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science ; but some are of special interest, as having been described quite recently, or as 

 being new to the locality where they now have been found. 



I propose to treat of them separately, according to the localities. 



I. BIRDS OF TEENATE. 



[The ship arrived at Termite on the evening of the 14th October 1874, and sailed 

 from Ternate at 11 a.m. on the 17th October 1874.] 



The birds are only 13 in number, and belong to 11 species; specimens of Lorius 

 domicella and Lorius cyanauchen, although bought alive at Ternate, must have been 

 brought there from other localities. 



1. Scojjs morotensis, Sharpe. 



• Scops morotensis, Sharpe, Cat. Strig., p. 75, pi. vii. fig. 1, 1875 (type examined); Salvad., 

 Proc. Zool. Soc., 1878, p. 78. 



[No. 325. Male. Eyes yellow. Stomach contained large grasshoppers.] 



One " male " (No. 325) in the dark rufous plumage. 



All the specimens from Ternate which I have seen agree better with the form from 

 Morty than with that from Halmahera, Scops leucospilus (G. R. Gr.) 



I know of other instances in which the birds inhabiting the small islands surrounding 

 Halmahera, although very far one from the other, agree better inter se than with the 

 form inhabiting the mainland. 



2. Tanygnathus megalorhynchus, Bodd. 



Psittacus megalorhynchus, Bodd., Tabl. PL EnL, p. 45, 1783 (ex Buffon, PI. EnL, 713). 

 Eclectus megalorhynchus, Schleg. : Finsch, Die Papag., vol. ii. p. 351, 1870. 

 Sanygnathus megalorhynchus, Salvad., Proc. Zool. Soc., 1878, p. 78. 



[No. 337. Male. Eyes white. Bought alive at Ternate.] 



3. Eclectus roratus, Mull. 



Psittacus roratus, Mull., S. N., SuppL, p. 77, 1776 (?) ; Cass., Pr. Ac. Nat. Sc. Philad., 1864, 



p. 240, No. 52. 

 Psittacus grandis, Gm., S. N, vol. i. p. 335, No. 102, 1788 (?). 

 Eclectus grandis, Wagl. : Finsch, Die Papag., vol. ii. p. 340, 1868. 

 Eclectus polychlorus, ex Batchian, Halmahera et Ternate, auctt. (nee. Scops) ($) ; Finsch, Die 



Papag., vol. ii. p. 393 (partim), 1868. 

 Eclectus roratus, Salvad., Proc. Zool. Soc, 1878, p. 78. 



[No. 336, male Eyes yellow ; 361, female. This is the female of No. 336. It was 

 purchased along with others at Ternate, and kept alive on board till the 28th October, 

 when it was killed and skinned, as it proved a nuisance while alive.] 



