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excepting the middle pair, also on marginal portion of inner webs, 

 fuscous, the remaining portions of the feathers somewhat metallic 

 cerro green, in places tinged with dark green or with bronzy, and* 

 having on the two middle rectrices numerous narrow almost invisible 

 bronzy bars; wings fuscous, the superior coverts and the exposed 

 portions of the quills in the closed wing somewhat metallic olive 

 green, cerro green, bronzy green, and dark green, all mingled 

 together, the general effect being near olive green; jugulum and 

 breast between cerro green and spinach green, and shading to 

 between parrot green and grass green on abdomen, sides, and thighs; 

 crissum, including anal region, chrome yellow to cadmium yellow, 

 the longest lower tail-coverts mostly red, between carmine and 

 acajou red; Iming of wmg neutral gray, the feathers edged and 

 tinged with cerro green and olive yellowish; "iris yellow; eyelids 

 greenish yellow; bill pale yellow-green; feet deep red." Total 

 length (in flesh), 266 mm.; wing, 127; tail, 81; exposed culmen, 15; 

 tarsus, 23.5; middle toe without claw, 24. 



This new race is much larger than Haemataena^ inelanocephala 

 melanospila of Celebes, and has the gray of head and neck paler, 

 also the yellow of throat and crissum lighter and less orange-tinged. 

 From Haemataena inelanocepJiala xanihorrhoa of the Sanghi Islands, 

 it differs in the darker gray of head and neck, darker yellow of 

 throat, and lighter, less orange-shaded yellow of posterior lower 

 parts. Compared with Haemataena melanocephala hangueyensis, from 

 the Philippine Islands, it is much larger, with gray of head and 

 neck paler, and yellow of throat deeper. The type is the only 

 specimen obtained by Doctor Abbott. 



The genus Haemataena Bonaparte ^ (type, Columha melanocephala 

 Forster) is sufficiently different from Ptilinopus Swainson to make 

 necessary its recognition in nomenclature. The long tail, unbifur- 

 cated pectoral feathers, and relatively broad terminal portion of 

 the first primary are distinctive. Ft. equals Spilotreron Salvadori. 



The forms referable to this genus are apparently all subspecies 

 of Haemataena melanocepJiala, and are as follows: 



Haemataena melanocepJiala melanocephala (Forster). 



Haemataena melanocephala melanospila. (Salvadori) . 



Haemataena melanocephala massoptera Oberholser. 



Haemataena melanocephala xanfJiorrhoa (Salvadori). 



Haemataena melanocephala hangueyensis (Meyer). 



Haemataena melanocephala pelingensis (Hartert). 



Haemataena melanocephala chrysorrhoa (Salvadori). 



BUTRERON CAPELLEI PASSORHINA, new subspecies. 



Suhspecific characters. — Similar to Butreron capellei capellei, from 

 Java, but bill more robust. 



1 For this generic name, see Richmond, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 53, 1917, p. 593. 



