa, one 9 (wing 137), Feb. 13.

We are now informed by Delacour that harmandi (Bull. Brit.
Orn. CL, 47, p. 170) is a synonym of laotianus.

Picus chlorolophus burmae Meinertzhagen. BURMESE SMALL
YELLOW-NAPED WOODPECKER.

Picus chlorolophus burmae Meinertzhagen, Bull. Brit. Orn. CL, 44, p. 54, 1924 —
Pegu Town.

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LAOS:Muong Yo, two d1 d",two 9 9, May 13 to 20; BounTai, one 9, May 30.

Wing: 133, 131, 133, 128, 133.

We have confirmed the identification of both races of Picus
chlorolophus by comparison with the British Museum series. This
subspecies has not been collected previously in Indo-China.

Picus can us hessei Gyldenstolpe. BURMESE BLACK-NAPED GREEN
WOODPECKER.

Picus canus hessei Gyldenstolpe, Orn. Monatsb., 24, p. 28, 1916 — Pak Koh,
n. Siam.

TONKIN: Muong Moun, six d" d", three 9 9, March 13 to April 2: Ba Nam
Nhung, three cf d", March 8 to 10; Muong Mo, two cf cf, March 16, 17;
Muong Bourn, two d" cf, one 9 , March 23 to 27.
LAOS: Vientiane, one juvenal d1, July 1.
Iris Vandyke Red (d* Muong Moun).

Wing: thirteen adult d" d1 142-149 (146.6); four 9 9 148-149.
Our series is quite uniform. We refer them to hessei although their
wings have a strong bronze-yellow coloring. Baker has reviewed the
races of this species (Ibis, 1919, p. 181).

Psarisomus dalhousiae (Jameson). LONG-TAILED BROADBILL.

Eurylaimus dalhousiae Jameson, Edinb. New Phys. Journ., 18, p. 589, 1839 —

n. India.
TONKIN: Pa Ham, one d", one 9, March 8; Muong Moun, three ofd", five

9 9 , March 18 to April 3.
LAOS: Phong Saly, three d1 d", two 9 9 , April 25 to May 3; Muong Yo, one cT,

three 9 9 , May 15 to 20; Boun Tai, two d" d", one 9 , May 22 to 30.

Maxilla Apple Green, mandible Capucine Yellow, tip of bill
Lumiere Blue ( d" Pa Ham)

Wing: Tonkin <? <? 103, 100, 101, 102; 9 9 99, 100, 101, 101, 101,
106. Laos cf d* 104, 100, 103, 107, 104, 102; 9 9 101, 103, 104, 103,
101, 100.

Serilophus lunatus elisabethae La Touche. GOULD'S BROADBILL.

Serilophus lunatus elisabethae La Touche, Bull. Brit. Orn. CL, 42, p. 14, 1921 —

Hokow, Yunnan.

TONKIN: Muong Mo, one d1, March 16.
LAOS: Muong Yo, two d1 d1, two 9 9 , May 12 to 19.

Corydon sumatranus sumatranus (Raffles). DUSKY BROADBILL.

Coracias sumatranus Raffles, T

Sumatra.
LAOS: Vientiane, one d1, July 3.

Coracias sumatranus Raffles, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., 13, p. 303, 1822 —
Sumatra.

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Eurylaimus javanicus harterti Van Ort. HARTERT'S BROADBILL.

Eurylaimus javanicus harterti Van Ort, Notes Leyden Mus., 31, p. 209, 1909 —

Deli, n. Sumatra.
LAOS: Vientiane, one 9, July 2.

Iris Light Violet Blue, bill Light Methyl Blue to light Cendre
Green on edges, feet Endive Blue.

Pitta cucullata cucullata Hartlaub. GREEN-BREASTED PITTA.

Pitta cucullata Hartlaub, Rev. Zool., 1843, p. 65 — Malacca.
LAOS: Boun Tai, two d" d*, May 24, 27.

The Green-breasted Pitta has not been found before in Indo-
China.

Pitta moluccensis (Muller). LESSER BLUE-WINGED PITTA.

Turdus moluccensis Muller, Natursyst. Suppl., p. 144, 1776 — Moluccas =
Tenasserim.

LAOS: Boun Tai, one d", one 9 , May 29, 31; Vientiane, two d" d", two 9 9 ,
June 30 to July 3.

Iris Warm Sepia.

This Pitta has apparently not been taken before in northern
Indo-China.

Pitta oatesi castaneiceps Delacour and Jabouille. FULVOUS
PITTA.

Pitta oatesi castaneiceps Delacour and Jabouille, L'Oiseau, 11, No. 7, p. 405,

July, 1930— Chapa, Tonkin.
TONKIN: Lieng San, four d* d1, April 6, 7.

Our specimens have been compared with Delacour's series of this
very distinct new form.

Pitta soror tonkinensis Delacour. TONKINESE BLUE-RUMPED
PITTA.

Pitta douglasi tonkinensis Delacour, Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl., 47, p. 155, 1927 —
Backan, Tonkin.

TONKIN: Muong Moun, three d* d", two 9 9 , March 13 to 19.

Iris Sepia, bill Drab, feet Orange-Cinnamon (adult d*).

Wing: cf d" 124, 127, 123; 9 9 122, 122.

As in the case of Pitta nepalensis there seem to be two types of
plumage — those with a gray face and breast and those suffused with
pink. The difference is not sexual. Of this series one male and one
female are pink.

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Pitta soror intermedia Delacour. INTERMEDIATE BLUE-RUMPED
PITTA.

Pitta soror intermedia Delacour, Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl., 49, p. 49, 1928 — Phuqui,

n. Annam.
TONKIN: Muong Moun, two d" d" (wing 118, 117), March 18, 21.

This subspecies is very close to tonkinensis but seems to be
separable by its somewhat smaller size and bluer occiput and nape.
Delacour has recently published (Ibis, 1929, p. 404, and L'Oiseau,
10, No. 3, March, 1929, p. 117) an account of this difficult group.

Pitta nepalensis hendeei subsp. nov. BLUE-NAPED PITTA.

Type from Muong Moun, Tonkin. No. 74058 Field Museum of
Natural History. Adult male. Collected March 19, 1929, by J. Van
Tyne. Original No. 761.

Characters. — Like Pitta nepalensis nepalensis (Hodgson) of India
(type locality Nepal) but decidedly smaller. Wing 107 to 114 mm.
as compared with 116 to 129 in typical nepalensis.

Material examined:

Pitta nepalensis nepalensis— India: thirty-four cf C? (including

the type), thirty-two 9 9 .
Pitta nepalensis hendeei — northern Indo-China: eighteen cf d",

twelve 9 9 .

Specimens collected by the Kelley-Roosevelts Expedition:
TONKIN: Phong Tho, one d", Feb. 24; Lai Chau, one d", March 4; Muong

Moun, thirteen d" d1, eleven 9 9, March 12 to April 2; Muong Mo, one

9 , March 15; Muong Bourn, one d1, March 28.
LAOS: Boun Tai, one d1, May 22.

Of the specimens of Pitta n. nepalensis used in this study, forty-
five are in the British Museum and twenty in the Rothschild Museum
at Tring, at which institutions the junior author examined and
measured them. In the British Museum are two specimens of
hendeei collected by Delacour at Backan, Tonkin, but all other
specimens examined of the new form were collected by the Kelley-
Roosevelts Expedition.

The subspecies is named for Russell W. Hendee, member of the
expedition and a bird collector of very unusual ability.

Wing: Muong Moun rf <? 109, 109, 110, 110, 110, 112, 112, 112,
113, 113, 113, 114, 114; 9 9 107, 108, 108, 108, 109, 110, 110, 112,
112, 113, 113.

66 FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY — ZOOLOGY, VOL. XVIII

Our series shows considerable variation in the color of the throat
and face, as do other species of Pitta. In some specimens that area is
strongly suffused with pink, while in others it is gray. This is not
correlated with sex and we consider that it is probably in the nature
of a color phase, although some believe that it may be explained by
age.

The meat of this Pitta is delicious and the birds were much sought
by the natives of Muong Moun who trapped them in ingenious bam-
boo live traps baited with live crickets or frogs and set along the
Pitta runways. It was through the aid of the natives that most of
our specimens were secured.

Anthocincla phayrei obscura (Delacour). PHAYRE'S PITTA
(Plate II).

Anthocichla phayrei obscura Delacour, Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl., 47, p. 155, 1927 —
Lakes Babe", n. e. Tonkin.

TONKIN: Muong Moun, two d" d*, two 9 9 , March 15 to 18.

Wing: <? <? 104, 101; 9 9 103, 102.

This distinct form was described from the female only. Our two
males differ from a Tenasserim male as already described for the
female. They are decidedly darker brown, especially on the back.

Hirundo daurica striolata Temminck and Schlegel. CHINESE
STRIATED SWALLOW.

Hirundo striolata Temminck and Schlegel, Siebold's Faun. Jap. Aves, p. 33,

1847— Java.
TONKIN: Phong Tho, one cf, one 9 , Feb. 24; Pa Ham, one d", one 9 , April 7;

Muong Moun, one d"1, one 9 , March 18, 27; Muong Mo, two d"1 d", March

13, 14.
LAOS: Phong Saly, one d", April 24; Nam Hou River below Muong Ngoi, one

d\ June 10.

Wing: Tonkin, 122 (very worn), 126, 127, 127, 128, 135.

Hirundo daurica nepalensis Hodgson. HODGSON'S STRIATED
SWALLOW.

Hirundo nepalensis Hodgson, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 5, p. 780, 1836 — c.

Nepal.
TONKIN: Muong Moun, one d1, two 9 9 , March 27 to April 1; Chieng Chan,

one d", April 2.

Wing: 111 to 117.
Hirundo smithii filifera Stephens. INDIAN WIRE-TAILED SWALLOW.

Hirundo filifera Stephens, Gen. Zool., 13, pt. 2, p. 78, 1826— India.

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LAOS: Nam Hou River below Ban Ten Khen, one d", three 9 9, June 11;
Mekong River, below Pak Si, one 9 , June 19.

Wing: 109-112 (worn).

This Swallow has not been found previously in northern Indo-
China.

Hirundo rustica gutturalis Scopoli. EASTERN SWALLOW.

Hirundo gutturalis Scopoli, Del. Flor. et Faun. Insubr., 2, p. 93, 1786 — New

Guinea.
TONKIN: Lao Kay, one d", Feb. 18; Muong Moun, one d", March 13; Ba Nam

Nhung, two 9 9 , March 9, 10; Muong Bourn, five d"1 d71, two 9 9 , March

22 to 28; Lieng San, one d\ one 9 , April 4; Mao Xao Phing, one d"1, one 9 ,

April 9.
LAOS: Phong Saly, two cf d", three 9 9 , April 24 to May 4; Muong Yo, one 9 ,

May 17; Boun Tai, two d" d% four 9 9, May 22 to 30; Nam Hou River

below Ban Ten Khen, one 9 , June 11.

Riparia concolor (Sykes). DUSKY CRAG MARTIN.

Hirundo concolor Sykes, P. Z. S. Lond., 1832, p. 83 — Deccan.
TONKIN: Pou Den Dinh (at 4,000 ft.), one 9 , April 19.
LAOS: Pak Hou, three d" d", four 9 9 , June 12.
Wing: 114, 113, 105, 112, 112, 104, 108, 110.

The Crag Martin was common about the cliffs above Pou Den
Dinh and the great cliff at the mouth of the Nam Hou River although
it has not been recorded before from Indo-China.

Riparia chinensis (Gray). INDIAN SAND MARTIN.

Hirundo chinensis Gray, in Hardw. 111. Ind. Orn., 1, pi. 35, fig. 3, 1830—

32— China.
TONKIN: Bac Tan Trai, one d", one 9, Feb. 26; Muong Mo, one Juvenal cf,

March 19.

LAOS: Muong Yo, one 9 , May 18.

The Sand Martin was common both at Bac Tan Trai and at
Muong Yo but proved difficult to secure.

Graucalus macei siamensis Baker. SIAMESE LARGE CUCKOO
SHRIKE.

Graucalus macei siamensis Baker, Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl., 38, p. 69, 1918 — Mi-Nam

Kabum, Siam.

TONKIN: Muong Mo, one & (wing 179), March 18.
LAOS: Phong Saly, one 9 (wing 176), April 24; Vientiane, one d" (wing 161),

July 1.

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Our specimens are similar to a pair from Koon Tan, northern
Siam. Delacour (1929, p. 408) has used the name larvivorus Hartert
for the bird of northern Indo-China but does not say how they differ
from his specimens of siamensis from Cambodia and Cochin China.
We have seen no Hainan birds but, as Robinson and Kloss say (Ibis,
1919, p. 451), Hartert in his original description of larvivorus of
Hainan (Novit. Zool., 17, p. 227, 1910) implied that it was exactly
like rex-pineti of Formosa in color but differed in size. The For-
mosan bird has a black throat which ours do not have.

Lalage polioptera (Sharpe). SHARPE'S CUCKOO SHRIKE.

Campophaga polioptera Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 4, p. 69, pi. 2, 1879 —

Cochin China.
LAOS: Vientiane, two adult d* d", one 9 , one immature unsexed, July 2, 3.

Wing: 107, 110, 110, 107. Tail: 94, 91, 96, 92.
Kloss has recently rediscovered this very distinct species (Ibis,
1918, p. 194). His detailed description fits our birds exactly.

Lalage melaschistos melaschistos (Hodgson). DARK GRAY
CUCKOO SHRIKE.

Volvocivora melaschistos Hodgson, Ind. Rev., 1, p. 328, 1837 — Nepal.
TONKIN: Muong Moun, one 9, March 28; Muong Mo, one d", March 16.
LAOS: Phong Saly, one d% one 9 , April 28, May 1; Boun Tai, one d" , May 27.

Pericrocotus peregrinus vividus (Baker). BURMESE SMALL

MlNIVET.

Perecrocotus peregrinus vividus Baker, Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl., 40, p. 114, 1920 —

Attaran River, Burma.
LAOS: Vientiane, two 9 9, July 3.

Our two specimens are in worn plumage but are doubtless refer-
able to this form.

Pericrocotus roseus roseus (Vieillot). ROSY MINIVET.

Muscicapa rosea Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., 21, p. 486, 1818 — Bengal.
TONKIN: Muong Moun, one d", March 25.
LAOS: Lao Fou Tchai, three d" d", two 9 9 , April 21.
Stresemann has recently reviewed the races of this species
(Mitteil. Zool. Mus. Berlin, 15, p. 643, 1930).

Pericrocotus Solaris griseigularis Gould. GRAY-THROATED
MINIVET.

Pericrocotus griseigularis Gould, P. Z. S. Lond., 1862, p. 282 — Formosa.
TONKIN: Chapa, four d" d", two 9 9 , Feb. 12 to 15.

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These four males all have a large amount of orange on the throat
but are closely approached in this respect by some Chinese specimens.
Four males and four females from Formosa (griseigularis), which
we have examined, are not separable from a larger series from
Fukien (mandarinus Stresemann, Journ. f. Orn., 71, p. 363, 1923)
and we do not see how the latter race can be maintained.

Pericrocotus brevirostris ethologus Bangs and Phillips. CHINESE
SHORT-BILLED MINIVET.

Pericrocotus brevirostris ethologus Bangs and Phillips, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool.,
58, p. 283, 1914— Hsienshan, Hupeh.

TONKIN: Pa Ham, one 9 , March 8; Muong Moun, one cf, March 10.

The male we have compared with the type and a series of ethologus
with which it agrees closely. Doubtless it is only a migrant in Tonkin.
The single female we list under the same name although a single
specimen can not be satisfactorily identified because of the great
variation among females. For the use of the name ethologus see
Bangs' paper on the types in the Museum of Comparative Zoology
(Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 70, p. 297). We understand from Delacour
that he no longer maintains the validity of his tonkinensis.

Pericrocotus flammeus bakeri La Touche. ORANGE MINIVET.

Pericrocotus speciosus bakeri La Touche, Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl., 42, p. 54, 1922 —

Loukouchai, Yunnan.
TONKIN: Chapa, one d", Feb. 13; Lai Chau, one 9, March 2; Muong Moun,

three d" d", three 9 9 , March 11 to 25; Muong Mo, six d" d", three 9 9 ,

March 14 to 19; Pou Den Dinh, one d*, three 9 9 , April 18.
LAOS: Phong Saly, two d" d", one 9 , April 29 to May 2; Muong Yo, three d" d1,

one 9 , May 10 to 14; Boun Tai, one d1, May 24; Vientiane, one d", July 2.

Stresemann (Mitteil. Zool. Mus. Berlin, 15, p. 639, 1930) has
revised this species and recognizes La Touche's bakeri which was
previously doubted by Rothschild.

This is the common Minivet of northern Indo-China.

Dissemurus paradiseus paradiseus (Linnaeus). SIAM LARGE
RACKET-TAILED DRONGO.

Cuculus paradiseus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., 1776, 1, p. 172— Siam.

LAOS: Vientiane, one d" (wing 167, tail 439, one racket missing), June 30.

This specimen has a very short crest.

Dissemurus paradiseus grandis (Gould). ASSAM LARGE RACKET-
TAILED DRONGO.

Edolius grandis Gould, P. Z. S. Lond., 1836, p. 5 — Assam.

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TONKIN: Pou Den Dinh, one d", April 18 (wing 167, tail 395).
LAOS: Muong Yo, two d" d" (wing 172, 171; tail 373, 413), May 13, 20; Hatsa,
one d" (wing 173; tail 459), May 17.

The crests of these specimens vary much but all are rather long.
Baker (Novit. Zool., 25, p. 299) has reviewed the races of this species
but his account loses much in value because he gives only the maxi-
mum tail length.

