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3. Eos rubra, Gm. 



Domicella rubra, Finsch, Die Papag., vol. ii. p. 786, 1868. 



Psittacus (Eos) bernst&ini, Rosenb. Nat, Tijdschr. v. Ned. Ind., vol. xxv. p. 145, 1863, Ki Islands. 



Lorius squamutus, Schleg. (nee Eodd.), Mus. P.-R, Psittari, p. 124, Xos. 1, 2, 18G4 (types 



examined), 

 Domicella schlegeli, Finsch, Die Papag., vol. ii. p. 792, 1868, Ki Islands (type examined). 

 Eos rubra, Salvad., Proc. Zool. Soc., 1878, p. 86, et Ami. Mus. Civ. Genova, vol. xiv. p. 640. 



[Nos. 272, male ; 273, female. Eyes light red; bill dull red ; legs Mack. Stomach 

 contained seeds, with some insects. Only two were shot. The Professor has one of the 

 same species alive on board, bought at Ki Doulan. 



No. 324. Female. Eyes brown ; legs black ; bill rose-coloured. This bird was 

 purchased alive at Ki Doulan, Ki Islands, and kept till to-day (Oct. 12, 1874) on board, 

 and was killed on account of the noise it made.] 



Three specimens — one male (No. 272) and one female (No. 273) fully adult and alike, 

 and a female (No. 324) not fully adult, with some of the feathers of the underparts edged 

 with blue and turning to greenish in the hidden part. 



The Domicella schlegeli, Finsch. I.e. (= Lorius squamatus, Schleg.), was established 

 on some young birds, which have the feathers of the underparts edged with blue ; the 

 same thing happens in the young of Eos riciniata and of Eos cyanogenys. 



4. Rhipidura assimilis, G. H. Gr. 



Iiliijiidiira assimilis, G. R. Gr., Proc. Zool. Soc, 1858, p. 176, Ki Islands (type examined) ; 

 Salvad., Proc. Zool. Soc, 1878, p. 87, et Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, vol. xiv. p. 648; Sharpe, 

 Cat,, vol. iv. p. 330. 



[No. 286. Male. Insects in stomach. Eyes black. 



This species is allied to Rhipidura isura (Gould) from Australia, and to Rhipidura 

 setosa (Q. & G.) from New Ireland and New Guinea. It differs from the first in the 

 larger dimensions, in the paler band across the breast, and in the spot at the tip of the 

 two outer tail-feathers less extended, and light fulvous instead of white. From Rhipi- 

 dura setosa it is easily distinguished by the rufescent upper tail-coverts. 



5. Graucalus pollens, Salvad. (PI. XIX.). 



Graucalus pollens, Salvad., Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen., vol. v. p. 75, 1874 ; Proc. Zool. Soc, 1878, p. 87, 



et Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, voL xiv. p. 650. 

 Artam ides pollens, Sharpe, Cat., vol. iv. p. 13. 



[No. 280. Female. Eyes black. Stomach contained seeds. Feet and bill black.] 

 This specimen agrees entirely with the typical females described by me. The species 

 comes next to Graucalus caledonicus (Gm.) from New Hebrides and New Caledonia; 



