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The two examples from which this race was described are the only 

 ones that have been examined : 



" Type. 

 RAMPHALCYON CAPENSIS NESOECA, new subspecies. 



Subspecific characters. — -Resembling Ramphalcyoti capensis isop- 

 tera, but pileum paler; back, wings, and tail much brighter and 

 more bluish. 



Description.— Type, adult male, No. 180865 U.S.N.M.; Mojeia 

 River, Nias Island, northwestern Sumatra, March 15, 1005 ; 

 Dr. W. L. Abbott. Pileum and sides of head, including auriculars 

 but not malar region, grayish hair brown, the feathers narrowly 

 edged with buffy or cream color; cervix with a conspicuous 

 ochraceous buff collar, continuous with lower parts; upper back, 

 scapulars, superior tail-coverts, and wings myrtle green; the wing- 

 quills and rectrices fuscous, their exposed surfaces when closed mostly 

 bluish green ; lower back and rump nile blue ; chin and throat buff, 

 shading into ochraceous on the posterior lower surface; lining of 

 wing ochraceous; " bill blood color, blackish at tip; feet coral red." 



Measurements of the type-series f ollow : 



" Measured in the flesh by the collector, Dr. 

 6 Type. 



W. L. Abbot 1. 



Geographical distribution. — Nias Island and the Batu Islands, 

 western Sumatra. 



This race differs very much from Ramphalcyon capensis simalu- 

 rensis in its larger size, paler pileum, brighter, more bluish upper 

 back, wings, and tail, and lighter, less uniform lower surface. It 

 seems to be most closely allied to Ramphalcyon capensis sodalis, but 



