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postanal scales well developed; gular pouch rather small, probably not very 
extensible; a transverse fold across throat, and two others in front of shoulder; 
hind limb reaches to front of eye; fore limb reaches three-fourths the dis- _ 
tance to groin. 
Dimensions.—Total length, 174 mm.; tip of snout to vent, 46 mm.; vent 
to tip of tail, 128 mm.; tip of snout to ear, 16 mm.; tip of snout to center 
of eye, 10 mm.; width of head, 8 mm.; fore leg, 17 mm.; hind leg, 36 mm.; 
tibia, 12 mm.; anterior border of nostril to tip of snout, 1 mm. 
Coloration (in aleohol).—Top of head and neck drab; a dark lateral streak 
from rostral, turning to purple behind eye and suddenly narrowing above the 
shoulder to a black line continuing to groin; the nuchal region between these 
dark streaks marbled with dark bluish-gray to the shoulders, where the 
marblings suddenly cease, leaving the back and tail a uniform unspotted 
gray; below the dark lateral streak a sharply-defined white stripe beginning 
on upper lip below eye and continuing backwards to hind leg, bordered 
beneath from axilla to groin by a narrow dark line, the lower edge of which 
is produced into dark grayish-blue marblings, in which are anastomosing 
white spots; ventral surface pale blue; the lower labials white, flecked with 
light gray marblings; limbs pale and unspotted, with dusky bands across the 
digits above. 
The new species apparently belongs to the same group as the Cuban 
Anolis alutaceus Cope, but it can be immediately distinguished from A. 
alutaceus by its much longer snout and its distinctive coloration. A long- 
snouted species from Navassa, A. longiceps Schmidt, may be related to 
A. hendersont. The distance of the nostril from the tip of the snout is one- 
fifth the headlength in A. longiceps, and one-sixteenth the headlength in 
A. hendersont, and so there is no possibility of confusing the two. The new 
species is named after the late J. B. Henderson, in recognition of the in- 
valuable services he rendered to science during an all-too-short career. It 
is fitting that this exceptionally handsome Anolis, conspicuous even in a 
genus of unusual daintiness and beauty, should perpetuate his name in the 
region which he loved to explore. 
ORNITHOLOGY.—Descriptions of New East Indian Nectarintidae. 
Harry C. OBERHOLSER, Biological Survey. 
Study of the collection of East Indian sunbirds in the United States 
National Museum has brought to light a number of new forms. These 
are described in the following pages. 
Measurements are all given in millimeters, and have been taken as 
in the author’s previous papers. The names of colors are based on 
Ridgway’s Color standards and color nomenclature. 
Arachnothera affinis heliophilus, subsp. nov. 
Subspecific characters.—Similar to Arachnothera affinis affinis from Java, 
but smaller; upper surface more greenish (less yellowish); and the anterior 
lower parts less distinctly streaked. 
