THE BIRDS OF THE NATUNA ISLANDS 51 



Family PITTIDAE 



•PITTA MOLUCCENSIS (Muller) 



Turdus Moluccensis MUller, Linn6 Vollstiindigen Natursystems, Supplements- 

 und Register-Band, p. 144, after January 4, 1776. ("In den moluccischen 

 Inseln"; type locality designated as Tenasserim by Baker, Journ. Bombay 

 Nat. Hist. Soc, vol. 28, no. 1, p. 92, Dec. 30, 1921.) 



This species has been recorded by Doctor Hartert *^ from Bunguran 

 Island, on the basis of a single male specimen. 



Family HIRUNDINIDAE 



•HIRUNDO RUSTICA GUTTURALIS Scopoli 



Hirundo guituralis Scopoli, Deliciae florae et faunae Insubricae, pt. 2, p. 96, 

 1786. (Based on Sonnerat, Voyage k la Nouvelle Guin^e, p. 118, pi. 76; 

 type locality, Antigua, Panay Island, Philippine Islands.) 



Doctor Hartert has recorded ^^ this race from Sirhassen and 

 Bunguran Islands. 



HYPUROLEPIS JAVANICA MESATA, new subspecies 



Subspecific characters. — Similar to Hypurolepisjavanicajavanica, but 

 throat and forehead darker; median posterior lower parts decidedly 

 paler, sometimes whitish. 



Description. — Type, adult male, U.S.N. M. No. 174837, Pulo Seraia, 

 Natuna Islands, May 29, 1900; Dr. W. L. Abbott. Smciput bay; 

 rest of upper surface shining metallic bluish black; tail black, slightly 

 brownish (the inner webs most so), and with a slight bluish sheen, all 

 the rectrices except the middle pair with subterminal white spots on 

 their inner webs, these spots smallest on the outermost pair, and 

 gradually increasing on the successive inner pairs; wings black like 

 the tail, but inner webs of secondaries and of the primaries except 

 the terminal portion, fuscous, paling basally; greater and median 

 superior wing coverts narrowly, the lesser coverts broadly, margined 

 with the shining metallic bluish black of the upper surface; lores 

 brownish black; subocular streak, postocular region, and sides of 

 neck shining metallic bluish black; cheeks, chin, throat, and jugulum 

 tawny; upper breast, sides, flanks, and under tail coverts drab, in 

 places rather brownish, with edgings of paler or whitish; lower breast 

 and abdomen dull brownish white, the feathers with pale drab centers 

 and narrow drab shaft lines, these darker centers least conspicuous 

 on middle of abdomen, leaving this the most whitish portion; axillars 

 drab; under wing coverts fuscous, with edgings, many of them broad, 

 of drab and snuff brown; "iris dark brown; bill and feet black." 



Measurements. — Male*^: Wing, 97.5-105 (average, 101.6) mm.; 

 tail, 42-45.5 (43.6); exposed culmen, 8-9 (8.6); height of bill at base, 

 3.5-4.5 (3.0); tarsus, 9-9.5 (9.3); middle toe without claw, 9-10 (9.6). 

 Female 89: Wing, 99-105.5 (average, 101.5) mm.; tail, 39.5-48 (43.7);. 



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

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

 *• Four specimens, from the Natuna Islands and Borneo. 