Bhringa remifer subsp. RACKET-TAILED DRONGO.

TONKIN: Lai Chau, one d1, March 1.

LAOS: Phong Saly, one 9 , April 29; Muong Yo, one adult d1, May 15.

The Muong Yo specimen is the only one with an undamaged
racket- tail. Compared with a specimen of tectirostris from Darj eel-
ing, the tail of the Muong Yo specimen is longer, with longer bare
shafts, and equally long but much more narrow racket web. The
total length of its tail is 506 mm., proportioned as follows: basal
web 121 (our other three specimens measure 126, 132, 122), bare
shaft 270, racket web 115 long and 20 wide. The shaft is entirely
bare. We are not sure that our specimens can be referred either to
the very long tailed lefoli (Delacour and Jabouille, Bull. Brit. Orn.
Cl., 48, p. 133) or to the shorter tailed tectirostris (Nepal, Burma,
Yunnan, etc.). We have not seen Baker's peracensis (Bull. Brit.
Orn. Cl., 39, p. 18) from the Malay Peninsula but according to his
description it is something quite distinct from either of these. It
seems to come nearest to deSchauensee's recently described latis-
patula (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., 81, p. 475, 1929— Chieng Mai,
Siam) except that the rackets are narrower instead of broader than
those of tectirostris.

Chibia hottentotta hottentotta (Linnaeus). INDIAN HAIR-
CRESTED DRONGO.

Corvus hottentotta Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., 1766, 1, p. 155 — Cap. b. Spei =Sikkim.
TONKIN: Bac Tan Trai, two d1 d", Feb. 26; Lai Chau, two d" d", one 9 , March

1 to 5; Muong Moun, one d", three 9 9, March 10 to April 3; Ba Nam

Nhung, four d" d1, four 9 9 , March 9 to 11; Muong Mo, one <?, one 9 ,

March 15, 19; Muong Bourn, one d", March 28.
LAOS: Muong Yo, three d1 cf, two 9 9 , May 9 to 20; Boun Tai, four d5 d1, five

9 9, one Juvenal 9 (apparently of this species), May 22 to 28; Vientiane,

one d1, one immature 9 , June 30, July 3.

Chaptia aenea aenea (Vieillot). NORTHERN BRONZED DRONGO.

Dicrurus aeneus Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., 9, p. 586, 1817 — Dacca,
Bengal.

1931 INDO-CHINESE BIRDS — BANGS AND VAN TYNE 71

TONKIN: Phong Tho, one d", one 9 , Feb. 24, 25; Muong Moun, one d" , March
21; Ba Nam Nhung, two cfd", March 9, 11; Pou Den Dinh, one 9,
April 18.

LAOS: Vientiane, one 9 , July 3.

Wing: 121, 121, 121, 122, 127, 126, 122.

Dicrurus leucophaeus hopwoodi Baker. ASSAM GRAY DRONGO.

Dicrurus leucophaeus hopwoodi Baker, Novit. Zool., 25, p. 294, 1918 — Dacca.
TONKIN: Chapa, one 9, Feb. 15; Lai Chau, one cf, March 4; Muong Moun,

one d"1, one 9 , March 14, 21; Ba Nam Nhung, one d"1, March 11.
LAOS: Phong Saly, two 9 9 , April 25, 26; Boun Tai, one 9 , May 25.

Iris Nopal Red.

Wing: Tonkin, 147, 144, 142, 142, 140. Tail: 154, 150, 152,
146, 142. Wing: Laos, 137, 139, 137. Tail: 149, 146, 149.

Baker (Novit. Zool., 25, p. 291, 1918) and more recently Kloss
(Journ. Nat. Hist. Siam, 4, p. 51, 1921) have reviewed the forms of
this species. But their subspecies are based almost wholly on
measurements which overlap widely and probably mean little We
have perhaps two forms represented in the series listed above. The
Laos specimens, which were breeding birds, are rather smaller than
the migrants collected in Tonkin.

Dicrurus macrocercus cathoecus Swinhoe. CHINESE BLACK
DRONGO.

Dicrurus cathoecus Swinhoe, P. Z. S. Lond., 1871, p. 377 — China.

TONKIN: Pa Ham, one d", April 8.

LAOS: Muong Yo, five d" d", four 9 9 , May 9 to 19; Boun Tai, one d" , May 26.

The Chinese Black Drongo was common only at Muong Yo
where it was breeding.

Oriolus traillii traillii (Vigors). MAROON ORIOLE.

Pastor traillii Vigors, P. Z. S. Lond., 1831, p. 175.

TONKIN: Phong Tho, one d", Feb. 23; Muong Moun, one d", March 23;
Nong Lum, one d", March 20; Muong Mo, five cfd", one 9, March 13
to 19; Muong Bourn, six d" d" , three 9 9 , March 25 to 28.

LAOS: Phong Saly, four cf cf , six 9 9 , April 24 to May 2.

Iris Light Ochraceous Buff, bill Light Columbia Blue, feet Payne's
Gray (adult cf , Phong Tho).

Oriolus xanthornus xanthornus (Linnaeus). INDIAN BLACK-
HEADED ORIOLE.

Coracias xanthornus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., 1758, p. 108 — "America" = Bengal.
LAOS: Vientiane, two d" d", June 30, July 3.

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Oriolus chinensis tenuirostris Blyth. BURMESE BLACK-NAPED
ORIOLE.

Oriolus tenuirostris Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 15, 1846, p. 48 — c. India.
TONKIN: Ba Nam Nhung, one adult d", March 8.

Oriolus chinensis diffusus Sharpe. INDIAN BLACK-NAPED ORIOLE.

Oriolus diffusus Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 3, p. 197, 1877 — Indian Penin-
sula to China; Tenasserim as far south as Penang.

TONKIN: Muong Moun, one 9 , March 28.

LAOS: Phong Saly, one 9 , April 29; Muong Yo, three d* d" , three 9 9 , May
9 to 13.

Dendrocitta frontalis kurodae Delacour. BLACK-BROWED TREE
PIE.

Dendrocitta frontalis kurodae Delacour, Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl., 47, p. 165, 1927 —

Backan, n. e. Tonkin.
TONKIN: Muong Bourn, one d1, two 9 9 , March 22 to 27.

This form is similar to frontalis but the back is browner, less
reddish, and the rump is chestnut. Two specimens of frontalis from
Upper Burma and Bengal which we have examined have the back
and rump almost uniform in color. The Tonkin form apparently is
rather larger. Wing: 134, 138, 128.

Dendrocitta formosae himalayensis Blyth. HIMALAYAN TREE
PIE.

Dendrocitta himalayensis Blyth, Ibis, 1865, p. 45 — Himalayas.

TONKIN: Muong Moun, one o", one 9, March 13; Muong Bourn, four d"d",

five 9 9 , March 22 to 28.
LAOS: Phong Saly, two d" d1, April 28, May 3.

Our series is clearly of this subspecies and cannot be referred to
Delacour's intermedia (Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl., 47, p. 165, 1927).

Cissa chinensis chinensis (Boddaert). GREEN MAGPIE.

Coracias chinensis Boddaert, Tabl. PI. Enl., p. 38, 1783 — China.

TONKIN: Chapa, one 9, Feb. 15; Muong Moun, two d" d", one 9, March 11

to April 1; Muong Mo, two d1 d", two 9 9 , March 14 to 18.
LAOS: Phong Saly, one d", May 1; Muong Yo, one d1, May 14; Boun Tai, one

d1, May 28.

This Jay proved to be uncommon and very shy and hard to collect.

As is well known, specimens of this species rapidly change their
color, the yellow and green becoming entirely white and blue in a
few years. Our Laos specimens, which were taken in May, had

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already begun to turn blue in life. The crown changes first and later
the back and finally the whole plumage. In museum skins the red
primaries also fade out after a few years. A 1923 specimen in the
Museum of Comparative Zoology, although kept in a dark case, has
already become almost wholly blue, but much of the red in primaries
still remains.

Delacour has recently published a revision of the species of Cissa
(L'Oiseau, 10, Jan., 1929, p. 2).

Urocissa erythrorhyncha erythrorhyncha (Boddaert). CHINESE
BLUE MAGPIE.

Corvus erythrorhynchus Boddaert, Tabl. PI. Enl. D'Aub., p. 38, 1783 — China.

TONKIN: Lai Chau, one d", one 9 , Feb. 28; Muong Moun, one rf1, two 9 9 ,
March 10; Ba Nam Nhung, one d", March 9; Muong Mo, one d", one 9,
March 12, 16; Muong Bourn, two d" d", March 22, 27; Lieng San, two
<?<?, April 7, 9.

LAOS: Muong Yo, two d1 d1, May 13, 17.

Pica pica serica Gould. CHINESE MAGPIE.

Pica serica Gould, P. Z. S. Lond., 1845, p. 2 — Amoy.

TONKIN; Phong Tho, two d" d", one 9 , Feb. 22, 24; Lieng San, one d", April 6.

LAOS: Phong Saly, one d1, April 26.

Corvus coronoides colonorum Swinhoe. SOUTHERN CHINESE
JUNGLE CROW.

Corvus colonorum Swinhoe, Ibis, 1864, p. 427 — Sawo Harbor, Formosa.
TONKIN: Phong Tho, one d", Feb. 24; Lai Chau, two d" d\ one 9 , March 4
to April 1 ; Muong Moun, one 9, April 4 ; Ba Nam Nhung, one cf.MarchlO.
LAOS: Ban Kana, one 9 , June 7.

Our specimens agree closely with the type of mengtszensis La
Touche but we do not see that they can be separated from colonorum.

Melanochlora sultanea sultanea (Hodgson). INDIAN SULTAN
TIT.

Parus sultaneus Hodgson, Indian Rev., 1836, p. 31 — Nepal.
TONKIN: Muong Mo, two & <?, one 9 , March 16 to 19.
LAOS: Muong Yo, one d", May 10.

Delacour has called Indo-Chinese specimens seorsa but none of
our specimens are paler below or show any trace of black shafts on
the crown feathers.

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Aegithaliscus concinnus talifuensis Rippon. RIPPON'S RED-
HEADED TIT.

Aegithaliscus talifuensis Rippon, Bull. Brit. Orn. CL, 14, p. 18, 1903 — Gyi-dzin,

n. Shan States.
TONKIN: Chapa, two ? 9 , Feb. 14.

Parus major altarum La Touche. CHINESE GRAY TIT.

Parus major altarum La Touche, Bull. Brit. Orn. CL, 43, p. 43, 1922 — Mengtz,

Yunnan.

TONKIN: Muong Bourn, one cf , one 9 , March 24 to 26.
LAOS: Phong Saly, five cf cf, one 9, April 25 to May 2; Muong Yo, one cf ,

two 9 9 , May 9 to 16; Boun Tai, one cf , one 9 , May 28.

Wing: rf d" 66, 66, 66, 66, 65, 64, 66; 99 64, 64, 65 (all are in
rather worn plumage).

We have compared our series with the types and a large series
of altarum La Touche and consider them to be the same. Delacour
recorded (1927, p. 163) P. major thibetanus from Xieng Kouang and
later (Bull. Brit. Orn. CL, 47, p. 166) referred them to his indo-
chinensis newly described from northeastern Tonkin. But he described
indochinensis as like commixtus Swinhoe in all but size. Since com-
mixtus is a gray-backed form and our series is green-backed they
can not be the same. The type of altarum was in fresh plumage but
worn birds from Mengtz occasionally have a wing as short as 66 mm.

Parus rex David. YELLOW-CHEEKED TIT.

Parus rex David, Ann. Scien. Nat., (5), art. 9, 1874.

TONKIN: Chapa, five cf cf, one 9, Feb. 11 to 14; Lieng San, two cf cf , two
9 9 , April 5 to 7; Mao Xao Phing, one cf , April 3.

Sitta frontalis corallina Hodgson. VELVET-FRONTED NUTHATCH.

Sitta corallina Hodgson, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 5, 1836, p. 779 — Nepal.
LAOS: Phong Saly, one cf , one 9 , May 1; Muong Yo, one 9 , May 19; Boun
Tai, one cf , May 31; Vientiane, one 9 , July 1.

Bill Brazil Red, iris Lemon Yellow (adult cf , Boun Tai).

As Bangs has shown (Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 44, p. 594)
this Nuthatch in Yunnan and Burma differs from typical frontalis
of Java in having a vinaceous rather than lilaceous tinge below and
in having a more extended throat patch.

Sitta castanea cinnamoventris Blyth. CINNAMON-BELLIED NUT-
HATCH.

Sitta cinnamoventris Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 11, p. 459, 1842 — Dar-
jeeling.

Field Museum of Natural History

Zoology, Vol. XVIII, Plate III

LAOTIAN WILLOW WARBLER (Phylloscopus pernotus). Upper figure.
STRIATED BULBUL (Alcurus striatus). Lower figure.

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TONKIN: Muong Moun, two 9 9 , March 30, April 4; Pou Den Dinh, one d",

April 18.
LAOS: Muong Yo, one d", May 15.

Sitta castanea neglecta Walden. BURMESE NUTHATCH.

Sitta neglecta Walden, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (4), 5, p. 218, 1870— Karen Hills,

Burma.
LAOS: Vientiane, one immature 9 , July 3.

J. H. Riley, who has examined this skin, writes that it is probably
neglecta although an adult male neglecta in the National Museum is
darker, especially below. But our specimen, which is largely in the
immature plumage, has several new dark feathers of the adult
plumage just coming in, and it does have the throat and breast
relatively much paler than the belly as is characteristic of neglecta.

Stuart Baker (Birds Brit. Ind., 1, p. 127) says "they are found
between 2,000 and 5,000 feet, never in the plains." However, this
specimen was collected on the plains near Vientiane which has an
altitude of less than five hundred feet.

Minla ignotincta mariae La Touche. RED-TAILED MINLA.

Minla ignotincta mariae La Touche, Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl., 42, p. 30, 1921 —

Milati and Loukouchai.
TONKIN: Chapa, four d" d1, three 9 9 , Feb. 12 to 14; Lieng San, one d", April 7.

We have compared our specimens with the type of mariae with
which they agree closely.

Mesia argentauris rubrogularis Kinnear. SILVER-EARED MESIA.

Mesia argentauris rubrogularis Kinnear, Bull. Brit. Orn. CL, 45, p. 75, 1925 —

Ngai Tio, Tonkin.
TONKIN: Lieng San, seven d" <?, two 9 9 , April 4 to 7; Mao Xao Phing, one

d1, Aprils.

LAOS: Phong Saly, eight d" d", six 9 9 , April 25 to May 4.
This species was breeding at Phong Saly.

Chloropsis hardwickii hardwickii Jardin and Selby. ORANGE-
BELLIED CHLOROPSIS.

Chloropsis hardwickii Jardin and Selby, 111. Orn. Add., 1829, p. 1 — Nepal.
TONKIN: Chapa, four d" d", one 9 , Feb. 12 to 15; Bac Tan Trai, one d", Feb.

26; Lai Chau, one d\ one 9, March 5; Muong Moun, one d", April 4;

Ba Nam Nhung, two d1 d", two 9 9 , March 9 to 11; Muong Mo, four 9 9 ,

March 16, 17; Muong Bourn, one d\ one 9, March 23; Pou Den Dinh,

one cf , April 18.
LAOS : Phong Saly, one d", two 9 9 .April 25 to 29; Muong Yo, one d1, May 16.

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Ghloropsis aurifrons inornata Kloss. SIAMESE CHLOROPSIS.

Chloropsis aurifrons inornatus Kloss, Ibis, 1918, p. 198 — Lat Bua Kao, Siam.
LAOS: Vientiane, six cf cf , one 9 , July 1 to 3.

Ghloropsis cochinchinensis cochinchinensis (Gmelin). BUR-
MESE CHLOROPSIS.

Turdus cochinchinensis Gmelin, Syst. Nat., 1788, 1, p. 825 — Cochin China.
TONKIN: Phong Tho, two 9 9, Feb. 24; Bac Tan Trai, two 9 9, Feb. 26;

Lai Chau, two cf cf , one 9 , March 1 to 4; Pa Ham, two cf d", April 7, 8;

Muong Moun, one cf, one 9, March 21, 27; Ba Nam Nhung, two cfcf,

one 9, March 11; Muong Mo, one cf, two 9 9, March 13 to 18; Muong

Bourn, two cf cf , March 23, 24.
LAOS: Muong Yo, three cf cf , one 9 , May 12 to 15; Boun Tai, one cf , May 31;

Vientiane, one 9 , July 2.

Kloss (Journ. Malay. Branch Royal As. Soc., 4, p. 161, 1926) has
called attention to the validity of Gmelin' s name for the species
usually known as C. chlorocephala.

Aethorhynchus lafresnayei lafresnayei (Hartlaub). GREAT
IORA.

lora lafresnayei Hartlaub, Rev. Zool., 1844, p. 401 — Malacca.

TONKIN: Pa Ham, one cf , one 9 , April 7, 8.

LAOS: Boun Tai, one cf , one 9 , May 24, 28; Vientiane, one 9 , July 1.

Aegithina tiphia tiphia (Linnaeus). COMMON IORA.

Motacilla tiphia Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., 1758, p. 186 — Bengal.
LAOS: Pak Si, one cf (wing 64), June 18; Vientiane, two cf cf (wing 67, 64),
three 9 9 (wing 64, 66, 62), July 1 to 3.

None of our specimens of either race show any black except on
the wings, wing coverts, and tail. A male taken June 18 is molting
from the olive green tail to the black.

Aegithina tiphia styani La Touche. STYAN'S IORA.

Aegithina tiphia styani La Touche, Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl., 43, p. 174, 1923 —

s. Yunnan.

