NO. 6 NEW EAST INDIAN BIRDS OBERHOLSER 3 



COPSYCHUS SAULARIS NESIARCHUS, subsp. nov. 



Sitbspccific characters. — Similar to Copsychiis saidaris ephaliis, 

 from northwestern Sumatra, but somewhat smaller, and with white 

 area on third and fourth rectrices (from outermost) much more 

 extensive. 



Type. — Adult male, No. 180075, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Lafau, Nias 

 Island, western Sumatra, March 22, 1903 ; Dr. W. L. Abbott. 



Measurements of type. — Wing, 103 mm. ; tail, 91 ; exposed culmen, 

 20; tarsus, 31.5; middle toe without claw, 19.5. 



This new race differs from Copsychiis saidaris zacnecus of the 

 neighboring island of Simalur in having more white on the terminal 

 portion of the fourth rectrix, and, in the male, no buff on the crissum. 



COPSYCHUS SAULARIS NESIOTES, subsp. nov. 



SubspeciHc clmracters. — Similar to Copsychus saidaris ephaliis, 

 from Sumatra, but wing and tail shorter (not bill) ; third rectrix 

 with less white and the fourth with none. 



Type. — Adult male. No. 180537, U. S. Nat. Mus.; Tanjong Be- 

 daan, Banka Island, southeastern Sumatra, June 4, 1904; Dr. W. L. 

 Abbott. 



Measurements of type. — Wing, 100 mm. ; tail, 90; exposed culmen, 

 19.5 ; tarsus, 31.5 ; middle toe without claw, 18.5. 



KITTACINCLA MELANURA PAGENSIS, subsp. nov. 



Suhspecific characters.— S\m\\?ir to Kittacincla melanura opistho- 

 chra, from Pulo Lasia, Barussan Islands, western Sumatra, but 

 smaller. Male with rufous posterior lower parts much paler. (No 

 female examined.) 



Description. — Type, male. No. 180079, U. S. Nat. Mus.; North 

 Pagi Island, western Sumatra, January 9, 1903 ; Dr. W. L. Abbott. 

 Upper parts metallic bluish black, except the rump, which is white; 

 tail brownish black; wings dull black, some of the unmolted feathers 

 dull brown, secondary wing-coverts edged with the color of the back ; 

 sides of head and of neck, together with the chin, throat, and jugulum, 

 like the back ; posterior lower parts between cinnamon rufous and 

 tawny, paler on the middle of the abdomen; lining of wing ochraceous 

 buff", edges of wing blackish. 



Measurements of type. — Wing, 83 mm. ; tail, 103 ; exposed culmen, 

 15 ; height of bill at base, 5.5 ; tarsus, 25.5 ; middle toe without claw, 

 I5-5- 



