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AM[EIRWAN MUSEUMNOV¢ )Y ITATESPUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORYCITY OF NEW YORK FEBRUARY 10, 1950 NUMBER 1452NEW SUBSPECIES OF BIRDS FROMSOUTHWESTERN ASIABY WALTER KOELZ1During the working out of my collections from Iran, Afghanis-tan, and India, the following new subspecies were found. Itseemed advisable to make these names available for the series ofmonographic revisions subtitled "Notes from the Walter Koelzcollections."Ammoperdix griseogularis peraticus, new subspeciesTYPE: Adult female; Burchao Pass, Bend i Turkestan Range,western Afghanistan, south of Maimana; October 11, 1939;W. Koelz, collector. Deposited in the American Museum ofNatural History.DIAGNOSIS: Agrees in size with the nominate race. Adultfemale very similar to that of A. g. ter-meuleni from southwesternPersia and Iraq but paler and more vinaceous above and below;vermiculations on flanks fewer and finer. Adult females of thenominate race are much darker and grayer and more heavilyvermiculated on the flanks than in either of the other subspecies.Adult males differ from those of ter-meuleni in being paler andmore vinaceous above; the males of the nominate race aredarker and grayer.MEASUREMENTS OF THE TYPE: .Wing, 131 mm.; tail, 63;bill from base of cere, 11. Measurements of three other adultfemales are: wing, 127, 129, 130; tail, 58.5, 59.5, 61; bill, 10,10.5, 11. Four adult males measure: wing, 132, 133, 134.5,135; tail, 61, 61, 61.5, 65.5; bill, 10, 11, 11, 11.1 In care of the American Consul, Bombay, India.AMERICAN MUSEUM NOVITATESRANGE: Known from Burchao Pass and Qala Sarkari, Bend iTurkestan Range, western Afghanistan.REMARKS: The name bucharensis Zarudny does not appear toapply to this population. Zarudny's original description (1911,Ornith. Monatsber., vol. 19, pp. 83-85) refers to a larger andless reddish bird.Streptopelia senegalensis kirmanensis, new subspeciesTYPE: Adult male; Kirman, Kirman, Iran; January 23,1940; W. Koelz, collector. Deposited in the American Museumof Natural History.DIAGNOSIS: Compared with S. s. cambayensis from Kathiawar(almost topotypical) and other areas in India the southernIranian population has the wine color on lower plumage palerand tinged with brownish which does not extend down to thewhite abdomen; the rufous tips to the feathers on the sidesof the neck and throat and the wing coverts are much paler.MEASUREMENTS OF THE TYPE: Wing, 133 mm.; tail, 119;ramphotheca, 7.RANGE: Southern Persia and southern Afghanistan; birdsfrom Kandahar (southeastern Afghanistan) tend towards cam-bayensis.Athene brama albida, new subspeciesTYPE: Adult male; Saadatabad, Kirman, Iran; December22, 1939; W. Koelz, collector. Deposited in the AmericanMuseum of Natural History.DIAGNOSIS: Differs from brama by the paler general colora-tion and by the much greater amount of white on the upperparts. In particular the spots on the crown, scapulars, and upperwing-coverts are larger; the spots on either web tend to enlargeand broaden into a bar.MEASUREMENTS: Wing, male, 163 mm., 167, female, 160,162; tail, male, 78, 82.5, female, 75, 79. Specimens fromBaluchistan average smaller: wing, male, 154-164.5 (160.0),female, 157-160 (159.0); tail, male, 74-82 (79.0), female, 76-83(78.2).RANGE: Iran and Baluchistan, possibly also Sind and otherparts of northwestern India.REMARKS: Birds from Baluchistan are in color close to Iran2 NO. 1452NEW BIRDS FROM ASIAbirds but average smaller and have, on the average, longer tails.A bird from Sind (Hyderabad) agrees in color but has differentproportions, namely, a very short tail.Birds from Punjab (Lahore, Hissar district) are intermediatebut closer to typical brama.Tyto alba microsticta, new subspeciesTYPE: Adult male; Jahrum, Fars, Iran; March 25, 1940;W. Koelz, collector. Deposited in the American Museum ofNatural History.DIAGNOSIS: Differs from alba by being a much paler bird.The black and white spots on the upper parts are smaller andnarrower, with the black half reduced. The rufous-ochraceousportions of the plumage are very pale. The ruff that surroundsthe facial disk is very pale, almost