BIRDS OF THE ANAMBA ISLANDS. 9 



Ceyx rufidorsus rujidorsus. 

 CoUocalia vestita amechana. 

 Hemiprocne longipennis liarterti. 

 Hirundo rustica gutturalis. 

 Hypurolepis javanica abbotti. 

 Cyornis banyumas lampra. 

 Hypothymis azurea opisthocyanea. 

 Pycnonotus simplex halizonus. 

 HoHzillas magnirostris. 

 Anuropsis malaccensis malaccensis. 

 Mixornis pileata zophera. 

 Kittacincla malabarica ochroptila. 

 Orthotomus atrogularis. 

 Dissemurus paradiseus microlophus. 

 Anthreptes malacensis anambae. 

 Cinnyris brasiliana eumecis. 

 Aetliopyga siparaja ochropyrrha. 



FAUNAL RELATIONSHIPS OF THE ANAMBA ISLANDS. 



The southern end of the South China Sea is hemmed in on the 

 east by Borneo, and on the west by Sumatra and the Malay Penin- 

 sula. To the south are the southeastern end of Sumatra, and, beyond 

 the Java Sea, the island of Java; while to the north the nearest land 

 mass is the mainland of Indo-China. Scattered all through the 

 southern portion of the South China Sea are numerous small islands, 

 the largest of which, Banka and Billiton, mark the transition to the 

 Java Sea. 



The avifaunal relationships of the Anamba Islands are, as would 

 be expected, with the small islands of the adjacent waters, and with 

 the five large land areas above mentioned. A brief analysis will aid 

 in determining to which of the latter the Anamba Islands are most 

 closely affined. Of the 56 birds now known from the Anamba 

 group, the following 11 are migrants from the north, do not breed 

 here, and hence are to be disregarded in faunal comparisons: 



Arenaria interpret oahuensis. 



Pluvialis dominica fulva. 



Pagoa leschenaultii. 



Cirrepidesmus atrifrons. 



Toianus totanus eurhinus. 



Pisobia ruficollis. 



Actitis hypoleuca. 



Hirundo rustica gutturalis. 



Lanius cristatus. 



Xanihopygia zanthopygia. 



Motacilla boarula melanope. 



