oberholser: pycnonotine family of passeriformes 541 



bill at base, 9-10 (9.6); tarsus, 16-18.5 (17.5); middle toe 

 without claw, 14-14.5 (13.7). 



Female: 6 wing, 118-119 (average, 118.6) mm.; tail, 85-91 

 (88.1); exposed culmen, 23.5-24.5 (23.8); height of bill at base, 

 9.5-10.5 (10); tarsus, 17.5-19 (18.1); middle toe without claw, 

 14-15 (14.5). 



Geographic distribution. — Nias, Mansalar, the Pagi, Batu, and 

 Banjak Islands; with doubtless others of the Barussan chain off 

 the western coast of Sumatra. 



The subjoined measurements of Glauconympha cyanea cri- 

 nigera, from Bornean and Sumatran specimens, are added here 

 for convenience of comparison with those of the present new 



race: 



Male.— Wing, 113.5-119 (average, 116) mm.; tail, 74-84.5 

 (81.5); exposed culmen, 21-23 (21.8); height of bill at base, 

 9-10.5 (9.5); tarsus, 15-18 (16.3); middle toe without claw, 

 13-14 (13.5). 



Female.— Wing, 114-118 (average, 115.6) mm.; tail, 82-88 

 (84); exposed culmen, 22-24 (23.2); height of bill at base, 

 9-10.5 (9.6); tarsus, 16.5-19 (17.3); middle toe without claw, 

 14-14.5 (14.3). 



The species and subspecies referable to the new genus Glauco- 

 nympha are as follows: 



Glauconympha turcosa (Walden). 



Glauconympha cyanea cyanea (Begbie). 



Glauconympha cyanea crinigera (Sharpe). 



Glauconympha cyanea megacyanea Oberholser. 



6 Three specimens, from South Pagi Island, Nias Island, and the Banjak 

 Islands, western Sumatra. 



