BIRDS OP THE ANAMBA ISLANDS. 17 



Measurements of specimens of Sterna melanauchen provida. 



1 Measured in the flesh by the collector. 2 Type. 



* ANOUS STOLIDUS PILEATUS (Scopoli). 



Sterna pileata Scopoli, Del. Faun, et Flor. Insubr., pt. 2, 1786, p. 92, No. 73 

 (Philippine Islands). 



Recorded from the Anamba Islands by Mr. C. B. Kloss. 3 

 Family CLARAVIIDAE. 



* CALOENAS NICOBARICA (Linnaeus). 



[Columba] nicobarica Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. 1, 1758, p. 164 (Nicobar 

 Islands, Bay of Bengal). 

 Recorded from the Anamba Islands by C. B. Kloss, 4 but not ob- 

 tained by Doctor Abbott. 



CHALCOPHAPS INDICA INDICA (Linnaeus). 



[Columba] indica Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. 1, 1758, p. 164 (eastern 



India). 



One specimeD, No. 170992, U.S.N.M., from Pulo Mobur, August 25, 



1899. Length, in flesh, 254 mm. "Feet, dark purple red; bill, 



coral red; cere, dull purple." This bird is apparently identical in 



size and color with specimens from the Malay Peninsula. 



8 Journ. Straits Branch Roy. Asiatic Soc, No. 41, January, 1904, p. 80. 

 70536°— Bull. 98—17 2 



* Idem, p. 79. 



