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than sixth, while in .1/. r/rata the fifth is longest, the sixth nearly as long as the fifth, 

 the seventh 4'5 mm. shorter. In my specimens the fifth anri si.xth are equal, the 

 seventh hardly 1 mm. shorter. A little aberration would soon alter this proportion. 



(3) Bill 1 mm. longer from the forehead. My birds vary for 1 mm. in the length 

 of their bills, besides that the bill-measurements of diflferent ornithologists often vary 

 for a millimetre, more so those from the angle of the mouth. 



(4) Wing 3i mm. longer. My wings measure 138 to 141 mm. 



(5) Some slight differences in colour, which, taken from the comparison of the 

 description of one M. grata and one specimen of the supposed M. recondita, I do not 

 consider important. 



I am glad to say Dr. A. B. Meyer has kindly informed me, in litt., that he does 

 not consider M. recondita different any more, and that we thus agree on this point. 



The sexes do not differ, except very slightly in size. I cannot give the exact 

 measurements, as my females have abraded wings and tails. Tarsus of female 3 to 

 4 mm. shorter. 



2. 



Of Dicaewn splendidum (see p. 167) specimens were aUo collected in Saleyer. 

 The occarrence in Celebes is therefore much more probable. The list of Saleyer birds 

 thus reaches No. 41. 



Ante'!, p. 18, a specimen of Falco severus Horsf. was mentioned without alluding 

 to the feet that JNIeyer & Wiglesworth had separated the New Guinea form as 

 Falco severus papuanus in Abh. und Ber. Mtts. Dresden, 1892-93, No. 3, p. 6. 



I have now, since I found that description, compared our New Guinea specimen 

 with skins from Darjiling, Java, Mindoro, and one from Lotta in North Celebes (the 

 latter in poor condition), and the only difference I can see is the more uniform and 

 blacker colom- of the central rectrices above in the New Guinea skin. 



Those from Ceylon (one) and from Darjiling (one) are a little paler on the back 

 and rump than the one from New Guinea, but the two from ]\Iindoro and the one 

 from Celebes are, except on the tail, equally black above. The one from Celebes has 

 no central rectrices. A critical and detailed article on the local forms of Falco severus 

 is promised by Dr. Meyer. 