TONKIN: Lai Chau, one 9, March 6; Muong Moun, one cf, March 10.
LAOS: Lao Fou Tchai, one cf, April 21; Boun Tai, three cf cf , one 9, May

28, 29.

We have compared our series with the type of styani. It is a
very distinct form with longer bill, wings, and tail. Delacour records
only typical tiphia from Indo-China and our southern Laos speci-
mens are of that form. The subspecies styani is not only brighter

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below but we note that our three adult males have much more green
on the tips of the tail feathers.

A fully feathered Juvenal was collected May 29 at Boun Tai.

Pteruthius aeralatus Tickell x ricketti Ogilvie Grant. SHRIKE
BABBLER.

TONKIN: Chapa, two d" d1, Feb. 12; Pou Den Dinh, two d" d", April 18.

Our specimens are curiously intermediate between aeralatus and
ricketti though they may be considered nearer the former because
they have black ear coverts and traces of the white line below the
eye. The throat of one is rather light colored, somewhat as in
aeralatus, but the other three have dark gray throats like ricketti.
It seems to be a case of an intermediate form too different from both
extremes to bear the name of either and yet too variable to be
separated under a third name.

Pteruthius aenobarbus intermedius (Hume). HUME'S SHRIKE
BABBLER.

Allotrius intermedius Hume, Stray Feathers, 5, p. 112, 1877 — Tenasserim.
TONKIN: Chapa, two d1 d1, Feb. 13.
LAOS: Muong Yo, one d", May 16.

Leiothrix lutea lutea (Scopoli). CHINESE RED-BILLED LEIOTHRIX.

Sylvia lutea Scopoli, Del. Flor. et Faun. Insubr., 2, p. 96, 1786 — Hills of Anhwei
south of the Yangtse, designated by Stresemann, Journ. f. Orn., 71, p. 364.
TONKIN: Chapa, four d1 d1, four 9 9 , two unsexed, Feb. 12 to 14.
Bill Brazil Red, tarsus Ochraceous Tawny, feet Honey Yellow.

This series is uniformly deeply colored but we hesitate to recognize
Stresemann' s kwangtungensis which seems to have no definite range
of its own but to be based on brightly colored winter birds (see
Bangs and Peters, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 68, p. 344).

Erpornis xantholeuca xantholeuca Hodgson. WHITE-BELLIED
ERPORNIS.

Erpornis xantholeuca Hodgson, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 13, p. 380, 1844 — Nepal.
LAOS: Phong Saly, one d1, May 2; Muong Yo, one d1, one 9, May 19, 20;
Mekong River 30 miles above Paklay, one unsexed, June 21.

Yuhina flavicollis rouxi (Oustalet). CHESTNUT-NAPED IXULUS.

Ixulus rouxi Oustalet, Bull. Mus. d'Hist. Nat., 2, p. 184-86, 1896— Ly-sien
Kiang.

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TONKIN: Lieng San, six d" cf, one 9 , April 5 to 7; Muong Moun (mts. west of),

one cf, March 31 ; Mao Xao Phing, one 9 , April 8.
LAOS: Phong Saly, two <? d", April 28, May 1.

Yuhina nigrimentum intermedia Rothschild. BLACK-CHINNED

YUHINA.

Yuhina nigrimentum intermedia Rothschild, Bull. Brit. Orn. CL, 43, p. 11,

1922 — Mekong =Salween Divide.
LAOS: Muong Yo, one d", one 9 , May 14.

Our specimen is an adult and shows more buff below as Rothschild
has described.

Yuhina diademata ampelina Rippon. RIPPON'S YUHINA.

Yuhina ampelina Rippon, Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl., 11, p. 12, 1900 — Warar Bum,
6,000 ft., 30 miles east of Bhamo.

This is a Yunnan species collected for the first time in Indo-China.
Delacour and Jabouille (L'Oiseau, 11, July, 1930, p. 403) have
separated their three Tonkin specimens under the name of obscura.
We have compared our pair with a good series from Yunnan and
find them indistinguishable.

Siva cyanuroptera wingatei Ogilvie Grant. YUNNAN BLUE-
WINGED SIVA.

Siva wingatei Ogilvie Grant, Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl., 10, p. 38, 1900— Yunnan City.
TONKIN: Chapa, three d" d", four 9 9, Feb. 12 to 15; Lieng San, five d"d",

April 5 to 7.

LAOS: Phong Saly, one d", two 9 9 , April 24 to May 1.
A female collected at Phong Saly on April 24 contained an egg
ready to lay.

Staphidia torqueola (Swinhoe). COLLARED STAPHIDIA.

Siva torqueola Swinhoe, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (4), 5, p. 174, 1870 — Tingchow

Mts., 100 miles from Amoy.
TONKIN: Pa Ham, one 9 , March 8; Muong Mo, three d" d", two 9 9 , March

18, 19.

LAOS: Phong Saly, seven d" d1, one 9 , April 24 to May 1.
We have compared our series with twelve from Fukien and find
that ours have a rather shorter wing and smaller, more slender bill.

Wing: Tonkin cf d" 63, 63, 60; 9 9 60, 61, 60. Laos d" d* 63,
64, 63, 62, 61, 63, 63; 9 63. Fukien d" c? 66, 65, 66, 68; 9 9 66,
68, 67, 66, 64, 63.

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However the difference seems too slight to be recognized in
nomenclature.

This species is doubtless a resident in northern Indo-China.

Oligura castaneo-coronata Burton. CHESTNUT-HEADED SHORT-
WING.

Sylvia castaneo-coronata Burton, P. Z. S. Lond., 1835, p. 152.

TONKIN: Chapa, one c", Feb. 15; Lieng San, one d" . April 6.

This species had not been collected previously in Indo-China.
Delacour and Jabouille (L'Oiseau, 11, July, 1930, p. 405) have
since described the Chapa bird as abadiei but we are unable to
recognize the characters in our specimens.

Actinodura ramsayi yunnanensis Bangs and Phillips. YUNNAN
BAR-WING.

Actinodura ramsayi yunnanensis Bangs and Phillips, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool.,

58, p. 288, 1914— Mongtze, Yunnan.
TONKIN: Chapa, one d", one 9, Feb. 13; Lieng San, one cf, two 9 9, April

6, 7; Mao Xao Phing, one d"1, April 8.
LAOS: Lao Fou Tchai, one d", one 9 , April 21; Phong Saly, four d1 c?, four

9 9 , April 24 to 30.

We have compared this series with the type and twenty- two other
specimens of yunnanensis from Mongtze and Loukouchai. April
specimens are much grayer on the back than winter specimens,
but birds taken in the same season appear identical in color.
Kinnear's two specimens of minor (Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl., 45, p. 74)
were taken in June and hence were very gray. The other character
of minor is said to be its small size, but all of our specimens are as
large as those from Yunnan. We therefore consider minor to be a
synonym of yunnanensis.

Wing: Tonkin <? <? 87, 92; 99 84, 87, 89. Laos d*d* 89, 89,
89, 90, 91; 9 9 84, 85, 86, 86, 88.

Delacour (Bull. Brit. Orn. CL, 47, p. 162, 1927) has described
kinnean from Tarn Dao, Tonkin, comparing it with minor of west
Tonkin. We fail to see how it differs from yunnanensis.

Leioptila annectens annectens Blyth. BLYTH'S SIBIA.

Leioptila annectens Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 16, p. 450, 1847 — Darjeeling.
TONKIN: Chapa, one 9 , Feb. 15.
LAOS: Phong Saly, one d", April 25.

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These two specimens appear identical with a single bird from
Manipur. We can not recognize saturate, Walden (Ibis, 1875, p. 352)
on the basis of the material before us.

Leioptila desgodinsi desgodinsi (David and Oustalet).

Sibia desgodinsi David and Oustalet, Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris, 1, p. 139, 1877—

Yer-ka-lo, Mekong River, China.
TONKIN: Chapa, one d", one 9, Feb. 12.

Sibia picaoides cana Riley. LONG-TAILED SIBIA.

Sibia picaoides cana Riley, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 42, p. 166, 1929 — Doi

Angka, Siam.
TONKIN: Chapa, one d", one 9, Feb. 15; Muong Bourn, two 9 9, March 21;

Nong Lum, March 21.
LAOS: Pyn Ho, one 9 , April 19.

We were immediately impressed with the gray color and short,
stout bill of these specimens compared with typical picaoides and
upon comparison with five specimens of cana kindly loaned us by
the National Museum we find that they bear out exactly the char-
acters which Riley has ascribed to cana.

The Long-tailed Sibia had not been recorded previously from
Indo-China.

Lioparus chrysotis forresti (Rothschild). GOLDEN-BREASTED

FULVETTA.

Fulvetta chrysotis forresti Rothschild, Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl., 46, p. 64, 1926—

Shweli = Salween Divide, Yunnan.
TONKIN: Chapa, one d1, Feb. 11.

Pseudominla castaneiceps castaneiceps (Hodgson). CHESTNUT-
HEADED BABBLER.

Minla castaneiceps Hodgson, Ind. Rev., p. 38, 1838 — Nepal.

Previously found in Indo-China only by Stevens (Kinnear, 1929,
p. 300) at Ngai Tio where he took two specimens.

Schoeniparus rufigularis blanchardi Delacour and Jabouille.
RED-THROATED TIT BABBLER.

Schoeniparus rufigularis blanchardi Delacour and Jabouille, Bull. Brit. Orn. CL,

48, p. 132, 1928— Phuqui, n. Annam.
TONKIN: Phong Tho, two 9 9 , Feb. 24, 25; Muong Moun, two cf d", one 9 ,

March 14 to 27; Muong Mo, one d\ March 16; Muong Bourn, one d",

March 23.
LAOS: Muong Yo, one d", May 14; Boun Tai, two c? d", one 9 , May 24 to 28.

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We have sent four specimens of our very uniform series to Mr.
Kinnear who writes us that they are all blanchardi "which is distin-
guishable from major by the darker colour of the back and rather
smaller size." He states that his stevensi (Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl., 45,
p. 10) "is quite different; the throat is rusty white, breast and belly
rusty white mixed with grayish-brown, above darker, the streak
above the eye and the lores slightly darker than the throat." He
adds that he considers the specimens identified by Delacour as
stevensi, major, and blanchardi to be, in fact, all blanchardi.

Alcippornis nepalensis fraterculus (Rippon). SHAN STATES
BABBLER.

Alcippe fratercula Rippon, Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl., 11, p. 11, 1900 — Nanoi, Loi

Mai, s. Shan States, 5,300 ft.
LAOS: Phong Saly, nine d" d", four 9 9 , April 24 to May 2; Muong Yo, two

9 9 , May 17, 20.

A series of our specimens has been compared with the type in
the British Museum and was found to agree closely. The form
laotianus is apparently not recognizable.

Breeding birds were taken at both Phong Saly and Muong Yo.

Alcippornis nepalensis schaefferi (La Touche). SCHAEFFER'S
BABBLER.

Alcippe nipalensis schaefferi La Touche, Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl., 42, p. 81, 1922 —
Milati, Yunnan.

TONKIN: Chapa, four d* cf , four 9 9 , Feb. 11 to 15; Ngai Tio, one d", Feb. 20;
Lieng San, one d", April 7.

Our specimens from Chapa and Ngai Tio have pale brown legs
and feet as recorded by Kinnear (1929, p. 297) for his Tonkin speci-
mens. But our Lieng San bird differs sharply from the others in
having the legs and bill black. Otherwise it seems to be a typical
specimen of schaefferi. We have compared our series with the type
and the long series in the British Museum.

Alcippornis poiocephala alearis Bangs and Van Tyne. TONKI-
NESE QUAKER BABBLER.

Alcippornis poiocephala alearis Bangs and Van Tyne, Field Mus. Nat. Hist.,
Zool. Ser., 18, No. 1, p. 4, 1930— Muong Moun, Tonkin.

TONKIN: Lai Chau, one d", March 4; Pa Ham, one d1, April 7; Muong Moun,
seven c? c? (including the type), two 9 9, March 14 to April 4; Muong
Mo, two d" d", four 9 9, March 12 to 19; Muong Bourn, four d1 d1, two
9 9, March 19 to 27.

LAOS: Muong Yo, two d1 d1, two 9 9 , Boun Tai, two d1 d1, May 28 to 31.

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This subspecies is most nearly like Alcippornis p. magnirostris
(Walden) and like that form has sooty brown coronal stripes and a
grayish brown head (thus differing from Alcippornis p. haringtoniae
Hartert). From Alcippornis p. magnirostris the subspecies alearis
differs in its darker, less olive brown, back; duller, less cinnamon-
rufous rump and outer edges of the wing feathers; and in its more
cinnamon-rufous under parts.

M ixornis rubricapilla lutescens Delacour and Jabouille. YELLOW-
BREASTED BABBLER.

Mixornis rubricapilla lutescens Delacour and Jabouille, Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl.,
47, p. 18, 1926— Bao Ha, Tonkin.

TONKIN: Phong Tho, one d" , Feb. 24; Lai Chau, one cf, April 1; Pa Ham,
two d" cf, one 9 , April 7, 8; Muong Moun, three cf d", three 9 9 , March
12 to April 3; Ba Nam Nhung, three d1 d", March 9 to 11; Muong Mo, two
d" d", March 12, 13; Muong Bourn, one d", March 28.

LAOS: Phong Saly, two d" d", April 29, 30; Muong Yo, one d", May 10; Boun
Tai, one d", two 9 9 , May 24 to 27; Vientiane, one d", one 9 , July 1.

We have compared our series with two of Gyldenstolpe's speci-
mens of minor from north Siam and with four virtual topotypes
of kinneari. As Kloss (Ibis, 1918, p. 206) has shown, minor of
Gyldenstolpe must be a synonym of sulphured Rippon. Delacour
did not compare lutescens with either of these. As compared with
lutescens the form sulphured is lighter, more rufous above, crown
much brighter chestnut, tail more rufous. The form to the south,
kinneari, is much darker above and has the throat much more
heavily streaked with black.

Stachyridopsis rufifrons rufifrons (Hume). HUME'S BABBLER.

Stachyris rufifrons Hume, Stray Feathers, 1, p. 479, 1873 — Pegu.
TONKIN: Muong Moun, one d*, one 9 , March 26.
LAOS: Phong Saly, two d1 d*, one 9 , April 26 to May 2.

Hume's Babbler has not been found before in Indo-China.

Stachyris nigriceps davisoni Sharpe. MALAY GRAY-THROATED
BABBLER.

Stachyris davisoni Sharpe, Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl., 1, p. 7, 1892 — Pahang.
TONKIN: Lai Chau, one 9, March 4; Pa Ham, one d\ April 6; Ba Nam

Nhung, one d*, March 8; Muong Bourn, one d1, March 26.
LAOS: Phong Saly, three d1 d", one 9 , April 25 to 28; Boun Tai, three 9 9 ,

May 24 to 31.

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Stachyris chrysoea chrysoea Blyth. NEPAL GOLDEN-HEADED
BABBLER.

Stachyris chrysoea Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 13, p. 379, 1844 — Nepal.

TONKIN: Chapa, one 9 , Feb. 12.

This is a very bright orange-yellow specimen. This may be due
to its being in fresh plumage though Delacour and Kinnear have also
remarked on the brightness of Tonkin specimens.

Thringorhina striolata diluta Kinnear. TONKINESE SPOTTED
BABBLER.

Thringorhina guttata diluta Kinnear, Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl., 45, p. 11, 1924 —

Thai Nien, Tonkin.

TONKIN: Muong Mo, one cf , two 9 9 , March 15 to 18.
LAOS: Muong Yo, one c" , May 14.

Turdinulus epilepidotus amyae Kinnear. KINNEAR'S WREN
BABBLER.

Turdinulus epilepidotus amyae Kinnear, Bull. Brit. Orn. CL, 45, p. 73, 1925 —

Bao Ha, Tonkin.
LAOS: Muong Yo, one unsexed immature (wing 49, tail 26), May 16.

Kinnear (1929, p. 295) states that laotianus of Delacour is not
separable from amyae.

Gypsophila crispifrons annamensis Delacour and Jabouille.
LIME-ROCK BABBLER.

Corythocichla annamensis Delacour and Jabouille, Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl., 48,
p. 131, 1928— Phuqui, n. Annam.

TONKIN: Bac Tan Trai, one cf, Feb. 26.

The form which we described as saxatilis (Field Mus. Nat. Hist.,
Zool. Ser., 18, No. 1, p. 3, 1930) proves to be the same as that already
separated as a full species in the genus Corythocichla by Delacour
and Jabouille. We have examined Delacour's series and we feel
convinced that annamensis must be treated as a race of Gypsophila
cnspifrons of Tenasserim.

This species was found only at Bac Tan Trai where Coolidge saw
several among the limestone rocks above the Nam Na River and
succeeded in collecting one specimen.

Pellorneum tickelli olivaceum (Kinnear). TICKELL'S BABBLER.

Drymocataphus tickelli olivaceus Kinnear, Bull. Brit. Orn. CL, 45, p. 11, 1924 —
Bao Ha, Tonkin.

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TONKIN: Muong Moun, ten cf cf, five 9 9, March 13 to 25; Pa Ham, two
0*0", one 9, April 7, 8; Ba Nam Nhung, two cf cf, one 9, March 11;
Muong Mo, one cf , March 15; Muong Bourn, one 9 , March 26.

LAOS: Muong Yo, one cf , May 14; Vientiane, one cf , one 9 , June 30, July 2.

We follow Baker (Birds Brit. Ind., 1, p. 247) in including this
species in the genus Pellorneum. The two specimens from Vientiane
are paler than the rest of our series but this may be only because
they are in worn plumage.

