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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MLISEUM. 



VOL. 54. 



Measurements of specimens of Muscadivores rosaceus zamydrus. 



1 Measured in the flesh by the collector. 



Family ORIOLIDAE. 



ORtOLUS MACULATUS LAMPROCHRYSEUS Oberholser. 



Oriolus maculatus lamprochryseus Oberholser, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 54, 

 1917, p. 186 (Solombo Besar Island, Java Sea). 



One specimen, No. 181700, U.S.N.M., was obtained by Doctor 

 Abbott on November 24, 1908, It is a male in juvenal plmnage, 

 and is apparently not distinguishable from the bird of Solombo Besar 

 Island, already described by the writer as Oriolus maculatus lampro- 

 chryseus.'^ It measures: total length (in flesh),^ 277 mm.; wing, 

 145.5; tail, 98.5; exposed cuhneii, 32; tarsus, 28; middle toe without 

 claw, 20.5. 



III. PULO MATA SIRI. 



Pulo Mata Siri is the largest of the Laurot, or Laut Kitchil, Islands. 

 It is situated in the middle of this group, some 75 miles south of the 

 southeastern corner of Borneo, 225 miles north-northeast of the 

 eastern end of Java, and about 250 miles west of southeastern 

 Celebes. It is about 7 2 miles in length from northeast to south- 

 west, and approximately IJ miles in width. Its surface is rocky, 

 rough, and hilly, culminating in a high ridge which traverses its 

 length, and at the highest point reaches an altitude of 1,400 feet. 

 The rocks are chiefly granite, and there is but little coral reef along 

 the coast. 



This island is uninhabited, and is entirely covered with dense 

 forest or jungle. The commonest mammals are rats, squirrels, bats, 

 and muntjacs. Birds, at the time ol Doctor Abbott's explorations, 

 seemed not to be numerous. 



2 See p. 186. 



3 Measured by the collector. 



