Plate 93:

Silver-eared Mesias and Pekin Robins.

1 (1076) Silver-eared Mesia: Leiothrix argentauris

(a) Male galbana (E. Myanmar formerly Burma, N. Thailand): Yellow bill and forehead-patch, black head, silver-grey ear- coverts, orange-yellow throat and breast, reddish wing patch and tail-coverts.

(b) Female: Nape and uppertail-coverts dull golden-olive; generally less yellows.

(c) Male cunhaci (S. Indochina): larger yellow forehead-patch.

(d) Male ricketti (S.E. Yunnan, N. Indochina): Orange-red throat and upper breast and slightly darker remainder of underparts.

NOT LISTED, yet:

argentauris (Himalayas, N. Assam).

vernayi (S. Assam, Myanmar and W. Yunnan).

tahanensis (S. Thailand and N. Malaysia).

rookmakeri (N. Sumatra).

laurinae (W. Sumatra).

2 (1077) Pekin Robin: Leiothrix lutea

(a) Male Kwangtungensis (S. China and N.E. Vietnam): Red bill, yellowish face, golden-olive crown and nape, dark submoustachial stripe, deep yellow throat, orange-rufous upperbreast and complex colored wing pattern.

(b) Female: More greenish crown, greyer ear-coverts, weaker submoustachial stripe, paler below.

(c) Juvenile: Crown concolorous with mantle, underparts olive-grey with whitish center, bill paler.

(d) Male yunnanensis (N.E. Myanmar and N.W. Yunnan and S.E. Sikang: Dull crown, greyer above, redder breast, more black and less chestnut on wings.

NOT LISTED, yet:

lutea (S.E. and Central China).

luteola (S.W. Myanmar, S. Assam).

calipyga (E. Himalayas).

kumaiensis (W. Himalayas).