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Cinnyris brasiliana eumecis Oberholser 



U.S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 98: 5 (in checklist), 63, June 30, 1917. 

 =Nectarinia sperata eumecis (Oberholser). See Chasen, Handlist of 

 Malaysian birds, p. 276, 1935; Delacour, Zoologica, New York 29: 27, 

 1944. 

 170974. Adult male. Pulau Siantan (lat. 3° 10' N., long. 106° 15' E.), 

 Anamba Islands, South China Sea. Sept. 6, 1899. Collected by Wil- 

 liam L. Abbott. 

 Cinnyris brasiliana axaiitha Oberholser 



U.S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 159: 7 (in checklist) , 114, 1932. 

 =Nectarinia sperata axantha (Oberholser). See Chasen, Handlist of 

 Malaysian birds, p. 276, 1935; Delacour, Zoologica, New York 29: 27, 

 1944. 

 174859. Adult male. Pulau Midai (Low Island), lat. 3°0r N., long. 

 107°48' E., Natuna Islands, South China Sea. May 23, 1900. Col- 

 lected by William L. Abbott. 

 Hermotimia talaulensis Meyer and Wiglesworth 

 Journ. fur Orn. 42 [ (5) 1] (3) : 238, 244, July 1894. 

 =Nectarinia sericea talautensis (Meyer and Wiglesworth) . See Mathews, 

 Systema avium australasianarum 2: 732, 1930; Delacour, Zoologica, 

 New York 29: 27, 1944. 

 317812. Adult male. Kaburuang Island (lat. 3°47' N., long. 126 °48' 

 E.), Talaut Islands, Celebes Sea southeast of Mindanao Island. Nov. 

 7, 1893. Collected by — Cursham. Received from the Staatliche 

 Museen fiir Tier- und Volkerkunde, Dresden, where it was No. C. 

 13141. 

 This name was based upon a series of undisclosed length, from the islands 

 of Kaburuang and Salebabu, among which both sexes were represented. 

 The label of our specimen carries the word "Co-typus." 

 Chalcostetha calcoslelha heliomarpta Oberholser 



Journ. Washington Acad. Sci. 13 (11) : 229, June 4, 1923. 

 =Nectarinia calcostetha calcostetha Jardine. See Ripley, Bull. Mus. 

 Comp. Zool. 94:407, 1944; Delacour, Zoologica, New York 29:27, 

 1944. 

 179390. Adult female. Simalur Island, Barussan Islands, eastern Indian 

 Ocean off Sumatra. Dec. 1, 1901. Collected by William L. Abbott. 

 Chalcostetha calcostetha pagicola Oberholser 

 Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 60 (7) : 17, Oct. 26, 1912. 

 =Nectarinia calcostetha calcostetha Jardine. See Ripley, Bull. Mus. Comp. 



Zool. 94: 407, 1944; Delacour, Zoologica, New York 29:27, 1944. 

 180023. Adult male. North Pagi Island, Mentawi Group, Barussan Is- 

 lands, eastern Indian Ocean off Smnatra. Jan. 2, 1903. Collected by 

 William L. Abbott. 



