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Measurements of specimens of Hypothymis azurea amelis examined. 



o Measured in the flesh by the collector. 



6 Type. 



HYPOTHYMIS AZUREA CALOCARA, new subspecies. 



Chars, suhsp. — Similar to Hypothymis azurea prophata, but averag- 

 ing smaller; blue of upper parts in the male paler, less purplish; that 

 of ventral surface slightly so; crown less contrasted with back; pos- 

 terior under parts rather more washed with blue, the lower tail-coverts 

 almost always more or less bluish. 



Description.— TjYie, adult male. No. 178705, U.vS.N.M.; Nankauri 

 Island, Nicobar Islands, February 8, 1901; Dr. W. L. Abbott. 

 Pileum, sides of head and neck cyanine blue, rather lighter than the 

 back; a narrow line across the base of the bill at the extreme fore- 

 head, and a large crescentic patch on the occiput velvety black; rest 

 of upper surface cyanine blue, rather duller on upper tail-coverts; 

 tail sepia, shaded and margined on outer webs with marine blue; 

 wings sepia, the quills edged externally with marine blue, the coVerts 

 margined on outer webs with the blue of the back; chin, throat, and 

 breast cyanine blue, the mental apex with a tiny spot of black, the 

 jugulum with a narrow crescentic bar of velvety black; remainder of 

 ventral surface dull white, washed with cyanine blue, least so on 

 middle of abdomen and on lower tail-coverts; thighs pale grayish, 

 washed with blue; under wing-coverts exteriorly cyanine blue, inter- 

 iorly white mixed with grayish and washed with blue; axillars gray- 

 ish white, somewhat washed with blue; ''feet dark blue." 



Measurements. — Eight males: Wing, 65-69 (average, 67.6); tail, 

 63.5-70.5 (average, 67.4); exposed culmen, 9.5-11 (average, 10.3); 

 tarsus, 16.5-17.5 (average, 17) mm. Four females: Wing, 64-67 

 (average, 66.3); tail, 62-67.5 (average, 65.5); exposed culmen, 9.5-11 

 (average, 10.5); tarsus, 16.5-17 (average, 16.6) mm. 



Type-locality. — Nankauri Island, Nicobar Islands. 



Geographical distribution. — Nicobar Islands, excepting Car Nicobar 

 Island. 



