140 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol. 65. 



Family MICROPODIDAE. 



♦TACHORNIS INFUMATA (Sclater). 



Cypselus infmnatus Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Loudon. 1865 (meeting of 

 June 27), p. 602 (Banjermnssin, Borneo). 



Seen by Doctor Abbott on Great Tambelan Island, August 8-12, 

 1899. 



Family HIRUNDINIDAE. 



*HYPUROLEPIS JAVANICA ABBOTTI Obeiholser. 



Hypurolepis javanica abbotti Oberholser, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 98, 

 June 30, 1917, p. 32 (Pulo Manguan, Anamba Islands). 



Birds of this species were seen by Doctor Abbott on Great Tam- 

 belan Island, August 8-12, 1899. It is probable that they belonged 

 to the recently described race from the Anamba Islands. 



Family MUSCICAPIDAE, 



HYPOTHYMIS AZUEEA OPISTHOCYANEA Oberholser. 



Hypothymis a;:urea opistliocyanea Oberholser, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 

 39, February 25. 1911, p. 602 (Pulo Piling, Anamba Islands, South 

 China Sea). 



Seven specimens : 



Adult male, [marked female !], No. 1708G6, U.S.N.M. ; Pulo Bunoa, 

 August 6, 1899. 



Adult male. No. 1708G5, U.S.N.M. ; Pulo Bunoa, August 5, 1899. 

 Length in flesh, 184 mm. 



Adult male, No. 171132, U.S.N.M.; Pulo Selindang, August 3, 

 1899. Length in flesh, 191 mm. 



Adult male, No. 170887, U.S.N.M.; Pulo Wai, August 13, 1899. 

 Length in flesh, 181 mm. 



Adult made. No. 170875, U.S.N.M. ; Great Tambelan Island, August 

 10, 1899. Length in flesh, 175 mm. "Bill blue, tip black; feet 

 blue, claws black ; iris dark brown. 



Adult female. No. 170867, U.S.N.M; Pulo Bunoa, August 7, 1899. 

 Length in flesh, 175 mm. 



Juvenal female, No. 170864, U.S.N.M.; Pulo Bunoa, Augaist 5, 

 1899. Length in flesh, 178 mm. 



All these are more or less in molt. An immature female (No. 

 1708G4, U.S.N.M.) is just like the adult of the same sex except for 

 a slightly paler bill. In both size and color the birds of this species 

 from the Tambelan Islands are identical with those from the Anamba 

 Islands. For detailed measurements of both, consult the writer's 

 paper on the genus Hypothymis^ Doctor Abbott says that this 



iProc. U. S. Nat Mus., vol. 39, Feb. 25, 1911, p. 603. 



