TYPE SPECIMENS OF BIRDS 193 



181101. Immature female. Aru Bay, eastern coast of Sumatra at about 



lat. 4° 10' N., long. 98° 10' E. DeceraLer 5, 1905. Collected by 



William L. Abbott. 

 Ceyx tridactylus macrocarus Oberholser 



U.S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 98: 24, June 30, 1917. 

 =Ceyx erithacus macrocarus Oberholser. See Ripley, Zoologica, New 



York 27: 56, 1942. 

 178555. Adult male. Great Nicobar Island, Nicobar Islands, Bay of 



Bengal northwest of Sumatra. March 14, 1901. Collected by William 



L. Abbott. 



Genus PELARGOPSIS Gloger 



Ramphalcyon capensis hytlrophila Oberholser 



Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 35: 661 (in key), 677, February 9, 1909. 

 =Pelargopsis capensis malaccensis Bowdler Sharpe. See Peters, Check- 

 list of birds of the world 5 : 187, 1945. 

 170447. Adult male. Selitar (9 miles from Singapore Town), Singapore 



Island, Malaya. May 27, 1899. Collected by William L. Abbott. 

 Ramphalcyon capensis cyanopteryx Oberholser 



Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 35: 661 (in key), 676, February 9, 1909. 

 =Pelargopsis capensis cyanopteryx (Oberholser). See Peters, Checklist 



of birds of the world 5 : 187, 1945. 

 179210. Adult male. Tapanuli Bay, western coast of Sumatra at about 



lat. 1°39' N., long. 98°45' E. March 22, 1902. Collected by William 



L. Abbott. 

 Ramphalcyon capensis arignota Oberholser 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 37: 136, December 29, 1924. 

 =Pelargopsis capensis cyanopteryx (Oberholser), See Peters, Checklist 



of birds of the world 5 : 187, 1945. 

 178994. Adult male. Indragiri River (entering the South China Sea 



through a delta lying due west of the Lingga Archipelago), southeastern 



Sumatra. September 23, 1901. Collected by William L. Abbott. 

 Pelargopsis simalurensis Richmond 



Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 26: 498, February 4, 1903. 

 =Pelargopsis capensis simalurensis Richmond. See Ripley, Bull. Mus. 



Comp. Zool. 94: 357, 1944; Peters, Checklist of birds of the world 



5: 187, 1945. 

 179205. Adult male. Simalur Island, Barussan Islands, eastern Indian 



Ocean off Sumatra. November 29, 1901. Collected by William L. 



Abbott. 

 Pelargopsis sodalis Richmond 



Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 26: 499, February 4, 1903. 

 =Pelargopsis capensis sodalis Richmond. See Ripley, Bull. Mus. Comp. 



Zool. 94: 357, 1944; Peters, Checklist of birds of the world 5: 187, 1944. 



