NO. 2282. BIRDS FROM SIMALUR ISLAND— ODERHOLSER. 



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Family TURDIDAE. 



COPSYCHUS SAULARIS ZACNECUS Oberholser. 



Copsychus satilaris zacnecus Ogerholser, Smiths. Misc. Coll., vol. 60, No. 7, 

 October 26, 1912, p. 12 (Siiiialur Island, western Sumatra). 



A single juvenal female, No. 18007(3, U.S.N.M., is in the collec- 

 tion. It was taken at Sibabo Bay on October 23, 1902. Length 

 in flesh. 215 mm. It differs from the adult female in having prac- 

 tically all the upper surface, including wings and tail, dull blackish 

 brown, except a small area of bluish metallic feathers on the intcr- 

 scapulum; the white areas in wings more or less washed with Ijuff: 

 chin, throat, and upper breast, dull grayish brown, with broad shaft- 

 streaks of buffy white; and the abdomen medially as well as later- 

 ally tinged with dull buff. 



This island race differs from the Sumatran bird, heretofore called 

 Copsychus saularis musicus (Raffles) by reason of decidedl}' buff- 

 tinged sides, flanks, and crissum in the male; and more conspic- 

 uously dull buffy posterior loY\^er parts in the female. 



Measurements of the type series, which includes all our adull 

 Simalur Island specimens, are as follows : 



Measurements of specimens of Coitsyvhiis snulans zacncciis. 

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



a Measured in the flesh by the collector. b Type. 



KITTACINCLA MELANURA HYPOLIZA Oberholser. 



Kittacincla melamira hypolisa Oberholser, Smiths. Misc. Coll., vol. 60, No. 

 7, October 26, 1912, p. 13 (Simalur Island, western Sumatra ). 



Three specimens: 



Adult male, No. 180087, U.S.N.M. ; Sibabo Bay, October 26, 1902. 

 Length in flesh, 264 mm. 



Adult female, No. 180085, U.S.N.M.; Sibabo Bay, October 26, 

 1902. Total length in flesh. 212 mm. Bill black; feet pale purplish 

 fleshy. 



Adult female, No. 180086, U.S.N.M.; Sibabo Bay, October 26, 

 1902. Total length in flesh, 221 mm. 



This recently described subspecies differs from Kittacincla mela- 

 nura inelanura, of Nias Island, in smaller size; in the somewhat 