Pellorneum ignotum cinnamomeum Rippon. RIPPON'S
BABBLER.

Drymocataphus cinnamomeus Rippon, Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl., 11, p. 12, 1900 —

Loi Mai, Shan States.
TONKIN: Chapa, one 9 , Feb. 13; Lai Chau, one cf , April 1.

These two specimens are identical with the type of Drymocataphus
pusillus Delacour (Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl., 47, p. 161) but Delacour now
considers this merely a rufous throated phase of the white-throated
P. ignotum cinnamomeum.

Pellorneum ruficeps vividum La Touche. YUNNAN SPOTTED
BABBLER.

Pellorneum nipalense vividum La Touche, Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl., 42, p. 17, 1921 —

Hokow, Yunnan.
TONKIN: Lai Chau, one cf , March 2; Pa Ham, two cf cf , one 9 , April 7, 8;

Muong Moun, three cf cf , March 16 to 29.
LAOS: Phong Saly, one cf , one 9 , April 30, May 1; Boun Tai, two cf cf , four

9 9 , May 24 to 30; Vientiane, three cf cf , one 9 , July 1.

La Touche'" s two cotypes of vividum are darker than most of our
specimens but we doubt whether they represent well the average of
the region. A male from Szemao from the La Touche collection is
like our Indo-China birds. We believe that vividum is not a local
form, as La Touche supposed it to be, but that his types are simply
two birds in fresh plumage and rather darker than the average.
Our specimens have a darker mantle and heavier streaks below than
five specimens of subochraceum from Tenasserim which we have
examined. As Kinnear says (1929, p. 294) minor is not separable
from subochraceum. The type of smithi, which we have examined,
is very different from any other specimen we have seen. Its peculi-
arities may be partly due to the make of the skin which was not
well filled out. Kinnear (1929) used the name smithi for Tonkin
birds, but whatever smithi may be, the name vividum has priority
for the bird of Tonkin.

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Pyctorhis sinensis major La Touche. YUNNAN YELLOW-EYED
BABBLER.

Pyctorhis sinensis major La Touche, Handbook Birds Eastern China, p. 72,
July, 1925 — Mongtze, Yunnan.

LAOS: Phong Saly, one d* , April 24.

Our single specimen agrees well with the type and a series of
thirty-two birds from Yunnan in being larger and darker than a
small series of typical sinensis from India. The type specimen,
although not designated in the original description, is a male collected
March 1, 1921, at Mongtze, Yunnan.

Gampsorhynchus rufulus luciae Delacour. WHITE-HEADED
SHRIKE BABBLER.

Gampsorhynchus rufulus luciae Delacour, Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl., 47, p. 16, 1926 —

Xieng Kouang, Laos.
TONKIN: Pa Ham, two cf cf, one unsexed, March 8.

Iris Apricot Yellow.

Timelia pileata dictator Kinnear. INDO-CHINESE RED-CAPPED
BABBLER.

Timelia pileata dictator Kinnear, Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl., 50, p. 55, 1930 — Dran,

s. Annam.
LAOS: Phong Saly, five d" cf , two 9 9 , April 25 to May 4; Muong Yo, two

d"d", May 11, 17.

Upon first examining this series we immediately noted that they
were decidedly paler than specimens of T. pileata intermedia. We
then sent specimens for comparison to Mr. Kinnear who confirmed
our opinion and subsequently separated the form as Timelia pileata
dictator.

Pomatorhinus hypoleucus tickelli Blyth. TICKELL'S SCIMITAR
BABBLER.

Pomatorhinus tickelli Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 24, p. 273, 1855 — Tenas-

serim.

TONKIN: Muong Mo, one c" (wing 106), March 19.
LAOS: Muong Yo, one <? (wing 108), one 9 (wing 97), May 16, 17.

This species has been separated into four forms in Indo-China,
but with the small amount of material available it does not seem
justified. There is much variation in color and, since the male is
apparently larger than the female, the variation in size is obscured
by the study of poorly sexed skins.

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Pomatorhinus erythrogenys odicus Bangs and Phillips. RUSTY-
CHEEKED SCIMITAR BABBLER.

Pomatorhinus macclellandi odicus Bangs and Phillips, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool.,

58, p. 286, 1914 — Mongtze, Yunnan.

TONKIN: Mao Xao Phing, one cf, April 8; Lieng San, two 9 9 , April 5.
LAOS: Lao Fou Tchai, one d", one 9 , April 21; Phong Saly, three cf o", one

unsexed, April 27 to May 4.

This species had not been collected previously in Indo-China.
Delacour and Jabouille (L'Oiseau, 11, July, 1930, p. 400) have
recently described minor from Tonkin, but, even after re-examination
of our material, we can not recognize the form. We have compared
our six adults with twenty-one skins of odicus, including the type,
and find no difference either in size or in color. Our series measures:
Wing: cf1 d* 85, 87, 88, 90, 90; 9 9 80, 84, 89.

Pomatorhinus ochraceiceps ochraceiceps Walden. LLOYD'S
SCIMITAR BABBLER.

Pomatorhinus ochraceiceps Walden, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 12, (4), p. 487,

1873— Karen Hills, Burma.
TONKIN: Muong Moun, one 9, March 20.

Pomatorhinus phayrei orientalis Delacour. CORAL-BILLED SCIM-
ITAR BABBLER.

Pomatorhinus ferruginosus orientalis Delacour, Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl., 47,

p. 159, 1927— Tarn Dao, Tonkin.
TONKIN: Chapa, one 9 , Feb. 11.

Iris Cream Buff, bill Flame Scarlet, feet Citrine Drab, claws
Tawny Olive.

We do not consider ferruginosus conspecific with phayrei. The
former has a sharply differentiated black crown and greatly elongated
loral feathers, while the phayrei group all have the crown and back
brown and the lores normal.

Pomatorhinus ruficollis reconditus Bangs and Phillips. MENG-
TSZE RUFOUS-NECKED SCIMITAR BABBLER.

Pomatorhinus ruficollis reconditus Bangs and Phillips, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool.,
58, p. 286, 1914— Mongtze, Yunnan.

TONKIN: Lieng San, one d" (wing 79), April 5.

Our one specimen closely resembles the type and seventeen other
specimens from the Mongtze region. Kinnear (1929, p. 148) lists
six specimens from the Red River valley and considers saturatus
Delacour not separable from reconditus.

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Pomatorhinus ruficollis albipectus La Touche. LA TOUCHE'S
RUFOUS-NECKED SCIMITAR BABBLER.

Pomatorhinus ruficollis albipectus La Touche, Handbook Birds Eastern China,
p. 69, 1925 — Szemao, Yunnan.

TONKIN: Lieng San, one d", two 9 9 , one unsexed, April 4, 5.

LAOS: Phong Saly, two 9 9 , April 25; Muong Yo, one d", May 16.

This series of seven specimens resembles quite closely the type
and two other specimens of albipectus from Szemao. It is note-
worthy that the most typical albipectus of our series is a male taken
at the same time and place as the above-listed male of reconditus.
Perhaps the two forms meet without intergradation at Lieng San.

Garrulax canorus canorus (Linnaeus). HWAMEI.

Turdus canorus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., 1758, p. 169 — China.
TONKIN: Chapa, one cf, Feb. 14; Lai Chau, three d*c?, one 9, Feb. 28 to
March 6; Muong Moun, one cf, two 9 9 , March 16 to April 2; Ba Nam
Nhung, one cf, one 9, March 10, 11; Muong Mo, three cfcf, March 14
to 16.

LAOS: Lao Fou Tchai, one d* , April 21; Boun Tai, two 9 9 , May 23, 31.
These sixteen specimens are slightly darker than the twenty-five
year old Chinese skins with which La Touche compared the two
Hokow specimens which he named namtiense (Ibis, 1923, p. 317),
but the difference is slight and we suspect that it may be entirely
due to museum aging.

Garrulax squama tus (Gould). BLUE-WINGED LAUGHING THRUSH.

lanthocincla squamata Gould, P. Z. S. Lond., 1835, p. 48 — Sikkim.
TONKIN: Lieng San, one 9 , April 5.

Garrulax merulinus obscurus Delacour and Jabouille. SPOTTED-
BREASTED LAUGHING THRUSH.

Garrulax merulinus obscurus Delacour and Jabouille, L'Oiseau, 11, July, 1930,

p. 399— Chapa, Tonkin.
TONKIN: Chapa, one d", Feb. 11.

Garrulax erythrocephalus connectans (Delacour). RED-HEADED
LAUGHING THRUSH.

Trochalopterum erythrocephalum connectans Delacour, Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl.,

49, p. 58, 1929 — Phu-Ke, Xieng Kouang, Laos.
TONKIN: Chapa, one d", two 9 9, Feb. 15; Lieng San, two cfcf, two 9 9,

April 5 to 7.

A single specimen of this very distinct form which we named
hendeei (Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. Ser., 18, No. 1, p. 3, 1930)

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was remarked upon by Delacour and Jabouille earlier (1927, p. 121)
but not named. Later, however, Delacour changed his mind and
published a description.

Garrulax moniliger melli Stresemann. CHINESE NECKLACED
LAUGHING THRUSH.

Garrulax moniliger melli Stresemann, Journ. f. Orn., 71, p. 364, 1923 — Man-
tsi-Shan, Prov. Kuangtung.

TONKIN: Bac Tan Trai, one 9, Feb. 26; Muong Moun, two 0*0", one 9,
March 18, 19; Ba Nam Nhung, one 9, March 10; Muong Bourn, one 9 ,
March 23.

Delacour (Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl., 47, p. 158) described Garrulax
moniliger tonkinensis as being like "G. m. melli Stresemann from
S. E. China, but of a darker and less ochraceous brown above and
with flanks of a deeper reddish-orange." We have compared our
six specimens with five taken at the same season in Fukien and find
the color of the back identical in the two series. Both show a wide
variation in the color of the flanks and are not separable by this
character. We therefore consider tonkinensis a synonym of melli
Stresemann.

Garrulax leucolophus diardi (Lesson). SIAMESE WHITE-CRESTED
LAUGHING THRUSH.

Turdus diardi Lesson, Traite d'Orn., p. 408, 1831 — Siam.

TONKIN: Phong Tho, two cf cf, one 9 , Feb. 22, 23; Lai Chau, one d", one 9 ,

March 4, April 1; Muong Moun, three d^d", two 9 9, March 11 to 28;

Ba Nam Nhung, one d", one 9, March 8, 9; Muong Mo, two d" d*, three
9 9 , March 13 to 17; Muong Bourn, three d1 d", one 9 , March 22 to 28.
LAOS: Phong Saly, one 9, April 29; Muong Yo, one 9, May 20; Boun Tai,

one d", one 9 , May 25, 30.

Garrulax sannio Swinhoe. WHITE-BROWED LAUGHING THRUSH.

Garrulax sannio Swinhoe, Ibis, 1867, p. 403 — Amoy.

TONKIN: Chapa, one 9, Feb. 12; Ye Yen Sun, one d", Feb. 21; Lieng San,
five d" cf, two 9 9 , April 4 to 7; Mao Xao Phing, one d\ April 8.

LAOS: Bao Fou Tchai, one d*, April 21; Phong Saly, seven d1 d1, one 9 , April
24 to May 4.

Garrulax chinensis chinensis (Scopoli). BLACK-THROATED LAUGH-
ING THRUSH.

Lanius chinensis Scopoli, Del. Flor. et Faun. Ins:, 2, p. 86, 1786 — "China,"

see Kinnear (1929, p. 146).
TONKIN: Lai Chau, two 9 9, March 3, April 1; Muong Moun, nine cfd*,

three 9 9, March 13 to 30; Ba Nam Nhung, one d", one 9, March 9;

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Muong Mo, two & cf , two 9 9 , March 13 to 18; Muong Bourn, four d" <?, '
four 9 9 , March 22 to 26.

LAOS: Phong Saly, one o" , one 9 , April 30, May 1; Muong Yo, one 9 , May 11;
Boun Tai, one d", three 9 9 , May 22 to 30.

Iris Ox-blood Red ( 9 , Muong Moun).

Our specimens are of both the green-backed form and the gray-
backed form (lowei). Two males taken at Muong Moun in March
are more gray than the type of La Touche's lowei. This form cannot
be recognized on the basis of our material.

As Kinnear suggests, there are clearly two color phases of this
species — one with white cheeks (chinensis) and one with gray cheeks
(lugens Oustalet). Our series of thirty-six specimens shows both
extremes and all gradations between them. In fact from both Muong
Moun and Muong Bourn our series shows the whole range of variation
in a single collecting locality. The name lugens is clearly a pure
synonym of chinensis.

Psittiparus gularis laotianus Delacour. GRAY-HEADED PARROT-
BILL.

Psittaparus gularis laotianus Delacour, Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl., 47, p. 19, 1926 —

Xieng Kouang, Laos.
LAOS: Phong Saly, two d" d* (wing 88, 89), April 28, 29.

Suthora alphonsiana yunnanensis La Touche. LA TOUCHE'S

SUTHORA.

Suthora webbiana yunnanensis La Touche, Bull. Brit. Orn. CL, 42, p. 31, 1921 —
Kopaotsum.

TONKIN: Chapa, one d1, Feb. 14.

This is apparently the first record for this species in Indo-China.
We have compared our bird with eight specimens of yunnanensis,
including the type. Except for its fresher and brighter plumage,
our specimen is like the series of worn skins collected in Yunnan in
May. There is much variation in the color of the crown of the
Yunnan birds examined and two specimens approximate very closely
our Chapa specimen. We wonder whether intermedius of Delacour and
Jabouille (L'Oiseau, 11, July, 1930, p. 395) may not be based solely
upon birds in fresh, unfaded plumage.

Paradoxornis guttaticollis David. AUSTEN'S PARROT-BILL.

Paradoxornis guttaticollis David, Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, 7, p. 14, 1871 —
w. Szechwan.

LAOS: Phong Saly, two d1 d", two 9 9 , April 26 to 29.

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Microtarsus atriceps atriceps (Temminck and Laugier). BLACK-
HEADED BULBUL.

Turdus atriceps Temminck and Laugier, Plan. Color. d'Ois., 11, pi. 147, 1830 —
Java designated by Robinson and Kloss, Journ. Fed. Mai. States Mus.,
11, p. 55, 1923.

LAOS: Vientiane, one adult cf (wing 80), July 1.

Pycnonotus blanfordi robinsoni Ogilvie Grant. ROBINSON'S
OLIVE BULBUL.

Pycnonotus robinsoni Ogilvie Grant, Fasciculi Malayensis, p. 85, 1905 —

Patani, Malay Peninsula.
LAOS: Vientiane, three cf cf , one 9 , June 30 to July 2.

Pycnonotus finlaysoni finlaysoni Strickland. FINLAYSON'S
STRIPE-THROATED BULBUL.

Pycnonotus finlaysoni Strickland, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 13, p. 411, 1844 —

Malaysian Islands.
LAOS: Vientiane, two cf cf , June 30 to July 3.

Pycnonotus aurigaster xanthorrhous Anderson. ANDERSON'S
YELLOW-VENTED BULBUL.

Pycnonotus xanthorrhous Anderson, Proc. As. Soc. Bengal, 1869, p. 265 —

Kakhyen Hills.

TONKIN: Chapa, two cf d*, one 9 , Feb. 12 to 15; Muong Mo, one d", one 9 ,
March 14, 15; Muong Bourn, one d", March 24; Lieng San, six cf cf , two
9 9 , April 4 to 7; Mao Xao Phing, one 9 , April 8.
LAOS: Phong Saly, five d1 cf , three 9 9 , April 24 to May 4.
This Bulbul apparently occurs only in the highlands of extreme
northern Indo-China. It was first recorded from Indo-China by
Delacour (1927, p. 112) who found it common at Nong Het in
north Laos. Kinnear (1929, p. 143) also records it from Ngai Tio,
Tonkin.

Our specimens are identical with a large series from Yunnan.

lole virescens lonnbergi Gyldenstolpe. SIAMESE BULBUL.

Criniger lonnbergi Gyldenstolpe, Kungl. Sv. Vetensk. Handl., 1, No. 8, p. 24 —

Bang-hue-non, n. Siam.
TONKIN: Phong Tho, one cf , Feb. 25; Bac Tan Trai, one d1, Feb. 26; Lai Chau,

two cf d1, one 9 , March 1 to 3; Pa Ham, April 6; Muong Moun, one d1,

three 9 9, March 11 to 28; Ba Nam Nhung, one cf, one 9, March 10;

Muong Mo, two cf cf , March 17 to 19; Muong Bourn, five cf cf , two 9 9 ,

March 22 to 28.
LAOS: Phong Saly, one cf , one 9 , April 24 to 29; Muong Yo, three cf cf , four

9 9 , one unsexed, May 10 to 20; Boun Tai, two 9 9 , one unsexed, May

24 to 29.

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The first full plumaged Juvenal was collected on May 10 at
Muong Yo.

Spizixos canifrons ingrami (Bangs and Phillips). INGRAM'S
FINCH-BILLED BULBUL.

Spizixus canifrons ingrami Bangs and Phillips, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 58,

p. 285, 1914— Mongtze, Yunnan.
TONKIN: Lieng San, nine d* d", four 9 9 , April 4 to 7; Mao Xao Phing, two

9 9 , April 8.
LAOS: Phong Saly, three d" d", three 9 9 , April 24, 25.

We have compared our twenty-one specimens with the type and
a series of topotypes of ingrami and fail to find any difference.
Delacour (Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl., 47, p. 14) has described laotianus
from Nong Het and Xieng Kouang, Laos, but the characters he
mentions are not at all well marked or consistent in our good series.

A female collected at Phong Saly on April 24 contained an egg
ready to lay.

