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BULLETIN 98, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



This species is clearly out of place in the genus Turdinus, to which 

 Doctor Sharpe has referred it, 1 but is strictly congeneric with HoriziUas 

 magna, the type of HoriziUas. The present generic name for this 

 group is HoriziUas Oberholser, 2 the employment of which in place of 

 Malacopteron Eyton 3 we have elsewhere explained. 4 



ANUROPSIS MALACCENSIS MALACCENSIS (Hartlaub). 



Brachypteryx malaccensis Hartlaub, Rev. Zool., 1844, p. 402 (Malacca, Malay 

 Peninsula). 



Three specimens are in the collection, as follows: 



Adult male, No. 171081, U.S.N.M.; Pulo Jimaja, September 21, 

 1899. "Iris dark red; feet pale brownish fleshy." 



Adult male, No. 170948, U.S.N .M.; Pulo Siantan, September 10, 

 1899. 



Adult female, No. 170947, U.S.N .M.; Pulo Siantan, August 24, 

 1899. 



They average a very little darker on upper parts, sides, and flanks 

 than typical examples of the species from the Malay Peninsula; but 

 in the absence of any other characters, these differences appear too 

 slight and inconstant to be of subspecific importance. All these 

 examples show traces of a nearly completed molt; but the bird taken 

 on September 10 (No. 170948, U.S.N .M.) has many more undeveloped 

 feathers than the others, particularly on pileum, throat, breast, and 

 tail. 



Measurements are given below. 



Measurements of specimens of Anuropsis malao:ensis malaccensis. 



1 Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vol. 7, 1883, p. 547. 



2 HoriziUas Oberholser, Smiths. Misc. Coll., Quart. Issue, vol. 48, May 13, 1905, p. 65. 



s Malacopteron Evton, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1839. p. 102 (type, Malacopteron magnum Eyton 

 * Smiths. Misc. Coll., Quart. Issue, vol. 48, May 13, 1905, pp. 64-65. 

 5 Measured in the flesh bv the collector. 



