NO. / BIRDS FROM THE BARUSSAN ISLANDS — OBERHOLSER II 



Type. — Adult male, No. 179341, U. S. N. M.; Pulo Tuanku, 

 Banjak Islands, January 2j, 1902 ; Dr. W. L. Abbott. 



PYCNONOTUS ERYTHROPTHALMOS PAMMICRUS, new subspecies 



Like Pycnonotus erythropthaimos cyanochrns, from Sumatra, but 

 much smaller. 



Type. — Adult female, No. 180939, U. S. N. M, ; Mojeia River, Nias 

 Island, March 15, 1905 ; Dr. W. L. Abbott. 



With the addition of the above, there are now hve recognizable 

 subspecies of Pycnonotus erythropthaimos, as follow- : 



Pycnonotus erythropthaimos erythropthaimos ( Hume). — Tenas- 

 serim and Malay Peninsula. 



Pycnonotus erythropthaimos cyanochrus Oberholser. — Sumatra. 



Pycnonotus erythropthaimos pammicrus Oberholser. — Island of 

 Nias. 



Pycnonotus erythropthaimos isus Oberholser. — Banjak Islands. 



Pycnonotus erythropthaimos salvadorii Sharpe. — Borneo. 



PYCNONOTUS OLIVACEUS CHLOEODIS, new subspecies 



Similar to Pycnonotus olivaceus olivaeeus (Moore), but larger; 

 paler below, and averaging - darker above. 



Type. — Adult male, No. 170343, U. S. X. M. ; Tapanuli Bay, north- 

 western Sumatra, February 16, 1902; Dr. W. L. Abbott. 



PYCNONOTUS PLUMOSUS PORPHYREUS, new subspecies 



Like Pycnonotus plumosus plumosus, but darker, especially on the 

 upper parts. 



Type. — Adult male, No. 180019, U. S. N. M.; North Pagi Island, 

 November 2^, 1902; Dr. W. L. Abbott. 



Family MUSCICAPIDAE 

 MUSCITREA GRISOLA NESIOTIS, new subspecies 

 Resembling Muscitrca grisola grisola, but anterior lower parts 

 darker; pileum not so purely gray (more brownish) ; remainder of 

 upper surface more rufescent, particularly the edgings of wing-quills. 

 Type. — Adult male, No. 179929, I". S. X. M. ; Sibabo Bay, Simalur 

 Island, October 24, 1902 ; Dr. \V. L. Abbott. 



GERYGONE MODIGLIANII MUSCICAPA, new subspecies 

 Similar to Gerygone modiglianii modiglianii, but smaller; posterior 

 lower parts more extensively and more deeply yellow ; sides, head, and 

 neck paler, the lores and forehead particularly s< 1, and contrasted more 

 with the surrounding parts. 



