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Table 40. — Measurements of specimens of Cinnyris brasiliana axantha 



Locality 



Date 



1900 



Pulo Midei » May 23 



do do 



do ..-do 



do 1 May 29 



Collector 



W.L.Abbott 



do 



do 



do , 



Average of 4 males. 



74862 I 9 JU7. 1 Bunguran Is- 

 land. 



July 24 I do. 



Total 

 length: 



Mm. 

 108 

 108 

 114 

 105 



108.8 



Wing 



Mm. 

 49.5 

 50.5 

 55 

 49.5 



51.1 



45 



Tail 



Ex I 



posed Height Tar- 



<='^- at basel ^^^ 

 men "^ °^^ 



Mm. 

 30.5 

 31 

 34 

 28.3 



30. 



28.5 



Mm 

 13.5 

 14 



Mid- 

 dle 

 toe 



with- 

 out 



claw 



Mm. Mm. Mm. 

 3 13 9 



3 14 8 



3 13. 5| 9 

 3 12.5 8.5 



3 13.3; 8.6 



3 12.5, 8 



' Measured in the flesh by the collector. 



I Type. 



There are apparently at least 7 recognizable subspecies of Cinnyris 

 brasiliana, the names and ranges of which are given below. 



1. Cinnyris brasilian/i brasiliana (Gmelin). 



[Certhia] brasiliana Gmelin, Systema naturae, vol. 1, pt. 1, p. 474, July 25, 1788. 

 ("Brasilia"; errore; type locality designated as Java by Oberholser, Smith- 

 sonian Misc. Coll., vol. 60, no. 7, p. 18, footnote, Oct. 26, 1912.) 



Neciarinia hasseltii Temminck, Nouveau recueil de planches coloriees d'oiseaux, 

 vol. 4, livr. 63, texte to pi. 376, fig. 3, p. [1], Nov. 12, 1825. ("Java.") 



Cinnyris ruber Lesson, Traite d'ornithologie, p. 496, Apr. 9, 1831. (No locality; 

 we designate Java as the type locality.) 



Geographic distribution. — Java, Sumatra, and Borneo. 



2. Cinnyris brasiliana hypolampis Oberholser. 



Cinnyris brasiliana hypolampis Oberholser, Smithsonian Misc. Coll., vol. 60, 

 no. 7, p. 19, Oct. 26, 1912. ("South Pagi Island.") 



Geographic distribution. — Pagi Islands and Mentawi Islands, 

 Barussan Chain, western Sumatra. 



3. Cinnyris brasiliana oenopa Oberholser. 



Cinnyris brasiliana oenopa Oberholser, Smithsonian Misc. Coll., vol. 60, no. 7, 

 p. 18, Oct. 26, 1912. ("Mojeia River, Nias Island.") 



Geographic distribution. — Nias Island, Barussan Islands. 



4. Cinnyris brasiliana mecynorhyncha Oberholser. 



Cinnyris brasiliana mecynorhyncha Oberholser, Smithsonian Misc. Coll., vol. 

 60, no. 7, p. 19. Oct. 26, 1912. ("Simalur Island.") 



Geographic distribution. — Simalur Island, Barussan Islands. 



5. Cinnyris brasiliana phayrei (Blyth). 



Nectarinia Phayrei Blyth, Journ. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, vol. 12, no. 143, p. 1008, 

 for Nov., 1843. ("Arracan.") 



Geographic distribution. — From Tipperah in Bengal and Arakan in 

 Burma, south through the Malay Peninsula and coastal islands, and 

 the Mergui Archipelago, to Singapore Island. 



