THE BIRDS OF THE NATUNA ISLANDS 25 



Family CLARAVIIDAE 



CHALCOPHAPS INDICA INDICA (Linnaeus) 



[Columba] indica Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 164, Jan. 1, 1758. 

 ("in India orientali.") 



One individual was caught by Doctor Abbott in a rat trap on 

 Sirhassen Island early in June, 1900, but was so badly damaged 

 that it was not preserved. The species has apparently not previously 

 been recorded from the Natuna Islands. 



•GEOPELIA STRIATA STRIATA (Linnaeus) 



[Columba] striata Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 12, vol. 1, p. 282, 1766, after 

 May 24. ("India orientali.") 



Recorded by Doctor Hartert ^^ from Sirhassen Island. 

 Family TRERONIDAE 



MUSCADIVORES AENEUS DIATROPURUS, new subspecies 



Subspecific characters. — Resembling Muscadivores aeneus polius 

 Oberholser ^^ of the Anamba Islands, but with lower parts more 

 vinaceous (less purely grayish); tail averaging more greenish (less 

 bluish); and upper parts averaging more bronzy (less greenish). 



Description.— Type, adult male, U.S.N.M. No. 174666; Pulo 

 Midei, Natuna Islands, May 23, 1900; Dr. W. L. Abbott. Anterior 

 edge of forehead cream- white (artificially stained to cream-bujff), 

 rest of forehead, with the crown and occiput between light vmaceous- 

 fawn and pale vinaceous-fawn, overlaid by pale mouse gray, this 

 deepening on center of occiput to pale neutral gray; upper cervix pale 

 vinaceous-drab overlaid and mixed with pale neutral graj^; lower 

 cervix neutral gray; interscapular region metallic reddish bronze 

 over a background of dark metallic green; rest of upper surface mixed 

 metallic nickel green, other dark greens, and reddish bronze; tail 

 brownish black, the inner webs of the feathers clove brown tinged 

 with metallic dusky dull green, dull bluish green, and dusky yellow- 

 ish green, the middle feathers metallic nickel green on their inner 

 webs, changing to dark, dull yellowish green on their outer webs; 

 wings dull brownish slate, more brownish on the inner edges of the 

 inner webs of the quills, the outer edges of the primaries slate gray, 

 but terminally with a slightly greenish gloss, the outer webs of 

 secondaries varying from dark Russian green to dark blue gray 

 green; tertials and greater coverts of the same colors, but much 

 tinged with reddish bronze; sides of head light grayish vinaceous; 

 orbital ring cream-white; chin cream-white (artifically stained to 



» Nov. Zool., vol. 1, no. 2, p. 482, Apr, 16, 1894, " U. S. Nat Mus. Bull. 98, p. 18, June 30, 1917. 



