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Beginnings of molt are to be noticed among the contour feathers 

 of No. 174666, taken on May 23, and No. 174667, taken on May 25, 

 and also among the wing quills of the latter; but no such indication 

 was found on either of the two remaining specimens. The female, 

 No. 174665, collected on July 14, which we take to be in first 

 autumn plumage, has apparently completed the molt. 



Doctor Hartert has recorded specimens of this pigeon from Pulo 

 Laut.2' 



Measurements of the specimens collected by Doctor Abbott are 

 given in Table 3 : 



Table 3. — Measurements of specimens of Muscadivores aeneus diatropurus 



> Measured in the flesh by the collector. 

 « Type. 



The following 11 subspecies of Muscadivores aeneus seem to be 

 recognizable : 



1. Muscadivores aeneus aeneus (Linnaeus). 



[Columha] aenea Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 12, p. 283, 1766, after May 24. 

 ("in Moluccis": since the species does not occur in the Molucca Islands, 

 this locality, taken from Brisson, Ornithologia, vol. 1, pp. 148, 149, 1760, is 

 erroneous. We therefore now designate Borneo as the type locality.) 



Columha Moluccensis Muller, Vollstandigen Natursy terns, Supplements-und 

 Register-Band, p. 133, after January 4, 1776. ("moluckischen Inseln"; 

 errore, we designate Borneo as the type locality.) 



Geographic distribution. — Borneo and Java, east to the island of 

 Flores; also southern Malay Peninsula (Pahang) to Bintang Island. 



2. Muscadivores aeneus palawanensis (W. Blasius). 



Carpophaga aenea (Linn.) nov. var. palawanensis W. Blasius, Ornis, vol. 4, 

 no. 2, p. 316, Apr., 1888. ("Palawan.") 



Geographic distribution. — Palawan Island and Sulu Island, Philip- 

 pine Islands, to Banguey Island, British North Borneo. 



3. Muscadivores aeneus chalyburus (Bonaparte). 



C[arpophaga]. Chalybura Bonaparte, Conspectus generum avium, vol. 2, p. 32, 

 Nov. 8, 1854. ("Ins. Philipp."; we designate Manila, Luzon Island, as the 

 type locality.) 



'• Nov. ZooL, vol. 2, no. 3, p. 477, Aug. 17, 1895. 

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