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SAUROPATIS CHLORIS ABYSSINICA (Pelzeln). 



Ceryle abyssinica Lichenstein, Nomenclator Avium Mus. Zool. Berol., 



1854, p. 67 (nomen niuluni). 

 Halcyon (Ceryle) abyssinica Pelzeln, Sitz. k. Akad. Wiss. Wien, vol. 20, 

 1856, p. 500 {Abyssinia). 

 Subspecific characters. — Similar to Sauropatis chloris cyanescens^ 

 but smaller; more greenish, particularly on the exposed surface of 

 wings ; no black nuchal band ; ear-coverts greenish. 

 Measurements.^ — ^Wing, 104; tail, 68; culmen, 50; tarsus, 14 mm. 

 Type locality. — Coast of Bed Sea, Abyssinia. 

 Geographic distribution. — Red Sea coast of Abyssinia. 

 Remarks. — This race may easily be distinguished from Sauropatis 

 chloris chloroptera by its smaller size, greenish ear coverts, and lack 

 of black nuchal band. The subspecific name abyssinica as here ap- 

 plied is usually credited to Lichtenstein, but this author's Ceryle 

 abyssinica ^ is a nouien nudum. The first tenable use of the name is 

 apparently Pelzeln 's.' 



SAUROPATIS CHLORIS ANACHORETA (Reichenow). 



Halcyon anachorcta Reichenow, Ornith. Monatsber., vol. 6, No. 3, March, 

 1898, p. 47 (Hermit Islands, western Admiralty Islands). 



/Subspecific characters. — Similar to Sauropatis chloris chloris^ but 

 decidedly larger. 



Measurements. — Both sexes : * Wing, 122-125 ; tail, 95 ; culmen, 60 ; 

 tarsus, 15 mm. 



'Ty^je locality. — Hermit Islands, western Admiralty Islands, off 

 northeastern New Guinea. 



Geographic distribution. — Hermit Islands, in the western part of 

 the Admiralty Islands. 



Remarks. — This form I have not seen, but unless there is a hid- 

 den discrepancy due to difference in method of measuring, it is 

 easily recognizable by its great size alone, as it is larger than any 

 other race of Sauropatis chloris. Doctor Eeichenow says,^ also, that 

 the crown is more purely blue green, and that the white supraloral 

 spot is larger than in Sauropatis chloris chloris; but these differences 

 are not of much diagnostic value unless based upon a series of speci- 

 mens, which Doctor Eeichenow appears not to have had. 



^ One specimen, measured by Sharpe. 



' Nomenclator Avium Mus. Zool. Berol., 1854, p. 67. 



^Halcyon (Ceryle) abyssinica Pelzeln, Sltz. k. Akad. Wiss. Wien, vol. 20, 1856, p. 500. 



* Measured by Reiclicnow. 



B Ornith. Monatsber., vol. 6, No. 3, March, 1898, p. 47. 



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