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to those given in tlie list at the end of this paper were seen, but the 

 coUeetor writes that " no Uirge parrots, horn))ills, or barbets were seen 

 or heard, and no drongos or orioles were noticed;'' also, "no par- 

 tridges or pheasants Avere found on any of the islands visited." From 

 the Banjak l.slands Dr. Abbott proceeded to Tapanuli Bay (February 

 11-March), on the coast of Sumatra, where he remained for six weeks, 

 visiting various points on the bay, including a short trip to Pulo 

 Mansalar, situated about 7 miles from the mainland. Tapanuli Bay \ 

 and Pulo Mansalar are both heasily forested, and birds were abundant 

 at the former place, but the time spent here was mainly occupied in ; 

 collecting manunals. 



The birds enumerated Iselow are referable to 152 species, of which I 

 19 are believed to be new,^' namely: Macropygiaslm,alv7'ensls^ Spllornls ' 

 ahhotti^ Pimrliina nuihra^ Palxornis major^ Pditivus ahhotti^ Pelar- 

 gopsis fihnalurensis^ P. sodalix.^ Thriponax ])arvim^ Macropteryx per- ' 

 longa, Cy<woderina fulviventrls, Stachyris Jxwjakensis^ Malacoptenm ' 

 notation^ I/yjjot/iymis ahhotti, If. consohrina, TcliitTea procera.^ Gran- 

 cahis hahiensis., G. mnalnrensis., Cumpcpliaga eonq)fa., and Orlolm 

 rnundus. 



All measurements in this list ai'e in millimeters. Those of total 

 length were taken from the fresh l)ird by the collector, and have been 

 reduced from English inches to milluneters. 



Family CHARADRIID^. 



CHARADRIUS DOMINICUS FULVUS (Gmelin). 



iCImnuJrniH'] Jitlnii^ (\nF.\.is, Syst. Nat., I, Ft. 2, 1788, p. 687 (Tahiti). 



Three .s])ecimens from Simahir. Lengtli. 285-248 nun. "Feet 

 slaty.'' 



"Conunon about river mouths and on the padangs.'' 



OCHTHODROMUS GEOFFROYI (Wagler). 



Ch\_armlriuK] (jnilfroi/i Waolku, Systeina Avium, I, 1827 [)). (il], (Pondicliery; 

 Java). 



Three examples from Simalur, where they were common. 

 One specimen, a female, has an unbroken dusky band across the 

 chest. 



OCHTHODROMUS PYRRHOTHORAX (Gould). 



Charadnus pyrrhothorax Temminck MS., Gould, Birds of Europe, IV (Pt. 20), 

 1837 [p. 299], pi. ccxcix ("Russia"). 



Two females from Simalur. Length, 191-197 mm. 

 " Common on the seashore, in company with the last." 



« Eight of these were described in Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, XV, 1902, pj). 187-190. 



