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6. Cinnyris brasiliana eumecis Oberholser. 



Cinnyris brasiliana eumecis Oberholser, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 98, p. 63, June 

 30, 1917. ("Pulo Siantan, Anamba Islands.") 



Geographic distribution. — Anamba Islands, South China Sea. 



7. Cinnyris brasiliana axantha Oberholser. 

 Cinnyris brasiliana axantha Oberholser, antea, p. 114. 



Geographic distribution. — Natuna Islands, South China Sea. 



*AETHOPYGA SIPARAJA OCHROPYRRHA Oberholser 



Aethopyga siparaja ochropyrrha Oberholser, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 98, p. 65, 

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



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

 Island, where it is apparently common; and also from Pulo Laut.®^ 

 No specimens have been examined by the present writer, but this 

 seems to be the race most likely to occur in the Natuna Islands. 



Family PLOCEIDAE 



*MUNIA ATRICAPILLA BRUNNEICEPS Walden 



Munia brunneiceps Walden, Trans. Zool. Soc. London, vol. 8, pt. 2, p. 73, pi. 9, 

 fig. 1, "May" (=June), 1872. ("Macassar, Celebes.") 



This race has been recorded by Doctor Hartert ^^ from Bunguran 

 Island. 



UROLONCHA TUSCANS (Cassin) 



Spermestes fuscans Cassin, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 6, p. 185, 

 Dec, 1852. ("Borneo.") 



Two specimens are in Doctor Abbott's collection : 



Adult female, U.S.N.M. No. 174736, Pulo Su-hassen, June 6, 1900. 

 "Feet leaden blue; upper mandible black; lower mandible leaden." 

 Length in flesh, 116 mm. 



Juvenal female, U.S.N.M. No. 174735, Pulo Sirhassen, June 9, 

 1900. Length in flesh, 116 mm. 



Both these are in process of molt of both quill and contour feathers. 



The Juvenal differs from the adult chiefly in the less blackish shade 

 of underparts and sides of head. The mandible appears to be, in 

 the dried skin at least, lighter and more brownish. 



Doctor Abbott reported the species common in the clearings and 

 in the coconut plantations. 



Doctor Hartert has reported it ^^ from Bunguran Island, on the 

 basis of a specimen collected by A. Everett. 



>* Nov. Zool., vol. 1, no. 2, p. 475, Apr. 16, 1S94. « Nov. Zool., vol. 2, no. 3, p. 469. Aug. 17, 1895. 

 •» Nov. Zool., vol. 2, no. 3, p. 469, Aug. 17, 1895. " Nov. Zool., vol. 2, no. 3, p. 469, Aug. 17, 1895. 