Spizixos semitorques semitorques Swinhoe. SWINHOE'S FINCH-
BILLED BULBUL.

Spizixos semitorques Swinhoe, Ibis, 1861, p. 266 — Pehling Plateau, Foochow.
TONKIN: Chapa, one unsexed, Feb. 15.

Elathea flaviventris flaviventris (Tickell). BLACK-CRESTED YEL-
LOW BULBUL.

Vanga flaviventris Tickell, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 2, p. 573, 1833 — Dholbhum.

TONKIN: Phong Tho, two d1 d", Feb. 24; Lai Chau, one d", March 1; Pa Ham,
one d", April 8; Muong Moun, one d*, two 9 9 , March 19 to 27; Ba Nam
Nhung, one d1, March 11; Muong Mo, two d1 d1, one 9 , March 14 to 19.

LAOS: Muong Yo, one d", one 9, May 13, 17; Boun Tai, four d" d1, May 25,
26; Vientiane, one 9, June 30.

The specimen from Vientiane has a spot of red and yellow feathers
on one side of the chin. Delacour has already recorded two specimens
with red on the throat. The iris of this Bulbul varies from Picric
Yellow to Primrose Yellow.

Elathea jocosa jocosa (Linnaeus). CHINESE RED-WHISKERED
BULBUL.

Lanius jocosus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., 1758, p. 95 — China.

TONKIN: Phong Tho, three d1 d", Feb. 23, 24; Ye Yen Sun, two d1 d", one 9 ,
Feb. 21; Lai Chau, one d1, one 9, March 1, 3; Pa Ham, one cf, March 8;
Muong Moun, three d1 d", four 9 9 , March 11 to 29; Ba Nam Nhung, two
d" d", two 9 9 , March 10, 11; Pou Den Dinh, one d", one 9 , April 18.

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LAOS: Phong Saly, one d1, one 9 , April 24, May 1; Muong Yo, two d* cf , one
9, May 9 to 18.

Xanthixus flavescens berliozi Delacour. BLYTH'S BULBUL.

Xanthixus flavescens berliozi Delacour, Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl., 47, p. 14, 1926 —

Xieng Kouang, Laos.
LAOS: Lao Fou Tchai, one d\ April 21; Phong Saly, five d" d", one 9 , April

25 to May 2.

Molpastes cafer chrysorrhoides (Lafresnaye). CHINESE RED-
VENTED BULBUL.

Haematornis chrysorrhoides Lafresnaye, Rev. Zool., p. 367, 1845 — China.
TONKIN: Lai Chau, three d"d", two 9 9, Pa Ham, one 9, April 8; Muong

Moun, one 9 , March 25; Ba Nam Nhung, three 9 9 , March 9 to 11.
LAOS: Phong Saly, one d", two 9 9 , April 24 to May 4; Muong Yo, two cf d",

May 19, 20.

Wing: d" cf 100, 100, 97, 97, 98, 98; 9 9 90, 95, 95, 93, 94, 95, 94.
Molpastes cafer klossi Robinson. SIAMESE RED-VENTED BULBUL.

Molpastes atricapillus klossi Robinson, Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl., 41, p. 12, 1920 —

Koon Tan, n. Siam.
LAOS: Vientiane, one cf (wing 91), July 1.

This race has not been generally recognized but our specimen
agrees with eight from near Quang Tri, Annam, and two topotypes
of klossi in being smaller and paler above. The bill of klossi is also
much smaller than in our specimens of chrysorrhoides from northern
Tonkin and Laos.

Alcurus striatus (Blyth). STRIATED BULBUL (Plate III, lower
figure).

Trichophorus striatiis Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 11, p. 184, 1842 — Nepal.
TONKIN: Muong Moun, one cf (wing 107), March 14.

LAOS: Phong Saly, two d" c? (wing 103, 102), two 9 9 (wing 103, 103), April
24 to 26.

The Striated Bulbul has not been taken before in Indo-China.
Hemixus flavala bourdellei Delacour. BROWN-EARED BULBUL.

Hemixus flavala bourdellei Delacour, Bull. Brit. Orn. CL, 47, p. 13, 1926 —

Xieng Kouang, Laos.

TONKIN: Muong Mo, two d" cf, one 9 , March 14 to 18.
LAOS: Phong Saly, one <?, four 9 9 , April 27 to May 2; Muong Yo, two 9 9 ,

May 15, 19.

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Our series shows well the characters of this very distinct form.
The species was breeding at Phong Saly and Muong Yo.

Hemixus macclellandi similis (Rothschild). RUFOUS-BELLIED

BULBUL.

lole macclellandi similis Rothschild, Novit. Zool., 28, p. 51, 1921 — Shweli-

Salween Divide, Yunnan.
TONKIN: Chapa, eight d" d1, three 9 9, one unsexed, Feb. 12 to 15; Muong

Mo, one 9 , March 15; Lieng San, two d" d", April 6.
LAOS: Phong Saly, two d" d", three 9 9 , April 25 to May 2.

The Rufous-bellied Bulbul was found only in the highlands of
northern Indo-China.

Microcelis leucocephalus (Gmelin). WHITE-HEADED BLACK BUL-
BUL.

Turdus leucocephalus Gmelin, Syst. Nat., 1, 1789, p. 826 — China.

1. The "leucocephalus" phase.

TONKIN: Phong Tho, two cfd", one 9, Feb. 23 to 25; Lai Chau, one d1,
March 1; Nam Nen, one 9, March 9; Muong Moun, two d"d", March
10, 12; Muong Mo, five d1 d1, March 13 to 19; Nong Lum, one 9 , March
20; Muong Bourn, one 9, March 21.

We have listed here all specimens with any white on the head.
There is a tremendous variation in the amount of white. Our
specimens range all the way from one with a pure white head and
upper breast to the Nam Nen bird which has but four white feathers
immediately behind the nostrils. We consider that our series of
leucocephalus intergrades completely with the series of "sinensis"
listed below.

2. The "sinensis" phase.

TONKIN: Chapa, two d-d, Feb. 15; Phong Tho, one d1, Feb. 24; Lai Chau,
two d1 d1, March 4, 5; Muong Moun, one d", March 10; Ba Nam Nhung,
one 9 , March 9; Muong Mo, one d", March 19.

Iris Madder Brown, bill Brazil Red, feet English Red (leuco-
cephalus and "sinensis" colored alike).

Microcelis concolor (Blyth). BURMESE BLACK BULBUL.

Hypsipetes concolor Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 18, p. 816, 1849 — Tenas-
serim.

TONKIN: Ye Yen Sun, three d* d1, one 9 , Feb. 21; Phong Tho, one d1, Feb. 23;
Lai Chau, two tfd1, March 5; Muong Moun, two d"d", March 13; Ba
Nam Nhung, two d1 d1, March 9; Muong Mo, two d1 d~, two 9 9 , March
13 to 15; Muong Bourn, one 9 , March 25; Pou Den Dinh, two d1 d1, one 9 ,
April 18.

LAOS: Lao Fou Tchai, one d1, one 9 , April 21; Phong Saly, one cf, April 30.

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We believe this to be a full species, not intergrading in any way
with leucocephaltis or "sinensis" and certainly not a color phase,
although the young of the latter approach it closely in superficial
appearance. Microcelis concolor is blue rather than black above
and is uniform below (lacking the whitish mid- ventral line).

Criniger tephrogenys henricii Oustalet. YUNNAN WHITE-
THROATED BULBUL.

Criniger henricii Oustalet, Bull. Mus. d'Hist. Nat. Paris, 2, p. 185, 1896 —

Yunnan and Tonkin.
TONKIN: Bac Tan Trai, one cf , Feb. 26; Lai Chau, two cf cf , March 1 to 4;

Muong Moun, two cf cf , one 9 , March 14 to 27; Ba Nam Nhung, one cf ,

one unsexed, March 8, 9; Muong Mo, seven cf cf, three 9 9, March 16

to 19; Muong Bourn, six cf cf , March 22 to 27.
LAOS: Phong Saly, one 9 , May 1; Muong Yo, three cf cf , two 9 9, May 9

to 15; Boun Tai, one cf , two 9 9 , May 27 to 31.

Wing: Tonkin cf c? 115, 114, 113, 108, 108, 109, 109, 112, 109,

105, 105, 108, 110, 111, 111, 112, 113, 110, 109; 99 109, 105, 106,

106. Laos cfd1 113, 111, 112, 113; 99 106, 105, 107, 109.

Criniger tephrogenys annamensis Delacour and Jabouille.

ANNAM WHITE-THROATED BULBUL.

Criniger tephrogenys annamensis Delacour and Jabouille, Arch. d'Hist. Nat., 1,
p. 123, 1925— Lao Bao, Annam.
LAOS: Vientiane, two 9 9 (wing 105, 106), July 1, 3.

These two southern Laos specimens are rather small and very
yellow below like three birds from Quang Tri with which we have
compared them. Apparently annamensis is a well marked form.

Irena puella puella (Latham). FAIRY BLUEBIRD.

Coracias puella Latham, Index Orn., 1, p. 171, 1790 — India.

TONKIN: Phong Tho, two cf cf , Feb. 23, 25; Pa Ham, one cf , one 9, March
8, April 6; Muong Moun, one cf , March 22; Muong Mo, eight cf cf , four
9 9 , March 13 to 19; Muong Bourn, eleven cf cf , two 9 9 , March 22 to 28.

LAOS: Phong Saly, one cf, April 25; Muong Yo, four cf cf, two 9 9, May
10 to 19; Boun Tai, two cf cf , one 9 , May 24 to 26.

Iris Begonia Rose, bill and feet black.

A male taken March 13 is still in the immature plumage except
for a single black breast feather. Other young males taken March 14
and 28 and May 10 show the feathers of the adult plumage coming
in irregularly among the contour feathers, lesser wing coverts, and
tail coverts. Specimens taken at Boun Tai were breeding.

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Cinclus pallasii souliei Oustalet. CHINESE BROWN DIPPER.

Cinclus Pallasii var. Souliei Oustalet, Ann. Sc. Nat. Zool., (7), 12, p. 299,

1892— Tatsien Lu.
TONKIN: Chapa, two cfcf, Feb. 12, 13; Ngai Tio, one 9, Feb. 20; Muong

Moun, two cf cf, March 26.

Iris Bister.

We have compared our specimens with a series of thirty-two
adult birds from Szechuan, Hupeh, and Kansu and consider them
identical. The Dipper has not been taken before in Indo-China.

Cochoa viridis Hodgson. GREEN THRUSH.

Cochoa viridis Hodgson, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 5, p. 359, 1836 — Nepal.
TONKIN: Muong Moun, one unsexed, March 17; Muong Mo, one d% March 16.
LAOS: Phong Saly, one d", one 9 , April 29, May 2; Muong Yo, one 9 , May 13.
Specimens taken at Phong Saly were in breeding condition.

Myiophoneus caeruleus immansuetus Bangs and Penard.
VIOLET WHISTLING THRUSH.

Myiophoneus caeruleus immansuetus Bangs and Penard, Occ. Papers Bost.
Soc. Nat. Hist., 5, p. 147, 1925— Ichang, Hupeh.

TONKIN: Chapa, one d1., one 9 , Feb. 15.

We have compared our specimens with the type and a series of
eight of immansuetus and with fifteen specimens of typical caeruleus,
which is apparently confined to Fukien and Kwang-tung. A worn
specimen from Mengtsze, Yunnan, we refer to immansuetus.

Myiophoneus eugeniae Hume. BURMESE WHISTLING THRUSH.

Myiophoneus Eugeniae Hume, Stray Feathers, 1, p. 475, 1873 — w. Pegu Hills

and Thayetmyo.
TONKIN: Chapa, one d", Feb. 13; Lai Chau, two 9 9, March 2, April 1;

Muong Moun, four 9 9 , March 18 to 23 ; Ba Nam Nhung, one 9 , March 9 ;

Ba Nam Cai, one 9, March 11; Muong Mo, one d1, March 14; Muong

Bourn, one d1, March 26; Lieng San, two tf d", one 9 , April 5, 6.

Monticola solitaria pandoo (Sykes) . INDIAN BLUE ROCK THRUSH.

Petrocincla pandoo Sykes, P. Z. S. Lond., 1832, p. 87 — Ghauts, India.
TONKIN: Lai Chau, one 9, March 6; Muong Bourn, one d", one 9, March
24, 27.

These specimens have no trace of chestnut spots below.
Zoothera marginata Blyth. LESSER BROWN THRUSH.

Zoothera marginata Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 16, p. 141, 1847 — Arakan.
TONKIN: Phong Tho, one 9 , Feb. 25.

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Turdus aureus Holandre. WHITE'S THRUSH.

Turdus aureus Holandre, F. de M. Ann. de la Moselle, p. 60, 1825 — Metz.
TONKIN: Muong Moun, two d" d* (wing 172, 147), two 9 9 (wing 161, 158),
March 16 to 23; Muong Mo, one cf (wing 175), March 17.

This series is uniformly referable to aureus except for a male
(March 19) from Muong Moun which resembles angustirostris
Gyldenstolpe (Ornith. Monat., 24, p. 28, 1916) in its much smaller
size (wing 147) and in being more heavily spotted and more reddish.
The wing formula, however, is like our other specimens and does
not agree with the description of angustirostris.

Turdus citrinus innotatus (Blyth). MALAY GROUND THRUSH.

Geocichla innotata Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 15, p. 370, 1846 — Malay

Peninsula.
LAOS: Phong Saly, one adult <? (wing 115), April 28.

We assign this specimen to innotatus but it is not perfectly typical.
The wings have a very slight whitish spot on the coverts, thus showing
a tendency toward citrinus. The under tail coverts are not pure
white but are tinged with yellow.

Turdus sibirica sibirica Pallas. PALLAS' SIBERIAN GROUND
THRUSH.

Turdus sibiricus Pallas, Reise Russ. Reich., 3, p. 694, 1776 — Daurica.
LAOS: Phong Saly, one d", one 9 , April 28, May 4.

Turdus obscurus obscurus Gmelin. GRAY-HEADED THRUSH.

Turdus obscurus Gmelin, Syst. Nat., 1, 1789, p. 816 — Lake Baikal.
LAOS: Phong Saly, two d" d", two 9 9 , April 26 to 30.

Turdus dissimilis Blyth. BLACK-BREASTED THRUSH.

Turdus dissimilis Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 16, p. 144, 1857 — Lower
Bengal.

TONKIN: Muong Mo, two 9 9 , March 17.
Turdus merula mandarinus Bonaparte. CHINESE BLACKBIRD.

Turdus mandarinus Bonaparte, Consp. Av., 1, p. 257, 1850 — s. China.
TONKIN: Muong Mo, one 9, March 12.

Turdus cardis lateus Thayer and Bangs. CHINESE GRAY THRUSH.

Turdus cardis lateus Thayer and Bangs, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 52, p. 140,
1909— Ichang, Hupeh.

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TONKIN: Muong Moun, one cf, March 27.

This specimen resembles closely the type of lateus.

Kittacincla malabarica interposita Robinson and Kloss. INDO-
CHINESE SHAMA.

Kittacincla malabarica interposita Robinson and Kloss, Journ. Fed. Malay

States Mus., 10, p. 262, 1920— s. Annam.

TONKIN: Muong Moun, one d", March 26; Muong Bourn, one d\ March 25.
LAOS: Boun Tai, one immature d" , May 28; Vientiane, one d", July 3.

We lack comparative material for a critical determination of the
subspecies of this Shama.

Copsychus saularis saularis (Linnaeus). INDIAN MAGPIE ROBIN.

Gracula saularis Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., 1758, p. 109 — Asia = Bengal.

TONKIN: Phong Tho, three cf d", Feb. 24; Lai Chau, five d" d*, one 9 , Feb.

28 to March 6; Muong Moun, four a* d\ three 9 9 , March 11 to 29; Ba

Nam Nhung, one d", one 9, March 9, 10; Muong Mo, one d", March 14;

Muong Bourn, two 9 9 , March 23, 28.
LAOS: Phong Saly, one d", May 1; Muong Yo, three d* d*, three 9 9 , May 9

to 19; Boun Tai, seven d1 d1, three 9 9 , May 22 to 31; Muong Ngoi, one

immature 9 , June 10.

A fully fledged Juvenal was collected on May 26 at Boun Tai.
Muscisylvia leucura Hodgson. WHITE-TAILED BLUE ROBIN.

Muscisylvia leucura Hodgson, P. Z. S. Lond., 1845, p. 27 — Nepal.

TONKIN: Muong Moun, four d1 d\ four 9 9 , March 13 to 21; Lieng San, two

d1 d1, April 4, 7; Muong Mo, two d1 d1, one 9 , March 16 to 19.
LAOS: Phong Saly, two 9 9 , April 27, May 2 (breeding).

lanthia cyanura cyanura (Pallas). JAPANESE BUSH ROBIN.

Motacilla cyanura Pallas, Reise Russ. Reich., 2, p. 709, 1773 — Yenesei.
TONKIN: Chapa, four d" d1, one 9 , one unsexed, Feb. 11 to 15; Muong Bourn,
one d", March 25.

lanthia cyanura practica Bangs and Phillips. RED-FLANKED
BUSH ROBIN.

lanthia practica Bangs and Phillips, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 58, p. 292, 1914 —
Loukouchai, Yunnan.

TONKIN: Chapa, two d1 d1, Feb. 12, 13; Lieng San, one 9 , April 4.

The one adult male agrees closely with the type of practica and
with breeding birds from Kansu. Some doubt has been cast upon
this form but we would retain it until the Chinese bird can be proved
to be the same as the Indian.

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Calliope calliope (Pallas). COMMON RUBY-THROAT.

