( 295) 



Jlr. Kiiliu's collectors sent, twelve si)eciiiieiis killed near Tejia in Angnst and 

 .Sei)tember, of wliicli six are marked as males, six as females — whether correctly 

 or not I cannot say. " Iris dark brown ; bill black and white ; feet blackish." 

 (Nos. (J(;i2, 6010, (ji;iG!i, GOTU, 0696, 6880, 0881, 0882, 6894, 6040, 0004, 0071'.) 



44. Halcyon sancta Vig. & Horsf. 

 Cf. iV-m. Z'liil. 1004. p. 19G. 



1 ?,!>]«, 20. ix. lOOo (No. 0087). 



4;"). Halcyon cliloris chloris rBodd.). 



Cf. Nnv. Zunh 1904. pp. 197, I'.iS, 19<.i. 



Thirteen specimens from Tepa (Nos. 6024, C033, 6034, 6683, 6684, 6603, 6700, 

 6776, 6786, 6798, 6890, 6898, 6959). 



40. Misocalius palliolatus (Lath.). 



Cf. Nnr. Znnl. UM14. p. 201. 



1 ?, 0. ix. 1005 (No. 0801). 



47. Cuculus variegatus Vieill. 



Cf. N,ir. Zonl. 1005. p. 217. 



1 ?, Tepa, 4. ix. 1905 (No. 6845). 



48. Chrysococcyx spec, an snbsp. nov. ? 



1 cJ ad., Tepa, Babber Island, 15. ix. 1905. " Iris bnrnt sienna ; bill and feet 

 black." (No. 6939.) 



i ad. Upper surface dark green with metallic gloss, on the crown a bine 

 tinge. Some of the median upper wing-coverts have white terminal edges and 

 spots, so that an irregular white patch or ring is formed, showing an ajiproach 

 to the Key-Islands form, C. crmsii-oxtris, which has a large white patch on the 

 wing-coverts. Tail without any rufous colour ; only the outermost pair with white 

 crossbars, the next with only a ronnd white spot at the tip of the inner web, 

 central pair withont white. Undersnrface white with somewhat narrow greenish 

 bronze crossbars, which are few and not very consi)icuons on the throat, the 

 feathers there having only one bar instead of two. 



Dr. Finsch describes a similar bird from ITalmahera, whence Dr. Vdrdcrnian 

 described C. nieuwcnhiiisi. Unless the latter is a somewhat j-onnger bird it is not 

 the same as Finsch's ! It is quite possible, or rather evident, that a sjiecial form 

 inhabits the Moluccas, but whether that extends from Halmahera to Aniboina or 

 not is doubtful, and whether the Babber bird is the same or not can only be jiroved 

 by more material. 



40. Scythrops novaehoUandiae Lath. 



Cf. .V,,,-. Zool lOOo. p. 219. 



A young bird (No. 6709) just from the nest, unable to fly, shot at Tepa 20. viii. 

 10(15, proving that this species is not an accidental visitor, but is hatched on Babber 

 Island. These yonng Scj/tlirojts arc peculiar and pretty things. Their head and 

 neck is rusly buff, the feathers of the ui)perside with ashy-grey l)ases ; ear-coverts 



