BIRDS OF THE ANAMBA ISLANDS. 



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''bill black; feet dark leaden blue;" another female, possibly imma- 

 ture, had the "bill black above, bluish beneath," 



Doctor Abbott writes that this species was fairly common on Pulo 

 Siantan, August 19 to September 6, 1899; common on Pulo Jimaja, 

 September 17-28, 1899; observed also on Pulo Piling, August 17, 

 1899; on Pulo Riabu, August 18, 1899; and on Pulo Telaga, Sep- 

 tember 14-15, 1899. 



Detailed measurements of eight adults in the collection are a3 

 follows : 



Measurements of specimens of Hypothymis azurea opisthocyanea. 



1 Measured in the flesh by the collector. 



1 Type. 



Together with the races recently described, the following forms of 

 Hypothymis azurea seem now to be recognizable 3 : 



1. Hypothymis azurea azurea (Boddaert). — Philippine Islands, 

 including Palawan and the Sulu group. 



2. Hypothymis azurea styani (Hartlaub). — Island of Hainan, 



3. Hypothymis azurea oberholseri Stresemann. — Formosa. 



4. Hypothymis azurea coeruleocephala (Sykes). — India north to the 

 Himalaya Mountains, and east to Cochin China. 



5. Hypothymis azurea ceylonensis Sharpe.— Ceylon. 



6. Hypothymis azurea prophata Oberholser. — Malay Peninsula 

 to Sumatra, Java, and Borneo. 



7. Hypothymis azurea forrestia Oberholser. — Mergui Archipelago. 



8. Hypothymis azurea nicobarica Bianchi 4 (—Hypothymis azurea 

 calocara Oberholser). — Nicobar Islands excepting Car Nicobar. 



9. Hypothymis azurea idiochroa Oberholser. — Car Nicobar Island, 

 Nicobar Islands. 



10. Hypothymis azurea tytleri (Beavan). — Andaman and Cocos 

 Islands. 



8 See Oberholser, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 39, 1911, pp. 593-615; Stresemann, Novit. Zool., vol. 20, 

 1913, pp. 293-297. 



1 Hypothymis azurea nicobarica Bianchi, Ann. Mus. Zool. Acad. Imp. Sci. de St. Petersb., vol. 12, No. 1, 

 June, 1907, p. 76 (Nicobar Islands). » 



