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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



VOL, 55. 



Measurements of all our Simalur Island birds are given below 



Measurements of specimens of Disseinurus paradiseus olizunis. 

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



a Type. 



Family MOTACILLIDAE. 



DENDKONANTHUS INDICUS (Gmelin). 



{MotaciUa] indica Gmelin, Syst. Nat., vol. 1, pt. 2, 1789, p. 962 (India). 



One adult male is in this collection, No. 179942, U.S.N.M., taken at 

 Sibabo Bay on October 25, 1902. Total length in flesh, 165 mm. 



The use of the generic name Dendronanthus Blyth for this species 

 has already been explained by Dr. C. W. Richmond.* 



Family NECTARINIIDAE. • 



CINNYRIS BRASILIANA MECYNORHYNCHA Oberholscr. 



Cinnyrls hrasUiana ineciDiorlnjnclia Okkriiolsek. Suiitlis. Misc. Coll., vol. 60, 

 No. 7, October 26, 1912, p. 19 (Simalur Island, ivestern Sumatra). 



A single adult male. No. 180053, U.S.N.M., from Simalur Island, 

 taken, October 23, 1902, agrees with the type. 



I have unfortunately been able to see no females of this race, so 

 that I am unable to state the color differences, if any, that obtain 

 between females of the present race and those of its nearest allies. 

 The males, however, are sufficiently distinguished from the same sex 

 of Cinnyrls hrasUiana hrasiliana,^ of Java, by decidedly larger size, 

 particularly of the bill, and in somewhat darker posterior lower 

 parts; and from Cinnyris hrasUiana oenoim Oberholser,^ of Nias 

 Island, by the much larger bill, slightly longer wing, tail, and tarsus. 



»Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 26, Feb. 4, 1903, p. 504. 



' For explanation of the change of the name of this species from Cinnyris haaseltii 

 (Temminek) to Cinnyris bra.siiiawo Gmelin, see Oberholser, Smiths. Misc. Coll., vol. 60, 

 No. 7, October 26, 1912, p. 18. 



* Cinnyris brasilinna oenopa Oberholser, Smiths. Misc. Coll., vol. 60, No. 7, October 26, 

 1912, p. 18. 



