. The birds of the Anamba Islands. Birds. BIKDS OF THE ANAMBA ISLANDS. 67 Measurements of specimens of Aethopyga siparaja ochropyrrha. No. Sex. ...do ...do ...do ...do ...do ...do ...do - ^ 43 a M a •o d Measured in the flesh by the collector. 'Type. Family DICAEIDAE. T DICAEUM TRIGONOSTIGMUM HYPOCHLOUM, new subspecies. Subspecijic characters.—Similar to Dicaeum trigonostigmum trigono- stigmum,^ from the Malay Peninsula, but male with gray of throat and slaty blue of upper parts
. The birds of the Anamba Islands. Birds. BIKDS OF THE ANAMBA ISLANDS. 67 Measurements of specimens of Aethopyga siparaja ochropyrrha. No. Sex. ...do ...do ...do ...do ...do ...do ...do - ^ 43 a M a •o d Measured in the flesh by the collector. 'Type. Family DICAEIDAE. T DICAEUM TRIGONOSTIGMUM HYPOCHLOUM, new subspecies. Subspecijic characters.—Similar to Dicaeum trigonostigmum trigono- stigmum,^ from the Malay Peninsula, but male with gray of throat and slaty blue of upper parts and wings paler; juvcnal female duller, more grayish (less greenish) above, and less yellowish below. Description.—Type, immatxu-e male. No. 170972, ; Pulo Siantan, Anamba Islands, September 8, 1899; Dr. W. L. Abbott. Pileum, cervix, back, scapulars, sides of head, and sides of neck, rather light slaty blue (but still much mixed with the ohve green and grayish olive feathers of the juvenal plumage); rump and shorter upper tail-coverts saffron yellow; longest upper tail-coverts slaty blue hke the upper parts; tail-feathers fuscous, narrowly margined with dull olive green; wings fuscous, the superior coverts and quill-edgings mostly slaty blue, the inner margin of basal portion of primaries and secondaries white; chin and throat light blue gray; breast and sides cadmium orange; abdomen, flanks, and crissum, wax yellow, the middle of abdomen lighter; thighs pale yellowish gray; hning of wing yellowish white. Four specimens are in the collection, as follows: 1 This specific name is derived from Tplyuvos and SHyiux; and when Latinized should undoubtedly be treated as an adjective. Thus after dicaeum, a neuter name, it should be trigonostigmum, not trigono- stigma, as usually written. -•-*—'. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations m
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