whitish; the gray areas on theupper parts are reduced in extent. Dark spots on under partsvery small and reduced in number. Dark bars on tail and innerwebs of primaries rather well developed.MEASUREMENTS: Wing, male, 298 mm., 301, female, 292, 302,308; tail, male, 118, 121, female, 117, 118, 119.RANGE: Iran (Luristan and Fars).Glaucidium radiatum principum, new subspeciesTYPE: Adult male; Oria, Siriohi, Rajputana, western India;January 5, 1949; W. Koelz, collector. Deposited in the Ameri-can Museum of Natural History.DIAGNOSIS: Differs from radiatum by the greater width ofthe light bars on the upper parts. Bars on lower back andscapulars white, contrasting with the pale rufous bars of crownand lower back. Under parts lighter, dark bars reduced.White bars on tail broader. Dark bars dark gray rather thanblack.MEASUREMENTS: Three males, wing, 127.5 mm., 128, 132;tail, 65, 68, 77.5.RANGE: Known from Siriohi, but presumably of more wide-spread occurrence in the wooded ranges of Rajputana.Strix leptogrammica connectens, new subspeciesTYPE: Adult female; Amrasti, Bastar State, Central Prov-inces; March 27, 1949, W. Koelz, collector. Deposited in theAmerican Museum of Natural History.1950 3AMERICAN MUSEUM NOVITATESDIAGNOSIS: Differs from indranee by the absence of rufous onthroat and facial disk, size larger. Differs from newarensis bysmaller size and a slight buff wash of the facial disk.In the type there is no distinct blackish collar below the whitethroat patch. Dark bars of under parts broad, light bars of tailreduced.MEASUREMENTS: Wing, 360 mm.; tail, 197.RANGE: Known only from the unique type. Specimens thathave been reported from Orissa (Goomsur) presumably alsobelong to this race.Strix ocellata grandis, new subspeciesTYPE: Adult male; Sasan, Junagadh, Kathiawar, westernIndia; February 3, 1949; W. Koelz, collector. Deposited in theAmerican Museum of Natural History.DIAGNOSIS: Differs from ocellata by being of much larger size;similar in coloration, but averaging grayer above; size of blackareas on back and nape reduced.MEASUREMENTS: Wing, male, 360 mm., 372; against 333-338(ocellata) and 338-346 (grisescens). Tail, male, 197, 203; fe-male, 200, against 184-192 (grisescens) and 175-178 (ocellata).RANGE: Known only from the Kathiawar Peninsula.Strix ocellata grisescens, new subspeciesTYPE: Adult male; Nichlaul (northeast of Gorakhpur),United Provinces, northern India; February 5, 1947; W. Koelz.Deposited in the American Museum of Natural History.DIAGNOSIS: Differs from ocellata by slightly larger size andlighter coloration of the upper parts. Black bars on scapulars,wing, and tail feathers narrower; the black and white spots inthe rufous area of the neck mostly white, whiie they are largelyblack in ocellata; rufous parts of plumage often paler.Two specimens from Bheraghat (Central Provinces) agree incolor with nominate ocellata, but are intermediate in size.RANGE: Northern India (United Provinces and Bihar).Chrysophlegma flavinucha kumaonensis, new speciesTYPE: Adult male; Kathgodam, Naini Tal District, UnitedProvinces, India; April 8, 1948; W. Koelz, collector. De-posited in the American Museum of Natural History.4 NO. 1452NEW BIRDS FROM ASIADIAGNOSIS: Similar to P. f. flavinucha from Sikkim but muchlarger and the green on the upper parts without the yellowishgloss.MEASUREMENTS, IN MILLIMETERSkumaonensis (Kumaon)9f#avinucha (Sikkim)9Wing181, 184182.5166, 170172Tail131, 136134114115Bill from Skull45,4544.541, 4239RANGE: Northern United Provinces.REMARKS: Gould's flavinucha was described from the Hima-layas. His measurements indicate that he referred to the smal-ler eastern Himalayan birds. The type locality of Picusflavinucha Gould is hereby restricted to Darjeeling.Micropternus brachyurus kanarae, new subspeciesTYPE: Adult male; Londa, Belgaum District, Bombay, India;January 28, 1938; W. Koelz, collector. Deposited in theAmerican Museum of Natural History.DIAGNOSIS: Similar to M. b. jerdonii from Travancore andCeylon but larger.MEASUREMENTS OF Micropternus brachyurus, IN MILLIMETERSWingType1 dkanarae (Belgaum District)7ce7 9kanarae (S. Konkan and S.Kanara)From Whistler'4 e5 9jerdonii (Ceylon)4 e2 9129126-132 (128.3)126-132 (129.6)Tail6564-66 (64.7)62-66 (64)127-130126-129Bill from Skull3030-32 (30.5)30-32 (30.9)28-3128.5-31118-120 (119) 57-61 (59) 28-30 (28.9)118, 120 59,61 28a 1934, Jour. