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surface of wing-quills between Scheele's green and grass green, their outer 

 edges narrowly yellowish; primary coverts grass green, their outer margins 

 a little lighter; a large yellowish patch on the wing formed by all but the 

 outermost median and greater coverts, by some of the posterior lesser cov- 

 erts, and by the outer webs of the secondaries and of the tertials, this patch 

 shading inwardly to aniline yellow, outwardly to javel green; remainder 

 of the upper wing-coverts like the scapulars, the bend of wing more glaucous ; 

 lores and periophthalmic region, turtle green; upper part of cheeks dull 

 burn blue; auriculars dull lavender; lower portion of the cheeks and the 

 malar stripe together forming a broad black band extending backward 

 to meet the corner of the night green cervical collar; chin dull cream buff; 

 a narrow, fairly well-defined lavender collar extending back of the black 

 moustachial band from its upper posterior point down across the throat; 

 remainder of throat and breast between coral pink and onion-skin pink, the 

 anterior and posterior edges of this area washed with lavender; abdomen, 

 flanks, sides, and thighs, calliste green, strongly overlaid on abdomen with 

 calamine blue; lower tail-coverts light yellow green; under surface of tail 

 between dark olive buff and citrine drab, the edges of the feathers yellowish; 

 lining of the wing lumiere green, varied with darker green, bluish, buffy, 

 and a few dark fuscous spots formed by the centers of some of the 

 feathers; "feet olive green; claws black." 



Measurements. — Male: 1 wing, 169.5-174.5 (average, 172.3) mm.; tail, 

 196-198 (197); exposed culmen with cere, 27.5-28 (27.8); tarsus, 16-17.5 

 (17.0); middle toe without claw, 20-21 (20.7). 



Female: 2 wing, 163-174 (average, 167.8) mm.; tail, 172-193 (180.8); 

 exposed culmen with cere, 25-27.5 (26.1); tarsus, 15.5-18 (16.6); middle 

 toe without claw, 20.5-23.5 (21.9). 



Geographic distribution. — Andaman Islands, Bay of Bengal. 



Remarks. — This new race from the Andaman Islands differs from Conurus 

 fasciatus major 3 Richmond, from Pulo Babi, western Sumatra, in its much 

 smaller size and usually lighter upper and lower parts; from Conurus 

 fasciatus perioncus Oberholser, 4 from the Island of Nias, western Sumatra, 

 in its inferior size, darker pileum, paler remaining upper surface, and 

 lighter, more bluish posterior lower parts; and from Conurus fasciatus 

 calus 6 Oberholser, from the Island of Simalur, western Sumatra, in its 

 paler upper and lower parts, and somewhat less bluish posterior lower 

 surface. Notwithstanding the wide separation of its range, Conurus 

 fasciatus abbotti most closely resembles Conurus fasciatus major from 

 islands off the western coast of Sumatra, and it seems thus to present 

 another instance of parallel development of characters. 



As in all forms of the species, individual variation covers a wide range 

 of color, particularly on the throat and breast, for in some individuals 



'Three specimens, from the Andaman Islands. 

 2Eight specimens, from the Andaman Islands. 



zPalaeornis major Richmond, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, XV, August 6, 1902, p. 

 188 (Pulo Babi, western coast of Sumatra). 



<Smithson. Misc. Coll., LX, No. 7, October 26, 1912, p. 4. 

 BSmithson. Misc. Coll., LX, No. 7, October 26, 1912, p. 4. 



