BIRDS OF THE ANAMBA ISLANDS. 61 
Family MOTACILLIDAE. 
MOTACILLA BOARULA MELANOPE Pallas. 
Motacilla melanope Pattas, Reise Versch. Prov. Russ. Reichs, vol. 3, 1776, 
p. 696 (Dauria, Siberia). 
One apparently immature female, from Pulo Manguan, September 
1, 1899. Length, 190.5 mm. 
Family NECTARINIIDAE. 
<t ANTHREPTES MALACENSIS ANAMBAE, new subspecies. 
Subspecific characters—Male almost identical with same sex of 
Anthrepies malacensis malacensis,! from the Malay Peninsula, but 
throat lighter; the yellow of median posterior lower surface averaging 
rather brighter and paler; female similar to that of Anthreptes mala- 
censis malacensis, but very much more greenish (less brownish or 
grayish) above, much more richly yellow beneath; immature male 
also readily distinguishable from that of Anthreptes malacensis mala- 
censis by paler, more yellowish olive green upper parts and somewhat 
more yellowish lower surface. 
Descriptwon.—Type, adult male, No. 171009, U.S.N.M.; Pulo 
Mobur, Anamba Islands, August 25, 1899; Dr. W. L. Abbott. Pileum, 
cervix, back, and sides of neck, iridescent metallic bottle green, with 
some purplish reflections; rump and upper tail-coverts metallic royal 
purple; tail clove brown, most of the feathers with narrow metallic 
greenish or purplish external margins, the outer feathers rather 
lighter; wings grayish sepia, the quills and greater coverts edged ex- 
ternally with olivaceous; median coverts and scapulars broadly dull 
burnt sienna terminally; lesser coverts metallic royal purple; sides of 
head olive green; chin, throat, and jugulum, cinnamon rufous, bor- 
dered on each side by a conspicuous maxillar stripe of royal purple; 
breast and abdomen lemon yellow; flanks and crissum pale olive yel- 
low; lining of wing white, mixed with pale yellow. 
Both adult male and adult female of Anthreptes malacensis anambae 
may be distinguished at a glance from Anthreptes malacensis chlori- 
gaster, of the Philippine Islands, by the much brighter yellow of the 
lower parts. 
Immature males of Anthreptes malacensis anambae are very much 
like the adult female, but are somewhat more yellowish on the upper 
surface. The immature female is very much like the adult of the 
same sex, but is rather lighter, more yellowish above, and slightly 
paler below. 
Doctor Abbott obtained, altogeth>r, 15 specimens, as follows: 
Adult male, No. 171102, U.S.N.M.; Pulo Jimaja, September 26, 
1899. 
! This is the original spelling of the specific name. 
