BIRDS OF THE ANAMBA ISLANDS. 3) 
Ceyx rujidorsus rufidorsus. 
Collocalia vestita amechana. 
Hemiprocne longipennis harterti. 
Hirundo rustica gutturalis. 
Hypurolepis javanica abbotti. 
Cyornis banyumas lampra. 
Hypothymis azurea opisthocyanea. 
Pycnonotus simplex halizonus. 
Horizillas magnirostris. 
Anuropsis malaccensis malaccensis. 
Mixornis pileata zophera. 
Kittacincla malabarica ochroptila. 
Orthotomus atrogularis. 
Dissemurus paradiseus microlophus. 
Anthreptes malacensis anambae. 
Cinnyris brasiliana eumecis. 
Aethopyga siparaja ochropyrrha. 
FAUNAL RELATIONSHIPS OF THE ANAMBA ISLANDS. 
The southern end of the South China Sea is hemmed in on the 
east by Borneo, and on the west by Sumatra and the Malay Penin- 
sula. To the south are the southeastern end of Sumatra, and, beyond 
the Java Sea, the island of Java; while to the north the nearest land 
mass is the mainland of Indo-China. Scattered all through the 
southern portion of the South China Sea are numerous small islands, 
the largest of which, Banka and Billiton, mark the transition to the 
Java Sea. 
The avifaunal relationships of the Anamba Islands are, as would 
be expected, with the small islands of the adjacent waters, and with 
the five large land areas above mentioned. A brief analysis will aid 
in determining to which of the latter the Anamba Islands are most 
closely affined. Of the 56 birds now known from the Anamba 
group, the following 11 are migrants from the north, do not breed 
here, and hence are to be disregarded in faunal comparisons: 
Arenaria interpres oahuensis. 
Pluvialis dominica fulva. 
Pagoa leschenaultit. 
Cirrepidesmus atrifrons. 
Totanus totanus eurhinus. 
Pisobia ruficollis. 
Actitis hypoleuca. 
Mirundo rustica gutturalis. 
Lanvus cristatus. 
Xanthopygia zanthopygia. 
Motacilla boarula melanope. 
