TYPE SPECIMENS OF BIRDS 469 



Hypothyniis azurea richmondi Oberholser 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 39: 613, Feb. 25, 1911. 

 180757. Adult male. Enggano Island, Barussan Islands, eastern Indian 

 Ocean off Sumatra. Nov. 24, 1904. Collected by William L. Abbott. 

 Hypothyniis azurea opisthocyanea Oberholser 

 Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 39: 602, Feb. 25, 1911. 

 170909. Adult male. Pulau Piling (lat. 2°45' N., long. 106°11' E.), 

 Anamba Islands, South China Sea. Aug. 17, 1899. Collected by 

 William L. Abbott. 

 Hypothyniis azurea gigantoptera Oberholser 

 Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 39: 600, Feb. 25, 1911. 

 174828. Adult male. Pulau Bunguran (Great Natuna Island), northern 

 Natuna Islands, South China Sea. July 12, 1900. Collected by 

 WiUiam L. Abbott. 



Genus MYIAGRA Vigors and Horsfield 



Myiagra to>vnsendi Wetmore 



in Townsend and Wetmore, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 63 (4) : 205, 

 August 1919. 

 =Myiagra vanikorensis townsendi Wetmore. See Mayr, Amer. Mus. 



Nov. 651:11, 1933. 

 212464. Adult male. Kambara Island (about lat. 18°58' S., 181 °03' 

 E.), Fiji Islands, Oceania. Dec. 7, 1899. Collected by Charles H. 

 Townsend. Received from the U.S. Fish Commission. 

 Platyrhynehus albiventris Peale 



U.S. Exploring Expedition 8 (Mamm. and Orn.) : 102, "pi. xxvn, fig. 

 3," 1848. 

 =Myiagra albiventris Peale. See Mayr, Amer. Mus. Nov. 651: 14, 1933. 

 14398. Adult (sex not indicated). Samoan Islands, Oceania. 1839. 



Original number 194. U.S. Exploring Expedition (1838-1842). 

 Peale described both the male and the female, and since only two speci- 

 mens are listed in the museum register, we may assume Uiat he had but one 

 of each sex. Our No. 14398 appears to be a male; No. 14363, no longer in 

 Washington, is the cotype in the Museum of Comparative Zoology, where 

 it is No. 75817. 



Genus MAYRORNIS Wetmore 



Monarcha cinereus [sic^ Peale 



U.S. Exploring Expedition 8 (Mamm. and Orn.) : 101, "pi. xxvii, fig. 

 2," 1848. 

 =Mayrornis lessoni lessoni (G. R. Gray). See Mayr, Amer. Mus. Nov. 



651:17, 1933. 

 14732. Adult female. "Near Bahr"=near Mba (lat. 17°32' S., long. 

 177°41' E.), Viti Levu Island, Fiji Islands, Oceania. May 30, 1840. 



