BIRDS OF THE ANAMBA ISLANDS. oo 
This new race may be distinguished from Celebes specimens of 
Hypurolepis javanica frontalis (Quoy and Gaimard)! by reason of 
larger size; duller, darker throat; darker, somewhat less brownish 
sides and flanks; less dull, less brownish, and therefore more strongly 
contrasted whitish middle portion of abdomen. From Hypurolepis 
javanica domicola (Jerdon),? which is a recognizable race from south- 
ern India, and the Malay Peninsula, Hypurolepis javanica abbotti 
differs in duller, darker throat; darker, more grayish (less rufescent) 
brown of sides and flanks; less brownish tinge of the whitish middle 
portion of the abdomen, whereby this latter is more sharply in con- 
trast to the lateral brown areas; and in the more conspicuously 
spotted appearance of the posterior lower surface. 
One specimen (No. 171060, U.S.N.M.), taken on Pulo Telaga, 
September 14, 1899, is a juvenal male, and differs from the adult 
in entirely lacking the bay frontlet; in having the upper parts very 
much duller, the wings with scarcely any metallic sheen; and lower 
surface very much lighter throughout, the crissum dull brown, 
without any black. One of the other birds (No. 171090, U.S.N.M.) 
has the outer primaries in process of molt; and most of the remaining 
examples show indication of molt in the body plumage. 
Doctor Abbott reported this species common on Pulo Jimaja, 
September 17-28, 1899; and observed it on Pulo Siantan, August 19 
to September 13, 1899. He obtained seven specimens on the various 
islands of the Anamba group. 
The subjoined table of measurements includes all our Anamba 
examples of Hypurolepis javanica abbott, and for comparison some 
specimens of Hypurolepis javanica javanica from Java. 
Measurements of specimens of Hypurolepis javanica abbottt. 
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171026....| Male. “Palo Mata, Anam- | Aug. 28,1899 | Dr. W. L. Abbott ./139.7 109.5) 45.5) 
ba Islands. | 
171048....| Male....| | Pulo Manguan, | Sept. 1,1899 |....- dO: <sc<\seenmece 1133.4|108.5; 46 | 8.5) 9.5 
Anamba Islands. } | 
171060....| Male, ju- | Pulo Telaga, Anam-| Sept. 14,1899 |....-. G02 dsscsosceces 133.4)106 | 44 | 8.5) 10.1 
venal. | _ ba Islands. 
171047....| Female..| Pulo Manguan, | Sept. 1,1899 |..... dors.ccecoseses 136.5109 | 44 8.8) 11 
Anamba Islands. 
171091....| Female..! PuloJimaja, Anam-| Sept. 25,1899 |..... GO'neemasacenss 133.4/105 | 43.5! 7.5) 10 
| | ba Islands. | 
171092....| Female..|..... GOS eee ees ese Sept. 26,1899 |..... 0 eo 1130. 2}110.5, 46 8.5) 10 
171090. ...| Female..|..... Oz Sa eees cosas Sept. 18,1899 |....- dO parse eee 1136. 5|.-... 49 | 8.5} 10 
Perera eons apeninicngee nt ocak pe ces ee Nid bc den teeiee 1134. 7|108. 1 45. 45.4 8.5 8.5] 10.1 
1 Hirundo frontalis Quoy and Gaimard, Voy. l’Astrolabe, Zool., vol. 1, 1830, p. 204, pl. 12, fig. 1 (Dorey 
pace New Guinea). 
2 Hirwndo domicola Jerdon, Madras Journ. Lit. and Science, vol. 13, pt. 1, No. 30, “April, 1844,” p. 173 
(Nilgiri Hills, southern India) 
; Measured | in the flesh by the collector. 
Type. 
70536°—Bull. 98—17——3 
