NO. 2282. BIRDS FROM SIMALVR ISLAND— OBERUOLSER. 



495 



All three are molting both quills and contour feathers. They agree 

 completely with the other specimens of the type series. 



This is a very readily recognizable race, differing from Dicrwrus 

 cineraceus cineraceus of Java in its much darker coloration, particu- 

 larly on the lower parts. The wings and tail are also darker, though 

 not so decidedly. It is, however, clearly a subspecies of Dlcrunis 

 c ineraceus, as its individual variation indicates. 



Measurements of all the type series are added below. 



Mcnsuremcnts of spcei>}icuf< of Dicritrus cineraceus cclaenus. 

 [Collector, Dr. W. L. Abbott.1 



1 Measured in the flesh by the collector. 

 6 Type. 



DISSEMURUS PARADISEUS OLIZURUS Oberholser. 



Dissemnrus paradiseus oUzurus Obekholser, Smiths. Misc. Coll., vol. 60, 

 No. 7, October 26, 1912, p. 15 (Simalur Island, western Sumatra). 



Three specimens : 



Adult female. No. 179836, U.S.N.M.; Sibabo Bay, October 22, 1902. 

 Total length in flesh, 443 mm. 



Adult female, No. 179838, U.S.N.M. ; Sibabo Bay, October 26, 1902. 



Female, not quite adult, No. 179837, U.S.N.M.: Sibabo Bay, Oc- 

 tober 2.5, 1902. Total length in flesh. 386 mm. "Iris dark brown; 

 bill and feet black." 



These specimens agree with the type and others of the type series, 

 of which indeed they form a part, in differing from eastern Suma- 

 tran examples of Dissemurus paradiseus paradiseus in shorter wing 

 and tail, shorter tail-raccjuet, and somewhat slenderer bill. 



