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Measurements . 





Sex 



Wing 



Tail 



Tarsus 



Bill to base of forehead 



Male 



75 



72 



17 



15 



<( 



77 



73 



17 



16 



<< 



76 



73 



18 



15 



« 



73 



70 



18 



15 



k' 



76 



75 



18 



16 



[< 



76 



74 



18 



15 



^emale 



72 



70 



17 



14.5 



« 



71 



69 



17 



15 



No, 



235918 

 235919 

 235920 

 235922 

 235923 

 235924 

 235925 

 235927 



Remarks. — The male of the Maratua Island species differs at 

 once from the male of any of the races of azurea in not having a 

 black occipital patch, in all the feathers of the crown being normal, 

 and in the black jugular crescent being narrower and less velvety. 

 The female differs from females of azurea in having a blue, not a 

 brownish back. From species that in the male lack the black 

 occipital patch, such as abbotti, rowleyi, and puella, the new species 

 differs in having the belly white. 



Lalage nigra mitifica Bangs, 

 One immature male. Wing, 21; tail, 67; bill to base of 

 forehead, 18. 



This one specimen, in plumage not unlike an adult female, is 

 large and has a gray back, in both respects agreeing with Philip- 

 pine birds. 



Microtarsus hodiernus, sp. nov. 

 Seven adults, both sexes. 



Type. — No. 235902, Museum of Comparative Zoology, adult male, from 

 Maratua Island. Collected February-March, 1926, by E. Mjoberg. 



Description. — Head all round and throat shining black, with greenish re- 

 flections on crown and purplish on throat; upper parts, wing-coverts, and outer 

 webs of secondaries slate color; rump and upper tail-coverts slate gray, the long 

 feathers of rump with black bases, which show through as black mottling when 

 the feathers are disturbed; chest and breast slate color; belly and under tail- 

 coverts pale slate gray; primaries and their coverts wholly black; under wing- 

 coverts slate gray; tail slate gray at base and at tip, black in the middle; under 

 side of three outer rectrices slate color. 



Size large, larger than in M . atriceps atriceps (Temm.) of India and the Sunda 

 Islands. (The wing in birds from India and Borneo measured by us, varies 

 from 76 to 78 mm.). 



M E ASXJREMENTS . 



No. 



Sex 



Wing 



Tail 



Tarsus 



Bill to base of forehead 



235902 



Male 



82 



70 



16 



17 



235903 . 



<< 



81 



70 



17 



16 



235904 



« 



. 85 



68 



17 



16 



235905 



ti 



84 



67 



17 



16 



235906 



Female 



83 



73 



17 



16 



235907 



a 



83 



71 



17 



17 



235908 



<< 



85 



76 



17 



16 



