36 BULLETIN 159, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



Table 6. — Measurements of specimens of Psittacula longicauda 



> Measured In the flesh by the collector. 



Family CORACIIDAE 



•EURYSTOMUS ORIENTAUS CALONYX Sharpe 



Burystomus calonyx Sharpe, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, for 1890, p. 551, Oct. 1, 

 1890 (Hodgson MS.). ("Himalayan Terai from Kumaon to Darjiling 

 and Upper Assam"; type from "Nepal," fide Sharpe, Catalogue of birds in 

 the British Museum, vol. 17, p. 38, 1892.) 



This form was recorded from Bunguran Island by Doctor Hartert." 

 Family ALCEDINIDAE 



♦HALCYON PILEATA (Boddaert) 



Alcedo pileata Boddaert, Table des planches enlumine^z d'histoire naturelle 

 de M. d'Aubenton, p. 41, Dec, 1783. (Based on Martin-pecheur de la Chine, 

 d'Aubenton, Planches Enlum., No. 673; type locality, China; further re- 

 stricted to Canton, China, by Baker, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc, vol. 

 28, no. 2, p.317. Mar. 25, 1922.) 



This bird is reported by Doctor Hartert '' from Bunguran Island, 

 on the basis of a specimen taken. 



SAUROPATIS CHLORIS CYANESCENS Oberholser 



Sauropatis chloris cyanescens Oberholser, Proc U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 52, p. 189, 

 Feb. 8, 1917. ("Pulo Taya off the southeastern coast of Sumatra.") 



Three specimens were collected by Doctor Abbott: 



Adult female, U.S.N.M. No. 174697, Sirhassen Island, June 10, 

 1900. Length in flesh, 260.5 mm. 



Adult female, U.S.N.M. No. 174698, Pulo Subi (north islet), 

 June 12, 1900, Length in flesh, 248 mm. 



Adult female, U.S.N.M. No. 174096, Bunguran Island, July 7, 

 1900. Length in flesh, 266.5 mm. "Stomach filled with small 

 crabs." 



In one of these, taken on June 10, 1900, on Sirhassen Island, the black 

 nuchal band is all but obliterated by greenish, though the auriculars 



« Nov. Zool., vol. 1, no. 2, p. 481, Apr. 16, 1894. 

 »' Nov. Zool., vol. 1, no. 2, p. 480, Apr. 16, 1894. 



