NO. 7 BIRDS FROM THE BARUSSAN ISLANDS OBERHOLSER 1 3 



KITTACINCLA MELANURA HYPOLIZA, new subspecies 

 Similar to Kittac'uicla melanura melanura, from the island of Nias, 



but smaller; rufous of posterior lower parts averaging lighter. 

 Type. — Adult male, No. 179300, U. S. N. M. ; Simalur Island, 



January 3, 1902; Dr. W. L. Abbott. 



KITTACINCLA MELANURA OPISTHOCHRA, new subspecies 

 Resembling Kittacincla melanura melanura, but with posterior 

 lower parts lighter. Similar to Kittacincla melanura hypolisa, from 

 Simalur Island, but larger, and with posterior lower parts paler. 



Type. — Adult female, No. 179299, U. S. N. M. ; Pulo Lasia, Jan- 

 uary 7, 1902 ; Dr. W. L. Abbott. 



KITTACINCLA MALABARICA ' OPISTHOPELA, new subspecies 

 Similar to Kittacincla malabarica malabarica, from Sumatra, but 

 male with posterior lower parts averaging darker ; female with rufi ms 

 of posterior lower parts darker and more extensive; upper surface 

 and throat much darker and more richly metallic blue black (less 

 slaty) . 



Type. — Adult female, No. 180090, U. S. N. M. ; Tana Bala Island, 

 Batu Islands, February 5, 1903; Dr. W. L. Abbott. 



KITTACINCLA MALABARICA OPISTHISA, new subspecies 

 Resembling Kittacincla malabarica opisthopcla from the Batu Is- 

 lands, but tail longer ; male with posterior lower parts decidedly paler. 

 Type.— Adult male, No. 179301, U. S. N. M. ; Pulo Tuanku. Banjak 

 Islands, January 23, 1902 ; Dr. W. L. Abbott. 



Family SYLVIIDAE 

 ORTHOTOMUS CINERACEUS BAEUS, new subspecies 

 Like Orthotomus cineraceus cineraceus. but smaller. 

 Type.— Adult male, No. 179957, U. S. N. M. ; Siaba Bay, Nias 

 Island, March 19, 1903 ; Dr. W. L. Abbott. 



ORTHOTOMUS CINERACEUS OCHROMMATUS, new subspecies 

 Similar to Orthotomus cineraceus baeus, from Nias Island, but 

 larger; upper and lower parts paler, the middle of abdomen more 

 extensively whitish. 



1 The Mitscicapa malabarica of Scopoli (Del. Flor. Faun. Insubr., Vol. 2, 

 1786, p. 96) antedates both Turdus macrourus Gmelin and Turdus tricolor 

 Vieillot, and is of identical application (cf. Richmond, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 Vol. 26, 1903, p. 512). 



