NO. 2282. 



BIRDS FROM SIM ALU R ISLAND— OBERHOLSER. 



487 



Measurements of all the adults from Simalur Island now in the 

 United States National Museum are as follows: 



Measurciuentf* of specimens of Mvscitrea (/risola nesiotis. 

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



a Measured in the flesh by the collector. 



b Type. 



HYPOTHYMIS AZUREA CONSOBRINA Richmond. 



Hypothymis consohrina Richmond, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., vol. 15, August 

 6, 1902, p. 189 (Simalur Island, western Sumatra). 



Four specimens : 



Adult male, No. 179906, U.S.N.M. ; Sibabo Bay, October 21, 1902. 

 Total length in flesh, 161 mm. 



Adult male, No. 179905, U.S.N.M.; Sibabo Bay, October 21. 1902. 

 Total length in flesh, 165 mm. 



Adult male. No. 179908, U.S.N.M. ; October 24, 1902. Total length 

 in flesh, 160 mm. 



Juvenal male, No. 179907, U.S.N.M. : Sibabo Bay, October 23, 1902. 

 Total length in flesh, 159 mm. 



The adult examples show very little individual variation, and 

 agree perfectl}^ with the type series. The juvenal male is paler be- 

 low and there much more grayish posteriorly ; has the posterior upper 

 parts brown with only a wash of blue; and on the whole looks very 

 much like the female. 



TERPSIPHONE AFFINIS PROCERA (Richmond). 



Tchitrea procera Richmond, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 26, February 4, 

 1903, p. 510 (Simalur Island, western coast of Sumatra). 



Two specimens of this beautiful bird are in the present collection : 



Adult male. No. 179903, U. S. N. M., Sibabo Bay, October 22, 1902. 

 Length in flesh, 385 mm. " Bill blue, tip and commissure black ; feet 

 leaden blue." 



Adult male, No. 179904, U.S.N.M. ; Sibabo Bay, October 26. 1902. 

 Total length in flesh, 356 mm. "Inside [ofl mouth green; naked 

 orbital skin blue ; feet leaden blue." 



Both these examples are in the fully adult white plumage. Both 

 show evidences of molt in the rectrices, and one (No. 179903, U.S. 

 N.M.) also in the wing-quills. They agree with the type and other 



