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with more or less metallic green gloss; primary coverts and exterior 
greater coverts greenish slate with some metallic green on outer webs; 
rest of wing-coverts metallic green like the back; crissum deep 
maroon-chestnut; remainder of inferior parts cmereous with a slight 
vinaceous tinge, particularly on lower breast and abdomen; under 
surface of wing-quills fuscous; ling of wing plumbeous; “‘iris dark 
red; eyelids deep red; bill leaden; cere purplish red; feet purplish; 
claws leaden.” 
This new subspecies is similar to Muscadivores aeneus chalyburus, 
from the Philippine Islands, but differs in having the gray of the head 
less sharply defined from the metallic green of the back; the posterior 
lower parts less vinaceous (more clearly grayish); the upper surface 
of the tail nearly always brighter, less glaucous, more bluish green. 
All the Anamba Islands specimens are fairly uniform in characters, 
though two of them, No. 170925, U.S.N.M. and No. 174669, U.S.N.M., 
have the tail above less bluish than the others, thus approaching 
Muscadiwores aeneus chalyburus. Males and females are identical in 
color. The colors of the soft parts in a male from Pulo Mata (No. 
171019, U.S.N.M.) are given as follows: ‘‘Bill leaden, pale at tip, 
dark at base; cere dull purple; feet purple.”” The same in a female 
from Pulo Siantan (No. 176924, U.S.N.M.) are: ‘‘Iris dark red; 
eyelids red; feet purple, soles pale brownish; bill leaden; cere red- 
dish.” The weight in flesh of each of two males (No. 176925, and 
No. 176993, U.S.N.M.) is given as 14 pounds. Doctor Abbott men- 
tions that he found the species common in the forest on Pulo 
Siantan, August 19 to September 18, 1899, and on Pulo Telaga, 
September 14-15, 1899. He observed it also on Pulo Manguan, Sep- 
tember 1-2, 1899, and on Pulo Jimaja, September 17-28, 1899. 
Measurements of all the specimens obtained are subjoined. 
Measurements of specimens of Muscadivores aeneus polius. 
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a Ban Sex. | Locality. Date. | Collector. jeh) Fi a |S8H| 2 
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| | mm.| m Al mM.) Mn.) mm 
171057 | Male....| Bulo Selsee An- | Sept. 14,1899 | Dr. W. L. Abbott ./412.8/240 [142 | 26 | 32 
amba Islands. H } 
171019 | Male....| Pulo Mata, Anamba | Aug. 29,1899 |...-- GOs oe ars 419.1/226 1384 | 26 | 29 
islands. 
170993 | Male....| Pulo Mobur, An- | Aug. 27,1899 |..... doOss2 2-22.62 J(480e8|235) 149) 1)) 22)" 132 
| _amba Islands. | 
170923 | Male.... Pale Beaten: An- | Aug. 20,1899 Seca doset =: 50554: 431. 8/226 {141 | 25 | 30 
amba Islands.? | 
170926 | Male....|....- OR bs acne |} Sept. 11,1899 }..... (COPE epeosencaan 409. 7/222 |137 | 22 | 32.5 
EZOO257|) Males < clo - <<. COS ae ene ees | Sept. 12,1899 |..... GO! ea see ce. 425.5/228 136.5) 23 | 31.5 
170924 | Male....|..... orate Seu Auapes 291809) | 4.0 Motel szieste a. 406.4/221 |140 | 21 | 29.5 
AITORASEIOLE (KU AOS einaace aera as aleleteia niniciseeeciesies stiainicts temseamsials 2 419. 6) 228. 3/139. 9) 23.6} 30.9 
174669 | Female.) Pulo, Riaba,, An- | Aug, 23,1900 |.....d0-....-..-.-. 144.5239 |152 | 23.5] 31 
| amba Islands. 
| 
1 Measured in the flesh by the collector. 2 Type. 
