NO. 2232. BIRDS FROM ISLANDIS J\ TUB -J A VA HEA—OBERHOLtiER. 191 



Doctor Abbott paid two visits to Pulo*Mata Siri: the fii"st from 

 December 7 to 12, 1907; the second from November 25 to December 

 1, 1908. On these occasions he collected 13 specimens of birds of 8 

 species, 5 of these representing new subspecies hereinafter described. 

 These specimens, which Doctor Abbott has presented to the United 

 States National Musemn, and a single other species reported but 

 not secured, constitute, up to the present time, the only ornitho- 

 logical records from the island of Mata Siri. Other birds, of course, 

 remain to be detected here, but the avifauna is probably not large. 



If these few birds are a criterion, Pulo Mata Siri is, as would be 

 expected, faunaUy most closely allied to Borneo, but possessed, 

 nevertheless, of a decided Javan and Celebesian infusion. 



Family ARDEIDAE. 



NANNOCNUS EURHYTHMUS (Swinhoe). 



Ardetta eurhythma Swinhoe, Ibis, ser. 3, vol. 3, No. 9, Januaiy, 1873, p. 74, pi. 

 2 (Amoy, China) (wrongly spelled Ardetta euryihma on the plate). 



One specimen, an immature female* No. 181399, U.S.N.M., taken, 

 December 9, 1907; "iris yeUow; bill dark brown above, pale greenish 

 5'eUow beneath; feet pale green." Length (in flesh), 372 mm. 



This apparently is the southernmost record for the species. 



The specific name of this species has been consistently misspelled 

 by authors. It is correct as above written. 



Family MEGAPODIIDAE. 



MEGAPODIUS DUPERRYII GOULDII Gray. 



Megupodius gouldii Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1861 (meeting of June 25), p. 

 290 (Lombok Island, East Indies). 



Megapodes were reported to Doctor Abbott, but no specimens were 

 obtained by him. 



Family TRERONIDAE. 



HAEMATAENA MELANOCEPHALA MASSOPTERA, new subspecies. 



Subspecijic characters. — Similar to Haemataena melanocepTiala mela- 

 nocepliala, from Java, but much larger; gray of head and neck some- 

 what paler; yellow of throat with slightly more of a chrome tinge. 



Description. — Type, adult male. No. 181420, U.S.N.M.; Pulo Mata 

 Siri, Java Sea, December 8, 1907; Dr. W. L. Abbott. Head and 

 throat all around pale gull gray, with a large black patch, about 

 22 mm. long by 15-17 mm. wide, on occiput, and with the chin and 

 middle of upper throat chrome yellow; hind neck and sides of neck 

 warbler green, shading toward olive green on the upper back and 

 scapulars; lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts mixed olive 

 green, warbler green, and dark green; tail-feathers basally, and, 



