NO. 2276. REVISION OF SAUROPATIS CHLORIS—OBERHOLSER. 



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Measurements of the type series are as below : 



Measurements of specimens of Sauropatis chloris azela. 



o Measured in the flesh by the collector. 



b Type. 



SAUROPATIS CHLORIS CHLOROPTERA, new subspecies. 



Subs'pecifiG characters, — Similar to Sauropatis chloris cyanescens, 

 but wing and tail longer; male with upper parts, particularly the 

 exposed upper surface of the closed wings, much more greenish; 

 pileum usually darker; black nuchal band averaging rather nar- 

 rower and more washed with green; auriculars less green-washed; 

 and the sides and flanks noticeably tinged with buff ; female with 

 upper parts much duller, more brownish olive; exposed upper sur- 

 face of closed wings more greenish. 



Description.— Type, adult male, No. 179771, U.S.N.M., Sibabo Bay, 

 Simalur Island, northwestern Sumatra, October 23, 1902 ; Dr. W. L. 

 Abbott. Back and scapulars terre-verte green ; ^ pileum similar, but 

 darker and much tinged with olive brown; a large concealed wliito 

 occipital patch; a narrow black nuchal band, succeeded posteriorly 

 by a wide white cervical collar; lower back, rump, and upper tail- 

 coverts, bluish beryl green; wings fuscous, the lesser coverts mostly 

 terre-verte green like the back, the other wing-coverts bluish beryl 

 green, the exposed surface of the wing quills, except at the tips, 

 deep turquoise blue ; tail deep turquoise blue ; lores black ; supraloral 

 spot creamy white; a narrow line over the eye and a spot on lower 

 eyelid white; otherwise the sides of the head are terre-verte green, 

 excepting the posterior portion of auriculars, which is blackish, con- 

 tinuous with the black nuchal band ; entire lower surface, including 

 the lining of wings, white, the sides of body strongly washed with 

 buff; feet dark brown; bill black, the basal two-thirds of mandible 

 white. 



Measurements. — Malc:^ Wing, 107-118 (average, 112.8) mm.; tail, 

 72-78 (74.2) ; exposed culmen, 44.5-49 (46.7) ; tarsus, 16.3-18 (17.1). 



1 Ridgway, Nomenclature of Colors for Naturalists, 1886. 

 'Ten specimens, from Simalur Island and the Batu Islands. 



