Aplonis opaca guami, subsp. nov. 

 (Eulabetidae). 



A kittlitzi OvistaXci, Nouv. Archiv. Mus., 1895, P- 213 (part.); Hartcrt, Nov. Zool, 

 Vol. V, 1898, pp. 58, 69 (part,). 



Ad. — Very similar to A. o. anga, but distinguishable from it 

 by the edge of feathers of both body sides being much less bronzy- 

 green and by the bill and tarsus being shorter. It differs from A. o. 

 opaca hy the edge of feathers of both body sides being mucli more 

 bronzy-green and by the bill aud tarsus being again shorter. 



Type. — Adult ('^ ?). Guam, one of the southernmost islands of 

 the Marianne chain. 1907. Momiyama's collection no. 1309. Col- 

 lected by Mr. Masataro Uchiyama, 



Habitat. — Guam, Marianne Islands. 



Measurements. 



Momiyama': 

 Coll. 



Kuroda's 



Momiyama': 

 Coll. 



do. 

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 do. 



1907 

 do. 

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 do. 



X 3 



mm. 

 22.5 



22.5 



21 



23 



23 



23 



21 



21 



O rt 



mm 

 9 



8.5 



9 



9 



mm. 

 121.5 



122 



127 



122.5 



120 

 122 

 119 



mm. 

 80 



80 



87 



84.5 



80 



75.5 



79 



79.5 



inm. 

 29.5 



27 



28.5 

 29 



29 



29 

 28.5 



27.5 



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ad. 



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* indicates the type specimen. 



Young. — Very similar to the young of A. o. angn, but the bron- 

 zy-green lustre on mantle is less manifest. 



