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Habitat. — Aldabra and Assumption islands. (Type, No. 128715, 

 r.S.i^.M., female, adult, Aldabra, October, 1S92. ''Upper mandible 

 horny brown; lower i)ale horny; iridos red; feet bluish black." 

 (Abbott, MS.) 



jMeasurements vary so, both in this form and in C. toulou, that I have 

 been unable to derive any satisfactory character from them. The pres- 

 ent bird appears, however, to have almost invariably smaller feet than 

 ^'. toulon, as the following measurements show: 



Measurements of (jentropus toiilou. 



Jluseum 

 number. 



A. "N".' . 



A. X.' . 



A. N.i. 



Sex and 

 age. 



Male ad . . 

 Female art 

 Female ad 



Locality. 



Madagaf?rar 

 do 



1873 



....do. 

 ....do. 



1879 



Inehes- 

 (). 55 

 5. 85 

 6.45 

 5.85 



Tail. 



Cnl- 

 nieii. 



Inches.' Inches. 



9.60 

 9.50 

 8.70 

 9.20 



1.H2 

 1.28 

 1.30 

 1.17 



1 Cabinet of Alfred Newtou . ^ U. S. X. M. 



Measureincnts of Ccnlropns insularis. 



F. S.K.M. 



128717 

 128714 

 128716 

 128715 

 128712 



Sex and 

 age. 



Male ad . . 

 Female ad 

 Male ad . . 

 Female ad 

 Male ad .. 



Local itv. 



Date. 



Aldabra Nov. 18 



do 



do 



do 



Assumption. 



Sept. 25 

 Oct. 4 

 Oct. 3 

 Sept. 18 



Cnl- 

 nien. 



Depth 

 of bill. 



Inches. 

 1.10 

 1.30 

 1.12 

 1.20 

 1.10 



Inches. 

 0. 50 

 .60 

 .55 

 .00 

 .55 



Family XECTARINIID.T:. 



11. CINNYRIS ABBOTTI, Ridgway. 



Cin7>!iris ahhotfi, Ridgw.av, Proc. IT. S. Nat. Mns., XVII. 1891, ]k 372 (Assiini])tiou 

 Island; U.8.N.M.). 



Specific characters. — Similar to C. aldabrensh^ but with under parts 

 l)osteri(U' to maroon-bay pectoral band almost entirely sooty black, with 

 ♦lanks more or less extensively light yellowish gray; upper tail-coverts 

 glossy violet-black, tipped with metallic greenish blue. Female similar 

 to that of C. aldahrensis. 



7/a/>?'to/.— Assumption Island. (Tyi)e, :N'o. 128(580, U.S.N.M., male 

 adnlt, Assumption Island, September 18, 18!)2; Dr. W. L. Abbott.) 



Measiiremoits of type. — Length (skin), 3 inches; wing. 2.22; tail, 1.62; 

 exposed culnien, 0.70; tarsus, 0.(!7; middle toe, 0.40. 



Four specimens, September 18. 



Family (X)IIVID.F. 



12. CORVUS SCAPULATUS, Daudin. 



One specimen, Sei^tember 18. 



