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Amauromis phoenicura javanlca (Horsfield) by Mr. Erwin Strese- 

 mann;^ but it is a recognizable race, differing from Amaur'ornis 

 phoenicura javanica in its decidedly darker upper parts, particularly 

 the pileum. It is apparently confined to the Barussan Islands. 



Measurements of all our Simalur Island birds, together with the 

 type series of Amavrornis phoenicura clepfea from Nias Island, are 

 giA^en below. 



McasiircDients of specimens of Ainaurarnis phoenicura cleptea. 

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



a Measured in the flesh by the collector. 



b Typo. 



KYPOTAENIDIA STRIATA RELTQUA, new subspecies. 



Suhspecific characters. — Similar to Uypotaenidia striata fjularis, 

 from Java, but upper parts, including upper surface of wings, 

 darker, the middle of pileum with more blackish, the portions pos- 

 terior to cervix with ground color more olivaceous (less grayish), 

 and with black and white areas both more extensive; lower parts 

 darker, the middle of abdomen and the crissum more barred or other- 

 wise marked with blackish. 



Description.— TyipQ,^ adult female, No. 179013, U.S.N.M.; Sim- 

 alur Island, Barussan Islands, western Sumatra. December 12, 

 1901; Dr. W. L. Abbott. Pileum and cervix, chestnut, lat- 

 erallj becoming lighter, inclining toward tawny, medially streaked 

 with dull black; ground color of remaining upper parts olive brown, 

 verging anteriorly toward brownish olive, and becoming bister on 

 the upper tail-coverts, most of the feathers brownish black medially 

 and having one or more conspicuous white bars; tail blackish clove 

 brown, with narrow bars of dull chamois and honey yellow; pri- 

 maries and secondaries between clove brown and bister, with .narrow 

 more or less imperfect bars of dull chamois, dull cream buff, and 

 whitish; tertials blackish clove brown, with irregular and some- 

 times interrupted bars of dull chamois, cream buff, and bufl'y white; 

 superior wing-coverts olive brown, barred with creamy or buffy white 



1 Novlt. Zool., vol. 20, June, 1913, pp. 303-304. 



*From Doctor Abbott's first collection on Simalur Island. 



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