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MACRUROPSAR 



MAGNUS 



B RE VI CAUDA. 



specimens from that island in the Tring-Museum *), which 

 most kindly have been placed at my disposal by the director, 

 show as to the tail the same peculiarity, it seems, that the 

 bird from Mefoor, is constantly differing by its shorter tail 

 from that from the Schouten-islands, and I therefore sepa- 

 rate that form under the name of 



Macruropsar magnus brevicauda. 



The tables below show the smaller dimension of wing 

 and tail of this new subspecies, which in coloration does 

 not differ from the typical magnus. 



Macruropsar magnus (Schleg.). 

 Leyden Museum : 



Oat. n°. 1, cT, Soepiori, 14 March 1869, von Ro- wing tail 

 senberg coll 121 243 mm 



Cat. n°. 2, 9, Soepiori, 14 March 1869, von Ro- 

 senberg coll 117 224 » 



Cat. n°. 3, cf, Soepiori, 18 March 1869, von Ro- 

 senberg coll 122 243 » 



Cat. n°. 4, 2, Soepiori, 19 March 1869, von Ro- 

 senberg coll 124 210 » 



Cat. n°. 5, cf, Soepiori, 20 March 1869, von Ro- 

 senberg coll 115 1 90 > 



Cat. n°. 6, 9, Soepiori, 20 March 1869, von Ro- 

 senberg coll 117 222 > 



Cat. n°. 7, cT, Soepiori, 23 March 1869, von Ro- 

 senberg coll 121 188 > 



Cat. n°. 8, 9, Soepiori, 23 March 1869, von Ro- 

 senberg coll 124 228 » 



Cat. n°. 9, 9, Soepiori, 28 March 1869, von Ro- 

 senberg coll 121 213 > 



Cat. n°. 10,9, Soepiori, 28 March 1869, von Ro- 

 senberg coll 120 218 » 



1) Nov. Zool. X, 1903, p. 116. 



Notes from the Leyden Museum, Vol. XXX. 