Motacilla calliope Pallas, Reise Russ. Reich., 3, p. 697, 1776 — Yenesei.
TONKIN: Muong Moun, two d" d", March 19, 20; Ba Nam Cai, one d",

March 11.
LAOS: Phong Saly, four d1 d", nine 9 9 , April 24 to 28.

Rhyacornis fuliginosa fuliginosa (Vigors). PLUMBEUS RED-
START.

Phoenicurus fuliginosa Vigors, P. Z. S. Lond., 1831, p. 35 — Himalayas.

TONKIN: Chapa, one d1, one 9 , Feb. 12, 13; Ye Yen Sun, three d1 d", two 9 9 ,
Feb. 21; Muong Moun, one d1, March 17; Ba Nam Nhung, one d1, March
10; Muong Bourn, one Juvenal d1 (just able to fly), March 28; Mao Xao
Phing, one d1, April 3.

Ghaimarrornis leucocephala (Vigors). WHITE-CAPPED RED-
START.

Phoenicura leucocephala Vigors, P. Z. S. Lond., 1831, p. 35 — Himalayas.
TONKIN: Chapa, one unsexed, Feb. 13; Ngai Tio, one 9, Feb. 20; Bac Tan
Trai, one cf, Feb. 26; Lai Chau, one 9 , March 1.

Phoenicurus ochruros rufiventris (Vieillot). EASTERN INDIAN
REDSTART.

Oenanthe rufiventris Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., Nouv. Ed., 21, p. 431,

1818— India.
TONKIN: Mao Xao Phing, one 9 , April 3.

This Redstart has not been found before in Indo-China.
Phoenicurus auroreus (Pallas). DAURIAN REDSTART.

Motacilla aurorea Pallas, Reise Russ. Reich., 3, p. 695, 1776 — Lake Baikal.
TONKIN: Muong Moun, one d", March 14; Muong Mo, one 9 , March 19.

Phoenicurus frontalis Vigors. BLUE-FRONTED REDSTART.

Phoenicurus frontalis Vigors, P. Z. S. Lond., 1831, p. 172 — Himalayas.
TONKIN: Chapa, two d1 d1, one 9 , Feb. 12, 13.

Rhodophila ferrea haringtoni (Hartert). DARK GRAY BUSH
CHAT.

Oreicola ferrea haringtoni Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun., 1, p. 711, 1910 — Moupin.
TONKIN: Phong Tho, one 9, Feb. 24; Pa Ham, one d1, March 8; Muong

Moun, one 9, March 22; Ba Nam Nhung, one 9, March 9; Muong Mo,

one d1, March 13.
LAOS: Phong Saly, one d", April 26.
Tail: 59, 57, 60, 60, 60, 64.

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Mathews (Bull. Brit. Orn. CL, 47, p. 120, 1927) has shown that
Rhodophila Jerdon must be used instead of Oreicola Bonaparte.

Rhodophila melanoleuca Jerdon. JERDON'S BUSH CHAT.

Rhodophila melanoleuca Jerdon, Birds of India, 2, p. 128, 1863 — Purnea, India.
LAOS: Muong Yo, one breeding 9 , May 12.

Oreicola jerdoni Blyth (Ibis, 1867, p. 14) is only a new name for
this species.

Saxicola torquata przewalskii (Pleske). TURKESTAN BUSH CHAT.

Oreicola jerdoni Blyth (Ibis, 1867, p. 14) is only a new name for this species.
Pratincola maura var. przewalskii Pleske, Wiss. Res. Przewalskis Reisen, 1,

p. 46, 1889— Kansu.
TONKIN: Chapa, four cfcf, three ? 9, Feb. 11 to 15; Mao Xao Phing, two

d" d", one 9, April 3.

These skins are a trifle larger and decidedly darker than specimens
of stejnegeri, the form to which Delacour refers his Indo-Chinese
specimens.

Wing: Tonkin 9 9 70.5, 71, 71.5, 72, 72.

Brachypteryx nipalensis nipalensis Hodgson. NEPAL SHORT-
WING.

Brachypteryx nipalensis Hodgson, P. Z. S. Lond., 1854, p. 74 — Nepal.
TONKIN: Muong Moun, one cf, one 9 , March 19, 27; Lieng San, one d", one

9 , April 5, 7.
LAOS: Phong Saly, four d" d", one 9 , April 25 to 30.

La Touche (Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl., 8, p. 9, 1898) described carolinae
from Kuatun, northwest Fukien, but did not say how or even whether
it differed from nipalensis. As compared with our series, his two types
are reddish brown instead of olive brown. However, this is just the
change which regularly takes place in old museum skins of birds
of this type of coloration and we believe the difference may be due
entirely to the age of the type specimens. The Szechwan bird,
called harterti by Wiegold, was separated on its olive brown color,
probably also due to the mere freshness of the specimens. We
have but one specimen of nipalensis for comparison, but as no one
has yet shown any valid reason for separating the south China and
Indo-China birds from typical nipalensis we retain that name for
our skins.

Our six males, two of which are marked adults, are all brown,
not blue.

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Larvivora cyane (Pallas). SIBERIAN BLUE CHAT.

Motacilla cyane Pallas, Reise Russ. Reich., 3, p. 697, 1776 — Daurien.
LAOS: Phong Saly, three d" d", April 25 to 30.

Larvivora sibilans Swinhoe. SWINHOE'S RED-TAILED ROBIN.

Larvivora sibilans Swinhoe, P. Z. S. Lond., 1863, p. 292 — Macao, China.
TONKIN: Muong Moun, three 9 9 , March 11 to 19.

Hodgsonius phoenicuroides (Gray). HODGSON'S SHORTWING.

Brachypterus phoenicuroides Gray, Cat. Birds of Nepal, pp. 70 and 153, 1846 —

Nepal.

TONKIN: Lieng San, one 9 , April 7.
LAOS: Phong Saly, one immature d", April 24.

Baker (Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl., 42, p. 18) has separated the Chinese
from the Indian form largely on its supposedly smaller size. Our
specimens have a wing measurement of 69 and 71 mm. and are there-
fore small like Baker's ichangensis. However, we rather doubt the
validity of this separation. We have no Indian specimens for com-
parison but four males from Szechuan which we have examined
measure (wing) 74 to 75 mm.

The species has not been taken before in Indo-China.

Prinia inornata exter Thayer and Bangs. CHINESE WREN
WARBLER.

Prinia inornata exter Thayer and Bangs, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., 40,

p. 182, pi. 5, 1912— Hokow, w. Szechwan.
LAOS: Phong Saly, one d1, one 9 , April 27, 29; Muong Yo, one d", May 13;

Vientiane, one d" , July 2.

Prinia flaviventris flaviventris (Delessert). YELLOW-BELLIED
WREN WARBLER.

Orthotomus flaviventris Delessert, Rev. Zool., p. 101, 1840 — Bootan, n. Bengal.
TONKIN: Lai Chau, one d", March 1.

LAOS: Phong Saly, three <? d", two 9 9, April 27 to 30; Muong Yo, one 9,
May 19.

The Yellow-bellied Wren Warbler has apparently not been taken
before in Tonkin or Laos.

Suya superciliaris superciliaris (Anderson). ANDERSON'S HILL
WARBLER.

Saya superciliaris Anderson, P. Z. S. Lond., 1871, p. 212 — Momien, Yunnan.

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TONKIN: Chapa, one d", Feb. 11; Muong Bourn, one 9 , March 21; Mao Xao

Phing, one d1, April 3; Lieng San, one ? , April 6.
LAOS: Phong Saly, eleven d1 d", five 9 9 , April 24 to May 2.

Phyllergates coronatus coronatus (Blyth). GOLDEN-HEADED
WARBLER.

Orthotomus coronatus Blyth, P. Z. S. Lond., 1861, p. 200— Sikkim.

TONKIN: Phong Tho, one 9 , Feb. 25.

LAOS: Phong Saly, one d", five 9 9 , April 24 to 30.

Urophlexis squamiceps (Swinhoe). SWINHOE'S REED WARBLER.

Tribura squamiceps Swinhoe, P. Z. S. Lond., 1863, p. 292 — Canton.
TONKIN: Muong Moun, one d1, March 12.

For the use of Urophlexis instead of Urosphena see Stuart Baker
(Birds of British India, 7, p. 198).

Homochlamys diphone canturians (Swinhoe). CHINESE BUSH
WARBLER.

Arundinax canturians Swinhoe, Ibis, 1860, p. 52 — Amoy.
TONKIN: Lai Chau, three d1 d1, Feb. 28 to March 6.
For the use of this generic name instead of Horornis see Stuart
Baker (Birds of British India, 7, p. 195).

Homochlamys pallidiceps laurentei (La Touche). LAURENTE'S
BUSH WARBLER.

Urosphena laurentei La Touche, Bull. Brit. Orn. CL, 42, p. 30, 1921— Poutous-

ing, Yunnan.
LAOS: Phong Saly, one breeding 9 , April 29.

Homochlamys fortipes davidiana (Verreaux). DAVID'S BUSH
WARBLER.

Arundinax davidiana Verreaux, Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris Bull., 6, p. 37, 1870 —

Moupin.

TONKIN: Lieng San, one unsexed, April 4.
LAOS: Phong Saly, four d1 d", six 9 9 , April 24 to 26.

Abrornis superciliaris salwinensis Baker. YELLOW-BELLIED
FLYCATCHER WARBLER.

Abrornis superciliaris salwinensis Baker, Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl., 44, p. 62, 1924 —

Salween.
TONKIN: Muong Moun, one d", March 16; Ba Nam Nhung, one d", March 9;

Muong Bourn, one d1, one 9 , March 28.
LAOS: Phong Saly, three d1 d1, two 9 9 , April 30 to May 2.

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Seicercus burkii tephrocephalus (Anderson). ANDERSON'S FLY-
CATCHER WARBLER.

Culicipeta tephrocephala Anderson, P. Z. S. Lond., 1871, p. 213 — Bhamo,
Burma.

TONKIN: Muong Moun, one 9, March 15; Lieng San, one d", one 9, one

unsexed, April 5, 7.
LAOS: Phong Saly, three 9 9, April 24.

Phylloscopus trochiloides trochiloides (Sundevall). BLYTH'S
CROWNED WILLOW WARBLER.

Acanthiza trochiloides Sundevall, Physiogr. Sallskapets Tidsk., 1, p. 76, 1837 —
Calcutta.

TONKIN: Muong Moun, one 9 , March 21.

LAOS: Phong Saly, one d", one 9 , April 29, May 1 ; Muong Yo, one d", May 11.

As Gyldenstolpe has shown (Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl., 46, 1925, p. 46)
this name is the correct one for the bird formerly known as Phyllo-
scopus lugubris Blyth.

Phylloscopus reguloides assamensis Hartert. BAKER'S WILLOW
WARBLER.

Phylloscopus trochiloides assamensis Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun., p. 2139, 1921 —

Shillong.

TONKIN: Lieng San, one d* , April 6.
LAOS: Phong Saly, two d" d", three 9 9 , April 24 to 30.
Stuart Baker described this form as harterti but the name proves
to be preoccupied and Hartert has therefore substituted assamensis.

Phylloscopus occipitalis coronatus (Temminck and Schlegel).
TEMMINCK'S CROWNED WILLOW WARBLER.

Ficedula coronala Temminck and Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, Aves, p. 48,
pi. 18, 1847— Japan.

TONKIN: Muong Moun, two d" d", two 9 9 , March 16 to 19; Muong Bourn,
two d"1 d", March 22, 26; Lieng San, one d1, April 5.

Phylloscopus inornatus inornatus (Blyth). CROWNED WILLOW
WARBLER.

Regulus inornatus Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 11, (1), p. 191, 1842 —
India.

TONKIN: Muong Moun, five d1 d1, March 11 to April 3; Ba Nam Nhung, one
d1, one 9 , March 9; Lieng San, two d1 d", April 4, 6.

LAOS: Lao Fou Tchai, two 9 9 , April 21; Phong Saly, one 9 , April 25.

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Phylloscopus proregulus f orresti Rothschild. FORREST'S WILLOW
WARBLER.

Phylloscopus proregulus forresti Rothschild, Novit. Zool., 28, p. 45, 1921 —

Lichiang Range, Yunnan.
TONKIN: Chapa, one 9 , Feb. 14.

Phylloscopus subaffinis Ogilvie Grant. YELLOW-BELLIED BUSH
WARBLER.

Phylloscopus subaffinis Ogilvie Grant, Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl., 10, p. 37, 1900 —
Pu-an-ting, s. w. Kweichow.

TONKIN: Chapa, one 9, one unsexed, Feb. 12, 14; Lieng San, two cfcf,
April 4.

Phylloscopus armandii (Milne-Edwards). MILNE-EDWARDS WIL-
LOW WARBLER.

Abrornis armandii Milne-Edwards, Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, 1, Bull. 10, p. 22,

1865— n. China.
LAOS: Phong Saly, two 9 9 , April 24, 27.

Phylloscopus fuscatus fuscatus (Blyth). DUSKY WILLOW
WARBLER.

Phillopneuste fuscatus Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 11, p. 113, 1842 — Calcutta.

TONKIN: Muong Moun, one cf, March 15; Muong Mo, one 9 , March 19.

LAOS: Phong Saly, two d" d" , one 9 , April 26 to 29.

We have examined two topotypes of robustus identified by
Stresemann, but are unable to verify the characters of that supposed
form.

Phylloscopus trivirgatus ricketti (Slater). RICKETT'S WILLOW
WARBLER.

Cryptolopha ricketti H. H. Slater, Ibis, 1897, p. 174, pi. 4 — Kuatun, Fukien.
TONKIN: Muong Moun, one unsexed, March 28; Pa Ham, one 9, April 7.

Phylloscopus pernotus Bangs and Van Tyne. LAOTIAN WILLOW
WARBLER (Plate III, upper figure).

Phylloscopus pernotus Bangs and Van Tyne, Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. Ser.,

18, No. 1, p. 4, 1930— Muong Yo, Laos.
LAOS: Muong Yo, one adult 9 (the type), May 19.

This very distinct species is somewhat similar to Phylloscopus
trivirgatus ricketti but is smaller and has the breast and belly white
instead of bright yellow. The upper parts are rather duller olive

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green than in Phylloscopus L ricketti and the dark head stripes duller —
olivaceous dusky instead of black. The throat and under tail coverts
are yellow and the breast and belly white, becoming grayish on the
sides.

Wing: 50. Tail: 35.5 mm.

Megalurus palustris andrewsi Bangs. ANDREWS' STRIATED
MARSH WARBLER.

Megalurus palustris andrewsi Bangs, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 44, p. 592,

1921 — Meng-ting, Burma border of Yunnan.
TONKIN: Phong Tho, one cf , Feb. 24; Lai Chau, two cf cf , one 9 , Feb. 28 to

March 6; Muong Moun, one 9, March 26; Mao Xao Phing, one cf,

April 8.
LAOS: Muong Yo, three cf cf , one 9 , May 10 to 18.

Franklinia gracilis (Franklin). FRANKLIN'S WREN WARBLER.

Prinia gracilis Franklin, P. Z. S. Lond., 1831, p. 119 — Vindhyan Hills, India.
LAOS: Phong Saly, one cf , one 9 , April 26, 30; Muong Yo, one cf , May 9.

Franklinia rufescens rufescens (Blyth). BEA VAN'S WREN
WARBLER.

Prinia rufescens Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 16, p. 456, 1847 — Arakan.

TONKIN: Pa Ham, one d", April 6.

LAOS: Vientiane, two d1 cf , July 3.

The specimen from Tonkin is much darker and more rufous below
and may be referable to austeni. We understand from Delacour that
he considers this species to be the same as Franklinia gracilis.

Cisticola juncidis tinnabulans (Swinhoe). CHINESE FAN-TAILED
WARBLER.

Calamanthella tinnabulans Swinhoe, Journ. N. China Branch Royal As. Soc.,

2, p. 225 — Amoy.
TONKIN: Muong Moun, one cf, March 30.

Orthotomus atrogularis flavoviridis Moore. BLACK-NECKED
TAYLOR BIRD.

Orthotomus flavoviridis Moore, P. Z. S. Lond., 1854, p. 72 — Malacca.
TONKIN: Muong Moun, two cf cf, March 13, April 3; Muong Bourn, three

cf cf, March 24 to 26.
LAOS: Boun Tai, two cf cf , May 24, 30.

Stuart Baker (Birds Brit. India, 2, p. 414) is wrong in giving
Malacca as the type locality of 0. a. atrogularis which was actually

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described from Borneo. 0. a. flavoviridis is quite different from the
Bornean form.

Orthotomus sutorius inexpectatus La Touche. YUNNAN TAYLOR
BIRD.

Orthotomus sutorius inexpectatus La Touche, Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl., 43, p. 42,

1922 — Mongtze, Yunnan.
TONKIN: Pa Ham, one d", one unsexed, April 8; Muong Moun, one 6", March

27; Muong Mo, one 9 , March 12.
LAOS: Phong Saly, two 9 9 , April 29, 30; Muong Yo, one unsexed, May 17;

Boun Tai, one &, May 28; Pak Si, one immature d", June 18; Vientiane,

one d", July 2.

These specimens are very like the type and a good series of
inexpectatus. They differ from longicaudus (of which we consider
phyllorrhapheus a synonym) as La Touche says, in being whiter
below. We are not sure, however, that all of our specimens are
separable from maculicollis, of which we have five specimens from
Bangkok, for the differences seem to us very slight indeed.

Tribura luteoventris Hodgson. BROWN BUSH WARBLER.

Tribura luteoventris Hodgson, P. Z. S. Lond., 1845, p. 30 — Cachar.
TONKIN: Mao Xao Phing, one d", April 3.
LAOS: Phong Saly, two 9 9 , April 24, 25.

