BIRDS OF THE ANAMBA ISLANDS. 389 
“bill black; feet dark leaden blue;”’ another female, possibly imma- 
ture, had the “bill black above, bluish beneath.”’ 
Doctor Abbott writes that this species was fairly common on Pulo 
Siantan, August 19 to September 6, 1899; common on Pulo Jimaja, 
September 17-28, 1899; observed also on Pulo Piling, August 17, 
1899; on Pulo Riabu, August 18, 1899; and on Pulo Telaga, Sep- 
tember 14-15, 1899. 
Detailed measurements of eight adults in the collection are as 
follows: 
Measurements of specimens of Hypothymis azwrea opisthocyanea. 
F 3 
Et my! 
be ae Sex. Locality. Date. Collector. = [Sa] os 
¥ la|# SH 2 
is|S 13/8 3 
| = Flaila ie 
| mm. mm.|mm.|mm.| mm, 
170957....| Male....| Pulo Siantan,| Aug. 24,1899} Dr. W. L. Abbott.|158.8] 79 |..... UTA? 
Anamba Islands. 
HVOO58eee 12-0002 <2 2] enews GOmacn sme eens ATI: ——1890N banasGOseccsnceecsse] 168 | 76.5) 76 10. 5) 16 
“YE eal Sea Kt ease eee GO! he eacsadeess Sept. 11,1899 }..... C1 Co ee es (165.1) 75.5) 78.5) 12 | 16.5 
Po0tpeeee 22.00). 5-2) Lule | Manenan, |iSept., 151899 |..2-.d0.22 cass eccclececs ide LOW el Leathe 
Anamba Islands. 
170909....|...do.... Euloy a , Anam- | Aug. 17,1899 |..... GOiseis o2ae2s5 (175 | 80 | 76 | 10.5} 18 
a Islands.? } 
170920....| Female..| Pulo Riabu, Anam-| Aug. 18, 1899 |..... GO! seicciecesisecis RUBE ey Wa ab} aby 
ba Islands. | 
LU (Tl Soe) Reel Ree GO-6 soso asec BB Reet Ce america eae GON. Snob aac |171.5| 74.5) 75 11.5) 16 
MOD SI ene ec OO eet ctecee. Gobssecoosccceee wae Oseessaae|achice GO sees cccses jesse 77 :=«| 78 | 11 | 16.5 
| 
1 Measured in the flesh by the collector. 2 Type. 
Together with the races recently described, the following forms of 
Hypothymis azurea seem now to be recognizable ? : 
1. Hypothymis azurea azurea (Boddaert).—Philippine Islands, 
including Palawan and the Sulu group. 
2. Hypothymis azurea styani (Hartlaub).—Island of Hainan. 
3. Hypothymis azurea oberholseri Stresemann.—Formosa. 
4. Hypothymis azurea coeruleocephala (Sykes).—India north to the 
Himalaya Mountains, and east to Cochin China. 
5. Hypothymis azurea ceylonensis Sharpe.—Ceylon. 
6. Hypothymis azurea prophata Oberholser.—Malay Peninsula 
to Sumatra, Java, and Borneo. 
7. Hypothymis azurea forrestia Oberholser.—Mergui Archipelago. 
8. Hypothymis azurea nicobarica Bianchit (—Hypothymis azurea 
calocara Oberholser).—Nicobar Islands excepting Car Nicobar. 
9. Hypothymis azurea rdiochroa Oberholser.—Car Nicobar Island, 
Nicobar Islands. 
- 10. Hypothymis azurea tytleri (Beavan).—Andaman and Cocos 
Islands. 
8 See Oberholser, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 39, 1911, pp. 593-615; Stresemann, Novit. Zool., vol. 20, 
1913, pp. 293-297. 
‘ Hypothymis azurea nicobarica Bianchi, Ann. Mus. Zool. Acad. Imp. Sci. de St. Pétersb., vol. 12, No. 1, 
June, 1907, p. 76 (Nicobar Islands). 
