( .>''i ) 



(il. Geopelia maugei (Tcmm.j. 



Low country of Tambora. S- '" I''i'' whitish ; eyelids nchreons ; beak bluish 

 grey; feet purplish grey, claws paler." 



*62. Columba metallica Temm. 



Two males and one femali' from Tambora, at 3UU0 feet, the ma/rs with wings 

 of 232 and 242 iam.,th(ij'emale with the wings 223 mm. "Iris orauge-ycllow; eye- 

 lids and basal two-thirds of beak dark red, terminal third ochreous horn-colour; 

 feet beet-red, soles and claws whitish or whitish flesh-colour." 



(iS. Chalcophaps indica (L.). 

 From the low country. 



*C4. Gallus varius Shaw & Nodd. 



Tambora, low country and at 'SOW feet. 



"Male adult. Ej'es ochreous orange; maxilla dark brown, with pale tip; 

 mandible pale horn-colour : naked pjirts of head dark red ; wattle on chin rich 

 ochreous ; feet sordid brown ; comb ^■iolet, greenish at base. Female: eye pale 

 orange ; feet whitish ; beak brown, pale at base." 



*6.5. Megapodius duperreyi Less. & Gam. 



In the hills of Tambora at about 3UU0 feet above the sea. Jfale adult. " Iris 

 reddish brown ; beak deep ochre ; culmen dark ; feet orange ; scutellae of toes and 

 tarsus in trout dark brown ; claws blackish." 



VI.— ON BIRDS FROM SATONDA. 



Doherty writes : — 



" The island of Satonda or Sifoiu/a lies tliree miles off the coast of Northern 

 Sambawa. I think it must be some three miles across, and consists of a large 

 lake of immense depth, and almost inaccessible ou account of the high cliffs 

 round it, enclosed as it is by a ring of steep hills, ranging up to 1500 feet. It is 

 partly pasture, partly forest. The island is greatly feared by the Tambora people 

 on account of its enormous pythons. One I saw was about twenty-five feet long. 

 Ram I'ersad shot one rather bigger, I imagine, and I saw the excreta of one con- 

 taining the bones of a full-grown deer ; that snake must have been a monster. 

 Deer abound on the island, and so do pigs. The birds that inhabit Satonda are 

 partly different ones from those on the mainland, as .so often happens on small 

 detached islands. There are Nicob.ir pigeons, not met with in Sambawa. As yon 

 will see, there are quite a number of species that are not found in Sambawa. There 

 are Turnix powelli, of which I send both sexes ; there are some Kudijnamia which 

 are very puzzling ; Caprimuh/us macrurus and Garpophaga rosacea were shot, while 

 Caprimtdffus a/finis and Car/it>////af/a acne were found instead on Sumb:iwa." 

 No birds have been recorded from Satonda before. 



1. Cisticola cisticola (Temm.). 

 Sev(!ral specimens, in rather abraded and poor plumage. 



