NO. 2276. REVISION OF SAUROPATIS CHLORIS—OBEREOLSER. 391 



grayi Cabanis and Heine. It includes the Aru Islands birds hereto- 

 fore identified as Sauropatis chloris sordida. 



SAUROPATIS CHLORIS COLCLOUGHI Mathews. 



Sauropatis chloris colcloiighi Mathews, Bull. Brit. Ornith. Club, vol. 36, 

 No. 213, February 22, 1916, p. Gl (Mud Island, uear Brisbane, 

 Queensland, Austi-alia). 



Suhspeciflc characters. — Resembling Sauropatis chloris sordida^ 

 but more brightly colored, the head bluish green instead of brown- 

 ish; back, wings, and tail, more bluish green (less brownish). 



Measurements. — (None given in the original description.) 



Type locality. — Mud Island, near Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. 



Geographic distribution. — Coast region of southeastern Queens- 

 land, Australia. 



Rernarks. — No examples of this newly described race have been 

 examined, and nothing therefore can be added to the original de- 

 scription, which is as follows : ^ 



"Differs from S. s. sordida (Gould) in being more brilliantly 

 colored, the blue in all the feathers of the head, back, and tail being 

 most noticeable. The head is bluish green, not greenish brown; the 

 back is also bluish green and the primaries edged with indigo. Tail 

 blue." 



Since no measurements or comparisons with forms other than 

 Sauropatis chloris sordida were added by its describer, the charac- 

 ters separating it from Sauropatis chloris grayi., excepting in- 

 ferentially the lack of a superciliary stripe, can not now be given. 

 It is, however, possibly a recognizable race. 



SAUROPATIS CHLORIS SORDIDA (Gould). 



Halcyon sordidus Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond.. 1S12, (December, 1842), p. 



72 (nortbern coast of Australia). 

 Halcyon sordidus coolctoirni Mathews, Novit. Zool., vol. 18, No. 3, January 

 31. 1912, p. 289 (Cooktovvn, nortbern Queensland, Australia). 



Suhspeciflc characters. — Very much like Sanropcth chloric, solo- 

 monis, but decidedl}^ larger; the blue of upper surface, particularly 

 the wing-quills, somewhat more greenish; superciliary stripe en- 

 tirely lacking; upper parts in female duller and more brownish. 



Measurements. — Both sexes: Wing, 101.5-111.5 (average, 105.9) 

 mm.; tail, 68-73.5 (70.5); exposed culmen, 4C.5-50 (47.8); tarsus, 

 17-18 (17.5). 2 Wing, 105-116 (average, 111.3). ^ 



Type locality. — Cape York, northern Queensland, Australia.* 



Geographic distribution. — Coast region of northern Queensland, 

 Australia. 



1 Sauropatis sordida colcloughi Mathews, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. 36, No. 213, Feb. 

 22. 191G, p. 61. 



* Four specimens, from Australia. 



' Seven specimens, measured by Ilartert. 



* Designated by Mathews, Novit. Zool., vol. 18, No. 3, Jan. 31, 1012, p. 289. 



