BIRDS OF THE ANAMBA ISLANDS. 51 



Family TURDIDAE. 



KITTACINCLA MALABARICA OCHROPTILA, new subspecies. 



Subspecific characters. — Similar to Kittacincla malabarica 1 from the 

 Malay Peninsula, but larger; male with the deep tawny color of pos- 

 terior lower parts much lighter; metallic sheen of upper parts less 

 purplish ; female with slate color of upper surface and breast lighter, 

 and rufous of posterior lower parts more uniform. 



Description. — Type, adult male, No. 170954, U.S.N.M.; Pulo 

 Siantan, Anamba Islands, September 8, 1899; Dr. W. L. Abbott. 

 Whole head, neck, jugulum, back, scapulars, lesser and median wing- 

 coverts, glossy blue black; rump and upper tail-coverts pure white; 

 wing-quills, primary and greater coverts, clove brown, with a bluish 

 black sheen on exposed upper surface; tail brownish black with a 

 slight bluish sheen, the outer four pairs of feathers with broad white 

 tips ; whole of posterior lower surface and lining of wing deep tawny, 

 the latter somewhat mixed with white. 



Geographic distribution. — The Anamba Islands, except the south- 

 ern islands of Pulo Riabu and Pulo Piling. 



The male of this new race differs from that of Kittacincla malabarica 

 suavis, of Borneo, most conspicuously in having broad dark brown 

 bases to the outer tail-feathers; the throat, breast, and upper surface 

 are not so deeply black, but somewhat more glossy. The female is 

 very different from the male, and is likewise in striking contrast to 

 the female of Kittacincla malabarica suavis, for the entire upper sur- 

 face is slate color, not black; the wings and tail are lighter, and more 

 brownish or slaty; upper wing-coverts with some tawny edgings; 

 throat and breast slate color instead of black; rufous of posterior 

 lower parts lighter; outer tail-feathers with brown bases. 



Of this new form Doctor Abbott obtained seven specimens, as 

 follows : 



Adult male (type), No. 170954, U.S.N .M.; Pulo Siantan, Septem- 

 ber 8, 1899. 



Adult male, No. 170956, U.S.N .M.; Pulo Siantan, September 10, 

 1899. 



Adult male, No. 171043, U.S.N .M.; Pulo Manguan, September 1, 

 1899. 



Adult male, No. 171075, U.S.N.M.; Pulo Jimaja, September 23, 

 1899. 



Immature male, No. 171042, U.S.N .M.; Pulo Manguan, September 

 1, 1899. 



Adult female, No. 170955, U.S.N.M.; Pulo Siantan, September 8, 

 1899. 



i For the use of the specific name malabarica Seopoli in place of macroura Gmelin, see Richmond, Proc. 

 V. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 26, 1903, p. 512. 



