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The two specimens collected by Doctor Abbott are: 



Adult male (type), U.S.N.M. No. 174865, Pulo Subi, June 13, 

 1900. 



Adult male, U.S.N.M. No. 174864, Pulo Seraia, May 28, 1900. 



Doctor Abbott found this to be the commonest sunbird on Pulo 

 Subi. It has been recorded, as Cinnyris pectoralis, by Doctor 

 Hartert *" from Sirhassen Island. 



From Cinnyris ornafa microleuca Oberholser,®^ of Pulo Taya (off 

 the southeastern coast of Sumatra), this new subspecies may readily 

 be distinguished by its shorter wing, duller, more brownish or grayish 

 (less greenish or yellowish) upper parts, and larger white tips of the 

 outer pair of rectrices. 



Measurements are given in Table 39. 



Table 39. — Measurements of specimens of Cinnyris ornata zapega 



1 Measured in the flesh by the collector. 



•■ Type. 



Including the new race described above, there are now 10 sub- 

 species of Cinnyris ornata, as follows : 



1. Cinnyris ornata ornata Lesson. 



Nedarinia pectoralis Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, vol. 13, pt. 1, p. 

 167, May, 1821. ("Java.") (A^ec Vieillot.) 



Nectarinia eximia Temminck, Nouveau recueil de planches colorizes d'oiseaux, 

 vol. 4, livr. 23, texte to pi. 138, figs. 1, 2, p. [1], June, 1822. ("Java.") 

 (Nee Nectarinia eximia Horsfield.) 



Cinnyris ornatus Lesson, Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles, vol. 50, p. 15, Nov., 

 1827. (No locality given, but type locality is Java, as the species is virtu- 

 ally based on Nectarinia eximia Temminck, since Lesson quotes "pi. 138 

 fig. 1 et 2 des planches colorizes de M. Temminck.") 



Geographic distribution. — Java, Lombok, Flores, Sumbawa, Bali, 

 Satonda, Bawean Island, and Kangean Islands. 



2. Cinnyris ornata heliomanis Oberholser. 



Cinnyris ornata heliomanis Oberholser, Journ. Washington Acad. Sci., vol. 13, 

 no. 11, p. 231, June 4, 1923. ("Salintukan, eastern Borneo.") 



Geographic distribution. — Borneo. 



W Nov. Zool., vol. 1, no. 2, p. 474, Apr. 16, 1894. 



•1 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 55, p. 273, Apr. 28, 1919. 