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., vol. 37, p. 290.1950 5AMERICAN MUSEUM NOVITATESjerdonii (Ceylon)From Whistlera9 c? 115-122 58-62 26-306 9 116-122 56-64 25-28jerdonii (Travancore)From Whistler'4 e 116.5-120.5 60.5-62.5 26-292 9 116.5,120 62,63 27-27.5a1944, Spolia Zeylanica, vol. 23, p. 205.RANGE: Southern Bombay (Kanara) to Mysore. Birds fromNilgiris, Malabar, and Shevaroys are intermediate betweenkanarae and jerdonii.REMARKS: Malherbe's jerdonii cannot be used for this popula-tion since Whistler and Kinnear (1934, Jour. Bombay Nat.Hist. Soc., vol. 37, p. 291) show that the type came from Travan-core, so that it applies to the more southern birds.Pericrocotus peregrinus dharmakumari, new subspeciesTYPE: Adult male; Jamwala, Junagarh, Kathiawar Penin-sula, India; February 9, 1949; W. Koelz, collector. Depositedin the American Museum of Natural History.DIAGNOSIS: Compared to peregrinus, the adult male has thethroat blacker (like malabaricus); the flame-orange on breast isdeeper; there is generally more white on abdomen; and in sizeit is smaller. Compared with P. p. pallidus it is darker andwith flame-orange more extensive on under side.In the adult female there is only just a trace of yellow on theflanks and sometimes on abdomen; in P. p. peregrinus there ismore yellow. The female of P. p. pallidus is practically devoidof yellow on under side.MEASUREMENTS OF Pericrocotus peregrinus, IN MILLIMETERSWing Tail Bill from Skulldharmakumari8 c' 65-70(67) 69-78 (72.7) 12.5-14(13.3)dharmakumari, type1 61 67 71 13peregrinus(Punjab and United Prov-inces)25 c' 68-74 (70.4) 74-83 (77.7) 13-14 (13.5)(18 specimens)RANGE: Southern Rajputana, Kathiawar Peninsula, andpossibly also Kutch.6 NO. 1452NEW BIRDS FROM ASIAIt gives me great pleasure to name this new race in honor of akeen naturalist, Sri K. S. Dharmakumarsinhji, the brother of theMaharao of Bhavanagar, Kathiawar.Lanius tephronotus lahulensis, new subspeciesTYPE: Adult male; Kolung, Lahul, Punjab, India; June 15,1936; W. Koelz, collector. Deposited in the American Museumof Natural History.DIAGNOSIS: Similar to L. t. tephronotus, but the back is darkgray, not slaty, and the rufous is more extensive, generally up tothe hindmost scapulars.MEASUREMENTS OF THE TYPE: Wing, 98 mm.; tail, 114; billfrom skull, 22.RANGE: Lahul and Spiti in the Punjab, and Suru Valley inKashmir.REMARKS: Whistler and Kinnear (1933, Jour. Bombay Nat.Hist. Soc., vol. 36, pp. 336-337) recognized this form, but trans-ferred Vigors' tephronotus to it, leaving Hodgson's nipalensis forthe real tephronotus, but this transfer of names is not justified(see Mayr, 1947, Jour. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., vol. 47, p. 126).Lanius schach kathiawarensis, new subspeciesTYPE: Adult male; Jamwala, Junagadh, Kathiawar Penin-sula, India; February 12, 1949; W. Koelz, collector. Depositedin the American Museum of Natural History.DIAGNOSIS: Similar to L. s. erythronotus and L. s. caniceps,but gray on back is paler than in either, and the rufous on theback is less extensive than in L. s. erythronotus but generallymore than in L. s. caniceps.MEASUREMENTS OF THE TYPE: Wing, 88 mm.; tail, 115;bill from base, 20.RANGE: Rajputana, Kathiawar, and possibly also Sind.REMARKS: This race evidently is confined to an area with themean annual rainfall of about 30 inches or less.Garrulax ocellatus griseicauda, new subspeciesTYPE: Adult male; Wan, Garhwal, United Provinces, India;May 19, 1948; Rup Chand, collector. Deposited in the Ameri-can Museum of Natural History.DIAGNOSIS: Compared with the birds from Sikkim and1950 7AMERICAN MUSEUM NOVITATESDarjeeling (G. o. ocellatus) it has much more gray on the tailfeathers, even the central tail feathers, which are without anygray in ocellatus, have some gray anterior to black near the tips;the spots on the upper back are almost pure white, while inocellatus they are generally pale buff; the tail is a little