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" Not used in measurement averages. 

 SAUROPATIS CHLORIS ARMSTRONGI (Sharpe). 



Halcyon chloris subsp. o. armstrongi Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vol. 17, 

 1892, p. 277, pi. 7, fig. 1 (Sunderbunds to Burmah, Tenasserim, and 

 Siam). 



Halcyon ImmU Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vol. 17, 1892, p. 281, pi. 8 

 ("Siam to the Malayan Peninsula and Sumatra"; type locality as 

 " accepted " by Dr. E. Hartert,* Mergui, Tenasserim ; type in British 

 Museum is from Jaram, Selangor, Malay Peninsula). 



Suhspecific characters. — Similar to Sauropatis chloris cyanescens^ 

 but very much smaller; upper parts of male, including wings, more 

 bluish; ear-coverts usually more greenish or bluish; black nuchal 

 band narrower, obsolete, or even absent, and when present always 

 more or less washed with greenish or bluish; sides and flanks more 

 conspicuously washed with buff; female with upper parts, particu- 

 larly the pileum, averaging rather lighter; exposed edges of wing- 

 quills more bluish (less greenish) ; blackish nuchal collar narrower. 



Measurements. — Male^: Wing, 94-109 (average, 100.8) mm.; tail, 

 59-71.5 (64.7) ; exposed culmen, 38.5-43 (41.6) ; tarsus, 13-17 (15.5). 



Female 3 : Wing, 95.5-104.5 (average, 99.9) mm.; tail, 64-69 (65.6) ; 

 exposed culmen, 40.5-43 (41.3) ; tarsus, 15-16.5 (15.8). 



Both sexes*: Wing, 94-109 (average, 100.4) mm.; tail, 59-71.5 

 (64.7) ; exposed culmen, 37.5-45.5 (41.6) ; tarsus, 13-17 (15.5). 



1 Novit. Zool., vol. 9, No. 3, Dec. 16, 1902, p. 543. See, however, p. 374. 



2 Nine specimens, from Cochin China, Siam, Tenasserim, India, and the Malay Peninsula. 



* Four specimens, from Lower Siam and the Malay Peninsula. 



* Fifteen specimens, from Cochin China, Siam, Tenasserim, India, and the Malay 

 Peninsula. 



