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Dr. Ernst Hartert described a new form of Blue 

 Nuthatch from the Malay Peninsula, which he proposed to 

 name : — 



Callisitta azurea expectata, siibsp. n. 



Adult male. Differs from the Javan species C. aznrea 

 azurea in having the back of a considerably darker blue. 

 Tlie bill is apparently generally longer. 



Hub. Malay Peninsula (Pahang, Selangor, Perak). 



Type in the Tring Museum : $ ad. Bukit Eraser, above 

 the Semangko Pass, Pahang, 4000 feet, 10. x. 09. Ex coll. 

 Selangor Museum. 



Obs. Sitta azurea was described by Lesson [Traite d'Ornith. 

 p. 316 (1830)] without any indication of the locality. The 

 species was redesci'ibed in 1838 by Swainson as ^' Dendro- 

 phila frontalis," with the locality "India/' where it does not 

 occur. 



I designate Java as the type-locality of C. a. azurea, from 

 which island the type-specimen was most likely obtained. 



Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant exhibited and described 

 examples of a new species and two new subspecies of 

 Esculent Swifts, obtained during the expedition made by 

 Mr. Wollaston and Mr. Kloss to the Snow Mountains of 

 Dutch New Guinea. He described them as follows: — 



CoUocalia hirundinacea excelsa, subsp. n. 



Adult male and female. Similar to C. hirundinacea Strese- 

 mann, and with the same silvery-grey underparts, but much 

 larger, and with the quills of the wings and tail much wider, 

 the middle pair of rectrices measuring about 13^ mm. in 

 width, instead of 11 mm. as in C. hirundinacea. 



Male. Wing 127 mm., tail 56. 



Female. Wing 131 mm., tail 63. 



Types in the British Museum : (^ ? ad. Camp 11, Utakwa 

 Eiver, 8000 ft., 8.ii. 13. C. B. Kloss coll. 



Obs. Mr. Stresemann, in describing C. hirundinacea 

 [Verb. Orn. Ges. Bayern, xii. p. 7 (1914)], states that the 