longer inthis race.MEASUREMENTS OF THE TYPE: Wing, 135 mm.; tail, 163;bill from base, 33.Four other birds (3 9, 1 ?) from the lower Himalayas, UnitedProvinces, measure: wing, 132-136 mm.; tail, 160-164; billfrom base, 31-32.Five unsexed birds from Sikkim and Darjeeling measure:wing, 130-133 mm.; tail, 156-160; bill from skull, 30-32.RANGE: Himalayas in the United Provinces.REMARKS: Vigors described Cinclosoma ocellatum from theHimalayas. Baker (1922, The fauna of British India, vol. 2,p. 156) restricted the type locality to Darjeeling. Ticehurstand Whistler (1924, Ibis, ser. 11, vol. 6, p. 471) restricted allVigors' type localities to the Simla-Almora area, but Baker'saction must stand for ocellatum, since until recently the specieswas unknown in the Himalayas west of Nepal.Prinia hodgsonii pallidior, new subspeciesTYPE: Adult male; Sihor, Kathiawar, India; January 25,1949; W. Koelz, collector. Deposited in the American Museumof Natural History.DIAGNOSIS: In winter plumage similar to P. h. rufula fromthe lower Himalayas, but the upper side is brownish rufous andmuch paler, and the under side has a trace of rusty cream on theflanks.MEASUREMENTS OF THE TYPE: Wing, 49 mm.; tail, 56; billfrom skull, 13.RANGE: Rajputana, Kathiawar, and possibly also Kutch.Parus lugubris kirmanensis, new subspeciesTYPE: Adult male; Dehibakri [Deh Bakri] in the Kuh iJamal Bariz Range, west of Bam in southeastern Kirman,Iran; January 28, 1940; W. Koelz, collector. Deposited inthe American Museum of Natural History.DIAGNOSIS: Very similar to P. 1. dubius from southern IranNO. 14528NEW BIRDS FROM ASIA(Fars), southwestern Iran (Bakhtiari, Luristan), and Kerman-shah in western Iran, but, in comparative plumage, darker andbrowner on the mantle. P. 1. anatoliae from Asia Minor is dis-tinctly darker and grayer on the back than kirmanensis andmuch darker than dubius.MEASUREMENTS OF THE TYPE: Wing, 78 mm.; tail, 64; billfrom skull, 14.Measurements of 12 adult males (including the type of P. 1.kirmanensis) taken from January 27 to February 13, 1940, atDehibakri and vicinity are: wing, 75-78 mm. (76.5); tail,57-64 (60.6); bill, 12.5-14 (13.2). Six adult females taken atthe same time measure: wing, 71-76 mm. (74.1); tail, 57-61(59.5); bill, 12.5-13.5 (13.0).RANGE: The mountains of southeastern Kirman. The onlyspecimens known so far are the present ones.Sitta neumayer plumbea, new subspeciesTYPE: Adult male; Guragan, near Masghun, Kuh i JamalRange, southwest of Bam, Kirman, southeastern Iran; February10, 1940; W. Koelz, collector. Deposited in the AmericanMuseum of Natural History.DIAGNOSIS: Differs very markedly from all other races ofSitta neumayer by having the whole of the under parts ashy gray,the throat and breast in the other races being whitish or creamy;chestnut of the lower belly and flanks more reduced, invaded byashy gray; black eye stripe reduced and poorly developed as inS. n. tschitscherini.MEASUREMENTS: Type, wing, 76 mm.; tail, 44; bill fromskull, 22.5. Another adult male and two adult females taken atthe same locality on February 9 and 10 measure: wing, male,78, females, 75, 76; tail, male, 44, females, 42.5, 43; bill, male,23, females, 22.5, 23.RANGE: This remarkable new race is probably restricted tothe Kirman Mountains. It is the easternmost representative ofthe species and is presumably separated from S. n. tschitscherini,its nearest neighbor, by a wide gap; the easternmost specimenof the latter in my collection comes from Niriz, Fars, more than200 miles to the west.Zosterops palpebrosa amabilis, new subspeciesTYPE: Adult male; Sasan, Junagarh, Kathiawar, India;195010 AMERICAN MUSEUM NOVITATES NO. 1452January 30, 1949; W. Koelz, collector. Deposited in theAmerican Museum of Natural History.DIAGNOSIS: Similar to Z. p. egregeria but with bright yellowforehead and brighter throat. Differs from Z. p. occidentis byits citrine, not olive green, upper parts and by the whiter flanksand abdomen.MEASUREMENTS OF THE TYPE; Wing, 55 mm.; tail, 38; billfrom skull, 13.RANGE: Kathiawar Peninsula.REMARKS: This is an isolated population of arid Kathiawar.

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