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4. Hypurolepis javanica domicola (Jerdon). 



Hirundo domicola Jeudon, Madras Journ. Lit. and Sci., vol. 13, pt. 1, no. 30, 

 p. 173, "April, 1844." (" Neilgherries.") 



Geographic distribution. — Southern India and Ceylon. 



5. Hypurolepis javanica abbotti Oberholser. 



Hypurolepis javanica abbotti Oberholser, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 98, p. 32, 

 June 30, 1917. ("Pulo Manguan, Anamba Islands.") 



Geographic distribution. — Anamba Islands and Tambelan Islands, 

 South China Sea. 



6. Hypurolepis javanica mallopega Oberholser. 



Hypurolepis javanica mallopega Oberholser, Journ. Washington Acad. Sci., 

 vol. 16, no. 19, p. 515, Nov. IS, 1926. ("Mt. Santo Toraas, altitude 5,250 

 feet, Benguet, Island of Luzon, Philippine Islands.") 



Geographic distribution. — Philippine Islands. 



7. Hypurolepis javanica frontalis (Quoy and Gaimard). 



Hirundo frontalis Quoy and Gaimard, Voyage I'Astrolabe, Zoologie, vol. 1, 

 p. 204, Atlas, pi. 12, fig. 1, 1830. ("havre de Dorey, k la Nouvelle Guin6e.") 



Geographic distribution. — Celebes and Lombok Islands, east to the 

 Molucca Islands, New Guinea and adjacent islands, and the islands 

 in Torres Strait. 



Family ARTAMIDAE 



ARTAMUS LEUCORYN. MACROTERUS, new subspecies 



Subspecijic characters. — Like Artamus leucoryn. leucoryn., from the 

 Philippine Islands, but larger; throat and sides of neck averaging 

 paler; and interscapulum more brownish. 



Description. — Type, adult male, U.S.N.M. No. 174713, Sirhassen 

 Island, Natuna Islands, June 1, 1900, Dr. W. L. Abbott. Pileum and 

 cervix dark mouse gray, the lower cervix somew^hat more bro\\'nish; 

 scapulars and back between deep brownish drab and fuscous, shading 

 into the blackish brown of the rump ; upper tail coverts white ; wings 

 blackish slate, the lesser coverts lighter, the terminal portion of pri- 

 maries slate-black, the inner margins of all the quills lighter, more 

 brownish; tail slate-black, the inner edges of rectrices somewhat paler 

 and more brownish; lores and nasal plumes black; sides of head and 

 neck, together with chin and throat, dark mouse gray, the chin rather 

 darker; edge of under surface of wing blackish slate; rest of lower 

 parts, including the lining of wing, white. "Iris dark brown; feet 

 leaden blue; bill leaden blue, tip black." 



Doctor Abbott obtained the following 10 specimens: 



Adult male (type), U.S.N.M. No. 174713, Sii-hassen Island, June 1, 

 1900. 



Adult male, U.S.N.M. No. 174710, Sirhassen Island, June 1, 1900. 

 ''Bill leaden, black at tip; iris dark brown; feet brownish leaden; claws 

 black." 



