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Xaiin'l in lioiiDiir of McjuU'row JIark' do Korti;, daughter of the Dutch ollii-ial 

 in Suuilia. 



Biittikofer records I'iltu concinna Gould fn^m Sumljii, but I do not believe 

 that it could occur there, for the Sumba bird differs from that sjiecics in a inucli 

 deeper brown underside, no black on the abdomen, a much narrower and paler 

 superciliary stripe, a longer wing, and still sniiiller and concrali'd wliile wing- 

 s])eculnin. 



'■>'. Merops ornatus Lath. 



((.'f. A. IJ. Alcyer in /«/.s, ls^4, p. l'..», and in .\of,'/> Lc/i/c/i Mas. Xl\'. ji. :JtiT.j 

 In one male there is a distinct blue s])ot under the black throat-patch, in the 

 other one not. 



" Iris scarlet ; beak black ; feet blackisli." 



*:>S. Alcedo ispida floresiaua (Sharpe). 



Two in lies, Sumba. ••Maxilla black: mandible with basal half red: feet 

 coral-red, claws dark brown." 



;l'.|. Halcyou chloris (lindd.). 

 One m".l\ rather bine above with a rather bluish crown. Wing lij mm. 



41 1. Halcyon australasiae (Vieill.j. 



One iii'ili-, not unite adult, the breast having narrow black fringes to the 

 feathers, the u[ipei' wing-coverts rusty edges. 



41. Eurystonius orientalis australis (Sw.). 

 Several specimens from Sumba. liJ;i' those from Sambaw'a See p. .jTl. 



*4^,'. Cacomautis thi'enodes <'ab. 



Two mnh.-i from Sumba are very jiuzzling. They are large, I lie throat ini.\ed 

 brownish and greyish, below not as jiale as typical ('. mn-idiivix and not so dark as 

 ty[)ical ('. threnodes. They are quite like a Lombok bird mentioned bef'oie, and 

 closely a])iiroach ' '. rariulosiitt, but arc not so grey below, and also < '. ciresccus, but 

 seem larger and paler below, somewhat more greyish above. 1 ret'er them to '_'. 

 Ihrcnodfs, though not without hesitation. It is dillicult to believe in the distri- 

 buliou of the species as they are divided in the ('cUuloijuu of Blrda. 



*4:t. Centropus javanicus n'umout). 

 One male. 



44. Triclioglossus haematodes (L.). 



A line series I'rom the island of Sumba, from where Meyer had ali'eady iccordeil 

 it. They agree exactly with specimens from Timor. There is a great deal oi' 

 variation in the colour of the breast and under wing-coverts ; these parts being 

 strongly washed with deep orange iu some si)ecimeus, chiefly old mulea, sulphur- 

 yellow without orange wash in others. "Iris crimson; cere and eyelids black; beak 

 orauife-red: feet dull grev."" 