Locustella certhiola (Pallas). PALLAS' GRASSHOPPER WARBLER.

Motacilla certhiola Pallas, Zoogr. Ross. Asiat., 1, p. 509, 1827 — Lake Baikal.
LAOS: Boun Tai, one d", May 29.

Sushkin (Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., 38, p. 44, 1925) has separated
this species into four subspecies but the distinctions are so close
that we do not feel justified in giving a subspecific determination
to a single migrant bird, especially with the small amount of com-
parative material at hand. Our specimen is doubtless a migrant for,
according to Stuart Baker, these birds breed late. This warbler has
not been recorded before from Indo-China.

Rhipidura albicollis albicollis (Vieillot). WHITE-THROATED FAN-
TAIL FLYCATCHER.

Platyrhynchus albicollis Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., 27, p. 13, 1818 —
Bengal.

TONKIN: Phong Tho, one 9 , Feb. 25; Lai Chau, two 9 9 , Feb. 28, March 1;
Pa Ham, one d1, March 8; Muong Bourn, one 9, March 23; Muong Mo,
one d1, one 9 , March 17, 19; Lieng San, two d1 d1, one 9 , April 5 to 7.

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LAOS: Phong Saly, three cf d1, three 9 9 , April 24 to 26; Muong Yo, one d" ,
one 9 , May 15; Boun Tai, one d", one 9 , May 25, 30.

This Flycatcher was noted as breeding at Phong Saly and
Muong Yo.

Hypothymis azurea styani (Hartlaub). BLACK-NAPED FLY-
CATCHER.

Siphia styani Hartlaub, Abh. Nat. Ver. Bremen, 16, 2, p. 248, 1898 — Horkow,

Hainan.
TONKIN: Muong Moun, one d", March 25; Pa Ham, one d* , April 8; Muong

Mo, one d", March 16.
LAOS: Phong Saly, one d", one 9, April 28, May 1; Muong Yo, four <?<?,

three 9 9 , May 10 to 20; Boun Tai, two c? cf, May 28; Vientiane, one cf,

one 9 , July 1, 3.

Terpsiphone paradisi affinis (Blyth). BURMESE PARADISE FLY-
CATCHER.

Tchitrea affinis Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 15, p. 292, 1846 — Malay Penin-
sula.

TONKIN: Pou Den Dinh, one adult d", one adult 9 , April 18.
LAOS: Muong Yo, two adult d1 d1 (brown tail), one adult 9 , May 10 to 19.
Orbital skin Campanula Blue, bill Cadet Blue, feet Deep Dutch
Blue (Tonkin pair).

Niltava macgrigoriae (Burton). SMALL NILTAVA.

Phoenicura MacGrigoriae Burton, P. Z. S. Lond., 1835, p. 152 — Himalayas.
TONKIN: Chapa, one d", Feb. 15; Ye Yen Sun, one d1, Feb. 21; Lieng San,
one d1, one 9 , April 6, 7.

Niltava grandis grandis (Blyth). LARGE NILTAVA.

Chaitaris grandis Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 11, p. 189, 1842 — Darjeeling.
TONKIN: Chapa, one d", Feb. 15.

Niltava davidi lychnis Thayer and Bangs. HUPEH NILTAVA.

Niltava lychnis Thayer and Bangs, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 52, p. 141, 1909 —

Pao-tung, Hupeh.

TONKIN: Ba Nam Cai, one 9 , March 11.
LAOS: Phong Saly, one d1, April 26.

La Touche (Handbook Birds East. China, p. 171, 1925) now
recognizes this race of Niltava davidi.

Culicicapa ceylonensis antioxantha Oberholser. CHINESE GRAY-
HEADED FLYCATCHER.

Culicicapa ceylonensis antioxantha Oberholser, Smiths. Misc. Coll., 76, p. 9,
1923— Khaw Sai Dow, Trang, Lower Siam.

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TONKIN: Lai Chau, one unsexed, March 6; Pa Ham, one 9 , March 8; Muong
Moun, one <?, March 15; Ba Nam Nhung, one d", March 8.

LAOS: Phong Saly, two d'o", April 24, 28; Muong Yo, one d", one 9, May
15, 20.

We have compared our specimens of this distinct race with the
large series in the British Museum.

Anthipes moniliger leucops (Sharpe). SHARPE'S WHITE-GORGETED
FLYCATCHER.

Digenea leucops Sharpe, P. Z. S. Lond., 1888, p. 246— Shillong.
TONKIN: Muong Moun, one 9 , March 23.
LAOS: Phong Saly, one d", one 9 , April 25, 29.

Eumyias thalassina thalassina (Swainson). VERDITER FLY-
CATCHER.

Muscicapa thalassina Swainson, Jardine and Selby, Nat. Libr., 17, append.,
p. 252, 1838— India.

TONKIN: Phong Tho, one <?, Feb. 24; Lai Chau, one <?,• March 5; Ba Nam
Nhung, one 9, March 11; Muong Mo, one d", two 9 9, one unsexed,
March 13 to 15; Muong Bourn, three d1 d1, one 9 , March 23 to 27; Mao
Xao Phing, one <?, April 3; Lieng San, five d1 cf, April 4 to 7.

LAOS: Phong Saly, one d1, two 9 9 , April 25 to May 3.

This Flycatcher was breeding at Phong Saly.

For the use of the name Eumyias in place of Stoporala see Baker
(Birds Brit. India, 7, p. 136).

Muscicapula banyumas white! Harington. BLUE FLYCATCHER.

Cyornis whitei Harington, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (8), 2, p. 245, 1908 — Watan,

Bhamo Dist.
TONKIN: Muong Moun, four d1 d", four 9 9 , March 12 to 29; Ba Nam Nhung,

one d1, March 11.
LAOS: Lao Fou Tchai, one d1, April 21; Phong Saly, one d1, April 26; Muong

Yo, one d1, one 9 , May 13, 19; Vientiane, two d1 d1, one 9 , July 1 to 3.

A male collected July 1 is in the spotted Juvenal plumage.
For the use of the name Muscicapula instead of Cyornis see
Baker (Birds Brit. India, 7, p. 131).

Muscicapula unicolor unicolor (Blyth). PALE BLUE FLY-
CATCHER.

Cyornis unicolor Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 12, p. 1007, 1843 — Darjeeling.
LAOS: Phong Saly, one d1, April 28; Muong Yo, one d", one 9 , May 16.

These males appear exactly like one from Darjeeling, the only
one we have for comparison.

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Muscicapula pallipes hainana (Ogilvie Grant). GRANT'S BLUE
FLYCATCHER.

Siphia hainana Ogilvie Grant, Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl., 10, p. 36, 1899 — Hainan.
TONKIN: Pa Ham, one cf, one unsexed, April 7; Ba Nam Nhung, one d",

one ? , March 11; Muong Mo, five cf cT, one 9 , March 16 to 19; Muong

Bourn, one unsexed, March 25.
LAOS: Muong Yo, six d" d\ one 9 , May 9 to 18; Boun Tai, two d" d" , two 9 9 ,

May 25 to 27.

Muscicapula melanoleuca melanoleuca Blyth. LITTLE PIED
FLYCATCHER.

Muscicapula melanoleuca Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 12, p. 940, 1843 —

Nepal.

TONKIN: Ba Nam Nhung, one 9 , March 9; Pou Den Dinh, one 9 , April 18.
LAOS: Phong Saly, one 9 , April 25.

Stevens (Kinnear, 1929, p. 135) saw some of these Flycatchers
in Tonkin but they have not been collected before in Indo-China.

Muscicapula tricolor tricolor (Hodgson). SLATY-BLUE FLY-
CATCHER.

Digenea tricolor Hodgson, P. Z. S. Lond., 1845, p. 26 — Nepal.
TONKIN: Lieng San, one d", April 6.

This Flycatcher was also collected by Stevens at Bao-Ha, Tonkin.

As Kinnear has said (1929, p. 133) specimens from China and
Indo-China are all typical tricolor, while cerviniventris seems to be
confined to Manipur, Naga Hills, Chin Hills, and South Shan States.

Muscicapula hyperythra hyperythra (Blyth). RUFOUS-BREASTED
BLUE FLYCATCHER.

Muscicapa hyperythra Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 11, p. 885, 1842 — India.
TONKIN: Muong Moun, one d1, three 9 9, March 16 to 24; Ba Nam Nhung,
one 9, March 11.

Muscicapula concreta cyanea Hume. WHITE-TAILED BLUE
FLYCATCHER.

Muscitrea cyanea Hume, Stray Feathers, 5, p. 101, 1877 — Muleyit.
TONKIN: Muong Moun, one d", March 13.

Muscicapula mugimaki (Temminck). JAPANESE ROBIN FLY-
CATCHER.

Muscicapa mugimaki Temminck, PI. Col., pi. 577, fig. 2, 1835 — Japan.
TONKIN: Pou Den Dinh, one d% April 18.
LAOS: Phong Saly, one 9 , April 25.

This species has not been taken before in Tonkin or Laos.

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Siphia parva albicilla (Pallas). RED-BREASTED FLYCATCHER.

Musdcapa albicilla Pallas, Zoogr. Ross. Asiat., 1, p. 462, 1827 — Dauria.
TONKIN: Pa Ham, one d* , April 8; Muong Moun, one d", March 15.
LAOS: Phong Saly, two 9 9 , April 27, 30.

Hemichelidon sibirica sibirica (Gmelin). SOOTY FLYCATCHER.

Musdcapa sibirica Gmelin, Syst. Nat., 1, 1788, p. 936 — Lake Baikal.

LAOS: Phong Saly, one 9 , May 4.

Our specimen proves to be a migrant example of typical sibirica
and not the darker rothschildi of Yunnan. This race has not been
found before in Indo-China.

Anthus roseatus Blyth. HODGSON'S PIPIT.

Anihus roseatus Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 16, p. 437, 1847 — Nepal.

TONKIN: Muong Moun, one 9 , March 25.

This is the first record of Hodgson's Pipit in Indo-China.

Anthus richardi richardi Vieillot. RICHARD'S PIPIT.

Anthus richardi Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., 26, p. 491, 1818 — France.
TONKIN: Muong Bourn, one 9, March 27.

LAOS: Phong Saly, one d" (wing 93), one 9 (wing 93), April 29, May 4;
Muong Yo, two 9 9 (wing 91, 93), May 13, 15.

Anthus richardi rufulus Vieillot. INDIAN PIPIT.

Anthus rufulus Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., 36, p. 494, 1818— Bengal.
LAOS: Muong Yo, four adult d1 tf (wing 83, 82, 81, 80), one Juvenal d*, one

breeding 9 (wing 75), one unsexed Juvenal, May 9 to 16; Boun Tai, one

adult d" (wing 80), one juvenal c?1, May 28.

Meinertzhagen has recently (Ibis, 1921, p. 651) reviewed the
known forms of this species.

Anthus hodgsoni Richmond. INDIAN TREE PIPIT.

Anthus hodgsoni Richmond, Carnegie Inst. Wash., Pub. No. 54, 1, pt. 2, p. 493,
1907— Nepal.

TONKIN: Chapa, two d"cr, one unsexed, Feb. 12 to 15; Lai Chau, one 9,
March 2; Muong Moun, one d1, two 9 9 , March 24 to April 1; Ba Nam
Nhung, one 9 , March 8; Mao Xao Phing, one 9 , April 3.

LAOS: Phong Saly, one 9 , April 28.

We are unable, even with good series before us, to recognize the
subdivisions of this species which have been proposed (see Bull.
Mus. Comp. Zool., 68, p. 368).

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Dendronanthus indicus (Gmelin). FOREST WAGTAIL.
Motacilla indicus Gmelin, Syst. Nat., 1, 1789, p. 962 — India.
LAOS: Muong Yo, one ? , May 15.

Motacilla flava thunbergi Billberg. GRAY-HEADED WAGTAIL.

Motacilla thunbergi Billberg, Syn. Faun. Scand., pt. 2, p. 50, 1828 — Lapland.

LAOS: Muong Yo, one <? (wing 82), two 9 9 (wing 83, 78), May 10 to 16.

Delacour has listed this form from Indo-China as M. f. macronyx
Stresemann, but we are unable to recognize that subspecies, which
seems to depend solely on the length of the hind claw, which is an
extremely uncertain character at best (see Hartert, Vog. Pal.
Faun., p. 2098).

Motacilla cinerea caspica (S. G. Gmelin). EASTERN GRAY WAG-
TAIL.

Parus caspica S. G. Gmelin, Reise Russ., p. 104, pi. 20, fig. 2, 1774 — Enseli,
Ghilan, n. Persia.

TONKIN: Ye Yen Sun, two cf d", Feb. 21; Phong Tho, two cf d", Feb. 24, 25;
Lai Chau, one d", one 9 , March 1, 5; Muong Moun, one 9 , one unsexed,
March 16, 29; Ba Nam Nhung, one d" , three 9 9 , March 10, 11.

Motacilla alba alboides Hodgson. HODGSON'S PIED WAGTAIL.

Motacilla alboides Hodgson, Asiat. Resear., 19, p. 191, 1836 — Nepal.
TONKIN: Phong Tho, two <?<?, Feb. 24, 25; Lai Chau, two c? d", March 1;

Ba Nam Nhung, one d1, March 11.
LAOS: Mekong River halfway between Luang Prabang and Paklay, one d" ,

one 9 , June 20.

The two specimens taken on the Mekong are in heavy molt.
Motacilla alba leucopsis Gould. WHITE-FACED WAGTAIL.

Motacilla leucopsis Gould, P. Z. S. Lond., 1837, p. 78 — India.
TONKIN: Chapa, one d1, Feb. 14; Lai Chau, one d", March 4.

Motacilla alba ocularis Swinhoe. STREAK-EYED WAGTAIL.

Motacilla ocularis Swinhoe, Ibis, 1860, p. 55 — Amoy.
TONKIN: Lai Chau, one 9 , April 1; Lieng San, one d", April 7.

Microcichla scouleri scouleri (Vigors). LITTLE FORKTAIL.

Enicurus scouleri Vigors, P. Z. S. Lond., 1831, p. 174 — Simla.
TONKIN: Chapa, one adult 9 , Feb. 15.

Enicurus leschenaulti indicus Hartert. INDIAN FORKTAIL.

Enicurus leschenaulti indicus Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun., p. 760, 1909 — Mar-

gherita, Assam.
TONKIN: Lai Chau, two d1 d", March 1,3; Muong Mo, one d*, March 15.

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Enicurus schistaceus Hodgson. SLATY-BACKED FORKTAIL.

Enicurus schistaceus Hodgson, As. Res., 19, p. 189, 1836 — Nepal.

TONKIN: Phong Tho, one d", Feb. 22; Lai Chau, one d% March 1; Muong

Moun, three d" d", March 16 to 23; Ba Nam Nhung, one d", one 9 , March

9, 10; Muong Mo, one cT, one ? , March 15, 18.

Enicurus maculatus robinsoni Baker. ANNAM SPOTTED FORK-
TAIL.

Enicurus maculatus robinsoni Baker, Bull. Brit. Orn. CL, 43, p. 19, 1922 —
Langham Peaks, s. Annam.

TONKIN: Chapa, one d" (wing 108), Feb. 15.

This specimen differs from guttatus in its larger size and from
bacatus in the smaller size of the spots on the back. Baker's robinsoni
is decidedly larger than guttatus although Baker himself in the first
part of the original description says that it is smaller. Baker's
table of measurements in the latter part of the description shows
clearly that robinsoni is actually larger and Baker so describes it
in the "Birds of British India" (vol. 2, p. 59). Seven males collected
by Robinson and Kloss at the same locality in Annam (Ibis, 1919,
p. 595) are also large.

Artamus fuscus Vieillot. ASHY SWALLOW SHRIKE.

Artamus fuscus Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., 17, p. 297, 1817 — Bengal.
TONKIN: Lai Chau, one cf, one 9 , March 6 (collected from a large flock).
LAOS: Lao Fou Tchai, one 9 , April 21; Phong Saly, one d" , one 9 , April 25.
The Swallow Shrike was breeding at Phong Saly.

Lanius cristatus cristatus Linnaeus. BROWN SHRIKE.
Lanius cristatus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., 1758, p. 93 — Bengal.
LAOS: Phong Saly, three adult d" d% two immature 9 9 , April 29 to May 2;
Muong Yo, one adult d1, May 9.

Four of our six specimens are in adult plumage and all are clearly
typical cristatus rather than superciliosus which is much more chest-
nut above.

Lanius tephronotus (Vigors). GRAY-BACKED SHRIKE.

Collurio tephronotus Vigors, P. Z. S. Lond., 1831, p. 43 — Himalayas, Gyantse,

Tibet.
LAOS: Phong Saly, one d", April 25.

Lanius schach schach Linnaeus. CHINESE RUFOUS-BACKED
SHRIKE.

Lanius schach Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., 1758, p. 94 — China.
TONKIN: Chapa, two 9 9, Feb. 11; Lai Chau, one 9, March 2.

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Lanius nigriceps nigriceps (Franklin). INDIAN BLACK-HEADED
SHRIKE.

Collurio nigriceps Franklin, P. Z. S. Lond., 1831, p. 117 — Ganges, Calcutta to

Benares.

TONKIN: Mao Xao Phing, one cf , April 8.
LAOS: Lao Fou Tchai, one cf , April 21; Phong Saly, one adult cf (2,500 ft.),

May 3.

Lanius colluroides Lesson. BURMESE SHRIKE.

Lanius colluroides Lesson, Voy. Ind. Orient. Belanger, p. 250, 1831 — Pegu.

TONKIN: Muong Moun, one cf , March 10.

