Vol. XV, pp. I87H90 August 6, 1902 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON 



DESCRIPTIONS OF EIGHT NEW BIRDS FROM 



ISLANDS OFF THE WEST COAST 



OF SUMATRA.* 



BY CHARLES W. RICHMOND. 



A collection of several hundred bird skins made by Dr. W. 

 L. Abbott during tlie winter of 1901-2 on various islands off 

 the west coast of Sumatra has been lately received at the United 

 States National Museum. This material was gathered chiefly 

 on Simalur Island; but birds from the small islands of Pulo 

 Babi and Pulo Lasia, southeast of Simalur, and from the Ban- 

 jak Islands are also well represented. 



The collection proves to be of unusual interest, and contains 

 several apparently unnamed species, eight of which are de- 

 scribed below. 



Macropygia simalurensis sp. nov. 



Type.— Adult male, No. 179,067, U. S. National Museum, Simalur 

 Island (west coast of Sumatra), December 9, 1901, Dr. W. L. Abbott. 



Head (except ear-coverts), underparts (except middle of breast and 

 abdomen), under wing-coverts and axillaries, reddish chestnut; 

 feathers of chest with dusky blaclcisli bases which are more or less visi- 

 ble; middle of breast and abtlomen cinnamon; ear-coverts, sides of neck, 

 and nape cinnamon, with dull black bars; feathers of sides of neck with 



*Published here by permission of the Secretary of the Smithsonian 

 Institution. 



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