BIRDS OF THE ANAMBA ISLANDS. 63 
Measurements of specimens of Anthreptes malacensis anambae. 
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171009....| Male....| Pulo Mobur, Anam-| Aug. 25,1899 | Dr. W. L. Abbott..|139.7| 70.5) 47.5) 17.5) 18.5 
ba Islands.? | 
171037. ..-|--.d0.:.<- Pulo Kelong, An- | Aug. 30,1899 |..... Oly pede soececen| haccc COP ate | Seletico 
| _ amba Islands. 
#71102. ...|.--do..-.- Pulo Jimaja, <An- | Sept. 26,1899 |..... (OO eepednoacee 27), 67.5) - =e 17.5) 16.5 
amba Islands. 
170985....|...- Goz--.- | Pulo Siantan, An- | Sept. 8,1899 |..... GON esses sence hits eeeeoledsoc 18.5 
} amba Islands. | 
AV OOS4 oe <<} 3-00s=25 - oaee OSseccce seaces JAE SUE) Ile oc GOs ee asicee ects |139. 7) 68.5) 46 | 17.5) 17.5 
ALODI S55}. 00s...) | PuloManguan, An- | Sept. 1,1899 |..... GOz ase sece ee ==) La0 2 OOM lace selensee 18 
| amba Islands. } 
Htl0D22~-|22-00"...- loz aere GOn ea saclbicdcs GOrceaeesee ee GOSs cases 133.3] 67.5|..... 19 | 18.8 
Average of 7 Males........-......- 2-2 222 ee ee eee cece eee cere eeeeeeee[eoeee | 68.7] 46.8) 17.9) 17.9 
170983....| Female..| Pulo Siantan, An- | Aug. 24,1899 | Dr. W. L. Abbott../136.8) 65 | 43.5] 17.5] 17 
| _ amba Islands. 
AGOGO Season G0>--.-!bnlo Jimayja,) An- || Sept:.18,1809 |... -do:..-5:- 260s: 114.3) 66 | 43 | 16.5) 16.3 
amba Islands. { 
IVAN Dea sel Boat (Reena eae G0serseaeesctec| Sept. 21,1899 |....-. Ol) feacneesrecs serge 63 | 41 | 16.5] 17 
AVOLACCCOMGNOML ANOS aite sa ceess oats ccie anbiescssaiiae secs <n eceeceeeecnecsneleeaes 64.7) 42.5) 16.8) 16.8 
1 Measured in the flesh by the collector. 2 Type. 
~ CINNYRIS BRASILIANA EUMECIS, new subspecies. 
Subspecific characters—Similar to Cinnyris brasiliana brasiliana', 
from the Malay Peninsula, but larger, particularly the bill; female 
lighter above, and paler, more greenish (less golden) yellow below. 
Description.—Type, adult male, No. 170974, U.S.N.M.; Pulo Sian- 
tan, Anamba Islands, September 6, 1899; Dr. W. L. Abbott. Pileum 
metallic grass green; lores black; sides of head and neck with hind neck 
and upper back, velvety black; lower back, rump, upper tail-coverts, 
and lesser wing-coverts, metallic deep verditer blue, with a pro- 
nounced violet sheen, this almost absent on upper tail-coverts; tail 
metallic indigo blue, with a violet tinge; wings clove brown, the greater 
and median coverts, together with the tertials, velvety violet black; 
throat metallic violet; jugulum, breast, and upper abdomen maroon; 
rest of abdomen and crissum brownish black, the latter with the 
feathers margined with paler brownish; lining of wing black. 
The following six specimens are in the collection: 
Adult male, No. 171096, U.S.N.M.; Pulo Jimaja, September 18, 
1899. 
Adult male (type), No. 170974, U.S.N.M.; Pulo Siantan, Septem- 
ber 6, 1899. 
Immature male, No. 170975, U.S.N.M.; Pulo Siantan, September 
6, 1899. Length, 95.5 mm. 
1 For the change of Cinnyris hasseltii to Cinnyris brasiliana, see Oberholser, Smiths. Misc. Coll., vol. 60. 
No. 7, October 26, 1912, p. 18. 