Our specimen accords well with the description of griseicapillus
of Delacour but he now informs us that further collections have shown
that the form is not valid.

Tephrodornis gularis pelvica (Hodgson). NEPAL WOOD SHRIKE.

Tentheca pelvica Hodgson, Ind. Rev., 1, p. 477, 1837 — Nepal.
TONKIN: Pou Den Dinh, one 9 (wing 117), April 18.

LAOS: Muong Yo, one cf, May 15; Vientiane, one cf , one 9 (wing 119),
July 2.

Two of our specimens are damaged or molting and all are in very
worn and faded plumage, but because of their large size we consider
that they can not be referred to annectens, the name used by Kinnear
(1929, p. 329) for the bird of Siam, Yunnan, and Annam. Even
allowing for their faded condition we would identify them with the
gray-backed pelvicus rather than the very dark brown mantled
latouchei of Fukien and northwest Tonkin.

Hemipus picatus capitalis (McClelland). BROWN-BACKED PIED
SHRIKE.

Muscicapa capitalis McClelland, P. Z. S. Lond., 1839, p. 157 — Assam.
TONKIN: Phong Tho, one cf, Feb. 24; Muong Moun, two cf cf, two 9 9,

March 21 to 29; Mao Xao Phing, one cf , April 3.
LAOS: Lao Fou Tchai, one cf, April 21; Phong Saly, two cf cf, two 9 9,

April 24 to May 4; Vientiane, one 9 , July 1.

Sturnopastor capensis floweri Sharpe. SIAMESE PIED MYNA.

Sturnopastor floweri Sharpe, Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl., 7, p. 17, 1897— Pachim, West
Central Siam.

LAOS: Muong Yo, three adult cf cf , three adult 9 9 , two Juvenal cf cf , May
10 to 14.

Iris Warm Buff, orbital skin Orange Rufous, distal half of bill
Pinkish Buff, basal half of bill English Red (adult 9).

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The Pied Myna was common in the cleared land about the village
of Muong Yo but was not seen elsewhere. It is here recorded from
Indo-China for the first time.

All of our specimens have the glossy black back which differenti-
ates this form from superciliaris of Burma.

Aethiopsar grandis grandis (Horsford and Moore). SIAMESE
JUNGLE MYNA.

Acridotheres grandis Horsford and Moore, Cat. Birds East Ind. Co., 2,

p. 537, 1858 — "Sumatra" =Tenasserim.
TONKIN: Lai Chau, one d", one 9 , March 3, April 1.
LAOS: Muong Yo, three d" d", one 9 , May 9 to 13; Vientiane, one 9 , July 1.

Aethiopsar cristatellus brevipennis (Hartert). HAINAN CRESTED

MYNA.

Acridotheres cristatella brevipennis Hartert, Novit. Zool., 17, p. 250, 1910 —

Kiungchau, Hainan.
TONKIN: Muong Moun, three <? & (wing 133, 137, 138), one 9 (wing 133),

March 14 to 29.

These specimens differ from a large series from China in having
the wing 5-10 mm. shorter. We therefore use the name brevipennis
although we can not see that they have a smaller bill as Hartert
described his Hainan specimens.

Acridotheres tristis tristis (Linnaeus). COMMON MYNA.

Paradisea tristis Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., 1, 1766, p. 167 — "Philippines" =

Calcutta.
LAOS: Muong Yo, one d", May 9.

Gracupica nigricollis (Paykull). BLACK-NECKED MYNA.

Gracula nigricollis Paykull, Stockholm Acad. Handl., 28, p. 291, 1807 —

China.
TONKIN: Lai Chau, three & d" , March 3 to April 1; Ba Nam Nhung, one d",

March 9; Muong Mo, one 9 , March 16.
LAOS: Nam Hou River above Muong Khoua, one juvenal 9 , June 7; Vientiane,

one unsexed juvenal, July 3.

Sturnia malabarica nemoricola Jerdon. WHITE-WINGED MYNA.
Sturnia nemoricola Jerdon, Ibis, 1862, p. 22 — Thayetmyo, Burma.
TONKIN: Lai Chau, three d1 cf, one 9, March 3 to 5; Chieng Chan, one 9 ,

April 2; Pou Den Dinh, one 9 , April 18.
LAOS: Lao Fou Tchai, one 9 , April 21; Vientiane, two d" cf , July 1,3.

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Sturnia sinensis (Gmelin). CHINESE MYNA.

Oriolus sinensis Gmelin, Syst. Nat., 1, 1788, p. 394, No. 50 — China.
TONKIN: Ba Nam Nhung, one 9 , March 11.

Gracula javana intermedia A. Hay. INDIAN CRACKLE.

Gracula intermedia A. Hay, Madr. Journ. Lit. Sci., 13, pt. 2, p. 157, 1844 —

Cachar.
TONKIN: Lai Chau, one cf , two 9 9 , March 2 to April 1; Nam Nen, one cf ,

one 9, March 9; Muong Moun, four cf cf, two 9 9, March 11 to 28;

Ba Nam Nhung, one 9 , March 10; Muong Mo, one cf , three 9 9 , March

15 to 19; Muong Bourn, one cf , two 9 9 , March 27.
LAOS: Muong Yo, two cf cf , May 11, 20; Vientiane, one cf , one 9 , July 2, 3.

Bill Flame Scarlet, tip of bill, bare skin of head, feet Deep Chrome
(Nam Nen cf ).

We find much variation in the bare areas on the side of the head.
The race intermedia is supposed to have the bare patch under the
eye joined to that on the ear coverts, but in several of our specimens
the two areas are divided by a narrow feathered strip. None of
our birds approach the larger javana in size.

Arachnothera longirostra longirostra Latham. LITTLE SPIDER
HUNTER.

Certhia longirostra Latham, Ind. Orn., 1, p. 299, 1790 — Bengal.

TONKIN: Phong Tho, one 9, Feb. 23; Pa Ham, one cf, one 9, March 8,

April 7.
LAOS: Muong Yo, one cf , May 19; Boun Tai, one cf, May 30.

Arachnothera magna magna (Hodgson). STREAKED SPIDER
HUNTER.

Cinnyris magna Hodgson, Ind. Rev., 2, p. 272, 1837 — Nepal.

TONKIN: Phong Tho, two cf cf, one 9 , Feb. 24, 25; Lai Chau, one cf , March
6; Pa Ham, one cf , one 9 , March 8, April 8; Muong Moun, two cf cf , one
9 , March 21 to April 4; Ba Nam Nhung, one cf , March 10; Pou Den Dinh,
one cf , April 18.

LAOS: Phong Saly, two 9 9 , April 25, 27; Muong Yo, one 9 , May 15.

Bill black, feet Ochraceous Buff.

Anthreptes nuchalis lisettae Delacour. BANDED SUNBIRD.

Anthreptes hypogrammica lisettae Delacour, Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl., 47, p. 22, 1926

— Col de Nuages, Annam.
LAOS: Muong Yo, two cf cf , May 11, 20.

These specimens agree well with the type and the series of this
well marked form which we examined in the British Museum.

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Leptocoma flammaxillaris flammaxillaris (Blyth). BURMESE
YELLOW-BREASTED SUNBIRD.

Nectarinia flammaxillaris Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 14, p. 557, 1845 —

Tenasserim.
LAOS: Vientiane, one 9 , July 2.

Aethopyga nipalensis nipalensis (Hodgson). NEPAL YELLOW-
BACKED SUNBIRD.

Cinnyris nipalensis Hodgson, Ind. Rev., 2, p. 273, 1837 — Nepal.
TONKIN: Lieng San, three d1 d", April 6, 7.

This Sunbird has been found in Indo-China only by Stevens,
who collected one at Ngai Tio.

Aethopyga sanguinipecta sanguinipecta Walden. WALDEN'S
YELLOW-BACKED SUNBIRD.

Aethopyga sanguinipectus Walden, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (4), 15, p. 400,

1875 — Tonghoo Hills, Burma.
TONKIN: Chapa, five c? cf, Feb. 12 to 14; Muong Moun, two cT d", March 19

to 20; Muong Bourn, one d1, one 9 , March 24, 27; Lieng San, four cf d1,

April 4 to 6.
LAOS: Phong Saly, four d"cf, April 24 to May 1; Muong Yo, three 0*0* »

one 9 , May 9 to 20; Boun Tai, two d" d", May 22, 29.

Aethopyga dabryii (Verreaux). DABRY'S SUNBIRD.

Nectarinia dabryii Verreaux, Rev. et Mag. Zool., p. 173, pi. 15, 1867 — Ta-

tsien-lu, Szechwan.

TONKIN: Chapa, five d" d1, Feb. 14, 15.
Dabry's Sunbird was also found by Stevens at Ngai Tio, Tonkin.

Aethopyga siparaja seheriae (Tickell). INDIAN YELLOW-BACKED
SUNBIRD.

Nectarinia seheriae Tickell, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 2, p. 577, 1833 — Seheria,

Borabhum.
TONKIN: Lai Chau, six d* d1, March 1 to 5; Muong Moun, one d1, March 22;

Ba Nam Nhung, four cfd"1, two 9 9, March 9 to 11; Muong Mo, two

d'a", March 12, 16; Muong Bourn, two cfd1, March 22, 27; Lieng San,

one d1 (= 9?), April 7.
LAOS: Boun Tai, one d", May 25.

We have compared these specimens with the series of tonkinensis
and mangini in the British Museum. The subspecies seheriae differs
sharply from tonkinensis in having the under parts yellow green
instead of gray barely washed with green.

This form has apparently not been secured before in Indo-China.

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Chalcoparia singalensis koratensis Kloss. SIAMESE RUBY-
CHEEK.

Chalcoparia singalensis koratensis Kloss, Ibis, 1918, p. 218 — Lat Bua Kao,

e. Siam.
TONKIN: Phong Tho, one d", one 9 , Feb. 23; Lai Chau, one d", one 9 , March

1, 6; Muong Moun, two d" d1, March 29, April 3.
LAOS: Boun Tai, two d" d", May 24, 26.

Our series agrees well with Kloss's description except that the
measurements do not show them to be smaller than singalensis.
Wing: 9 9 55, 57, 55, 56, 56 mm.

Dicaeum concolor olivaceum Walden. PLAIN-COLORED FLOWER-
PECKER.

Dicaeum olivaceum Walden, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (4), 15, p. 401, 1875 —

Tonghoo Hills, Burma.
TONKIN: Muong Moun, six d1 d1, one 9 , March 21 to April 4; Ba Nam Nhung,

two 0*0", one 9, March 8, 9; Muong Mo, one d", March 19; Muong

Bourn, two d1 cf, one 9 , March 27.

LAOS: Phong Saly, one d1, May 2; Muong Yo, two d1 d", one 9 , May 11 to 20.
This little Flowerpecker was common about certain mistletoe-like
plants parasitic on the trees in the region of Muong Moun.

Dicaeum ignipectum ignipectum (Blyth). FIRE-BREASTED
FLOWERPECKER.

Myzanthe ignipectus Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 12, p. 983, 1843 — Nepal.

TONKIN: Lieng San, one d", April 7.

LAOS: Phong,Saly, two d1 d1, one 9 , April 26 to May 2.

Dicaeum chrysorrheum chrysochlore Blyth. YELLOW-VENTED
FLOWERPECKER.

Dicaeum chrysochlore Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 12, p. 1009, 1843 —

Arakan.
TONKIN: Muong Moun, two d1 d1, March 11, 20; Muong Mo, one d", March 19.

Zosterops simplex simplex Swinhoe. CHINESE WHITE-EYE.

Zosterops simplex Swinhoe, P. Z. S. Lond., 1863, p. 203 — China, from Canton
to Foochow.

TONKIN: Muong Moun, one d1, one 9 , March 18, 20; Ba Nam Nhung, one d1,
one 9 , March 10; Muong Mo, three d1 d1, one 9 , March 17 to 19; Muong
Bourn, one d1, one 9 , March 22 to 24; Lieng San, one d1, April 4.

Zosterops palpebrosa williamsoni Robinson and Kloss. SIAMESE
WHITE-EYE.

Zosterops palpebrosa williamsoni Robinson and Kloss, Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc.
Siam, 3, p. 445, 1919 — west coast of Siam and Selangor.

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TONKIN: Muong Moun, nine tf cf , three 9 9, March 10 to April 1; Ba Nam
Nhung, one cf, one 9, March 9, 11; Muong Bourn, two 9 9, March 23.

LAOS: Phong Saly, five cf cf , one 9 , April 25 to May 2; Muong Yo, one. 9 ,
May 14.

Delacour (1929, p. 429) uses the name joannae La Touche. We
have compared our series with the types of that form and find them
identical, but Rothschild (Novit. Zool., 33, p. 318) contends that
joannae is a synonym of williamsoni.

This species usually shows a slight mid-ventral streak of yellow
and, compared with Z. simplex, is brighter above and has a richer
yellow throat and under tail coverts.

Uroloncha punctulata topela (Swinhoe). CHINESE SPOTTED

MUNIA.

Munia topela Swinhoe, Ibis, 1863, p. 380 — Amoy.

TONKIN: Lai Chau, one d", April 11; Muong Moun, one immature cf , March
10; Ba Nam Nhung, one cf, March 10; Muong Bourn, one 9, March 27.

Uroloncha striata subsquamicollis Baker. CHINESE SHARP-
TAILED MUNIA.

Uroloncha acuticauda subsquamicollis Baker, Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl., 45, p. 59,

1925 — Bankasoon.
TONKIN: Muong Moun, six d* cf , four 9 9 , two unsexed, March 14 to April 2;

Muong Bourn, four cfcf, two 9 9, March 22, 23.
LAOS: Lao Fou Tchai, one 9, April 21; Phong Saly, one cf, two 9 9, April

29 to May 4; Muong Yo, one 9 , May 10; Boun Tai, one cf , one 9 , May

28; Vientiane, one cf , July 1.

Munia atricapilla rubronigra Hodgson. NORTHERN CHESTNUT-
BELLIED MUNIA.

Munia rubronigra Hodgson, As. Res., 19, p. 153, 1836 — Nepal.
LAOS: Muong Yo, one cf , May 17.

Passer rutilans intensior Rothschild. YUNNAN CINNAMON
SPARROW.

Passer rutilans intensior Rothschild, Bull. Brit. Orn. CL, 43, p. 11, 1922 —

Mekong Valley.
TONKIN: Chapa, one cf , one 9 , Feb. 13.

Passer montanus malaccensis Dubois. MALAY TREE SPARROW.

Passer malaccensis Dubois, Faun. 111. Vert. Beige, Ois., 1, p. 572, 1885 —

Malacca.
TONKIN: Muong Moun, three d1 cf , one 9, March 13 to April 2; Lieng San,

one cf , April 7; Mao Xao Phing, two cf cf , April 3; Chieng Chan, one cf,

April 2.

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LAOS: Phong Saly, three cf d", one 9 , one unsexed Juvenal, April 25 to May 2;
Muong Yo, five d" d", six 99, May 15 to 19; Pak Si, one d", June 18.

The first Juvenal was collected April 25 at Phong Saly.
Melophus melanicterus (Gmelin). CRESTED BUNTING.

Fringilla melanictera Gmelin, Syst. Nat., 1788, 1, p. 910 — Macao.
TONKIN: Ye Yen Sun, one d1, Feb. 21.

LAOS: Lao Fou Tchai, two d1 d1, April 21; Phong Saly, four d" d\ two 9 9 ,
April 26 to May 3; Muong Yo, one d", May 11.

The Crested Bunting was fairly common in the open grass land
about Lao Fou Tchai and Phong Saly.

Emberiza rutila Pallas. CHESTNUT BUNTING.

Emberiza rutila Pallas, Reise Russ. Reich., 3, p. 698, 1776 — Mongolia.
LAOS: Phong Saly, one 9 , April 30.

Emberiza spodocephala melanops Blyth. BLACK-HEADED
BUNTING.

Emberiza melanops Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 14, p. 554, 1845 — Tipperah.
TONKIN: Lai Chau, one 9 , March 6; Muong Bourn, one 9 , March 28.

Emberiza aureola Pallas. YELLOW-BREASTED BUNTING.

Emberiza aureola Pallas, Reise Russ. Reich., 2, p. 711, 1776 — Irtysh.
LAOS: Phong Saly, one d1, April 28; Muong Yo, one 9, May 11.

Emberiza pusilla Pallas. LITTLE BUNTING.

Emberiza pusilla Pallas, Reise Russ. Reich., 3, p. 397, 1776 — Daurian Alps.
TONKIN: Chapa, two d"1 d1, two unsexed, Feb. 12 to 13; Muong Moun, one 9 »

March 26; Lieng San, three 9 9 , April 5, 6.
LAOS: Phong Saly, two 9 9, April 24.

Carpodacus erythrinus murati Delacour. LAOTIAN ROSE FINCH.

Carpodacus erythrinus murati Delacour, Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl., 47, p. 20, 1926 —

Noug Het (=Nong Het), Laos.
TONKIN: Lieng San, two d1 d1, April 5, 9.
LAOS: Lao Fou Tchai, two 9 9, April 21; Phong Saly, one d1, one 9, April

28, 30.

Mycerobas melanozanthus (Hodgson). SPOTTED-WINGED
GROSBEAK.

Coccothraustes melanozanthus Hodgson, As. Res., 19, p. 150, 1836 — Himalayas.
LAOS: Muong Yo, two 9 9 (wing 118, 120), May 10, 11.

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One of the most interesting discoveries of the expedition was the
collecting of this handsome Grosbeak at Muong Yo, its first occur-
rence in Indo-China. In its Himalayan range the bird is reported
to be an inhabitant of the high altitudes. It is noteworthy therefore
that these two specimens were collected in May at an altitude of
only 2,300 feet.

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