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outer primaries; middle of crown, the back, juguhim, and lower part 

 of thighs, with metallic violet or bronzy violet sheen; throat and chin 

 with a dull greenish blue sheen; sides of crown, sides of occiput, all of 

 lower back, rump, upper tail-coverts, breast, abdomen, and crissum, 

 with metallic bottle green sheen; margins of all the superior wing- 

 coverts, except the greater series, with glossy bluish, greenish or 

 violet sheen; wing-quills and rectrices with slight bluish or greenish 

 reflections, excepting the inner Webs of the former, which are brown- 

 ish, decidedly paler along the basal portion of the inner margin. 



This new race is most nearly allied to Gracula javana javana, with 

 which it agrees in size of lappets and in having the supra-auricular 

 bare space completely divided by a line of feathers. So far as known 

 it is confined to the Anamba Islands. Birds of this species from 

 Borneo and Sumatra seem to agree with those from Java. 



Doctor Abbott obtained seven specimens, four of which (Nos. 

 171039, 174721, 170995, and 170905, U.S.N.M.) show slight evi- 

 dences of molt. He found the species common on Pulo Piling, 

 August 17, 1899; and about Telok Aver Bini on Pulo Siantan, Sep- 

 tember 5-6, 1899. The measurements of all the specimens collected 

 are as follows: 



Measurements of Gracula javana prasiocara. 



i Measured in the flesh by the collector. 



2 Type. 



The present species was first described in 1757 as Corvus javanensis 

 by Osbeck, 3 in a pre-Linnaean book, which in 1771 was translated 

 into English. This name has been in common use, dated from 1771, 

 but according to present rules of nomenclature it is untenable, 

 since the book in which it appeared was a mere translation of an 



Dogb. Ostind. Resa, 1757, p. 102. 



