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45. Cacatua citrinocristata (Fras.). 



Of this si^ecies, which is not with certiiiuty known from any o(hei' ishiud except 

 Sumlia, Doherty sent four wild shot specimens. One of them has the feathers of 

 the underside strongly washed with deep yellow near the ti[)s, so as to give it a 

 S2)0tted appearance. Wing 245 — 254 mm. 



"Iris deep l)rowu in two /i'/«f//rs, bright crimson in one jna/e; eyelids jiartly 

 bluish ; beak, feet, and cere black."' 



40. GeofFroyus tjindauae A. B. Meyer. 



AV'ith a tine sei'ies of both sexes of this (ii;o/froi/us before me 1 tind it indeed very 

 dilHcult to sei)arate it from G. sumbavcims. In his description Dr. Meyer, guided 

 liy Salvadori's descriptions, compared it chiefly with ij. pcrsunntas, as its yellowish 

 green upi)er surface separated it at ouce from (/. Jloresianus and II. sidiibavensis, 

 which belonged to the group with darker and purer green U])iier surface. This is 

 altogether a mistake, for I tind that the Sumba birds are rather darker green than 

 the majority of Sambawa specimens, some of which are very distinctly yellowish 

 green. The size is of little value, but G. tjindanae is larger than most of the 

 (J. sumbacensU. The latter form is said by Salvadori to be " like G.Jloreaianus, only 

 a little larger." This is very little indeed, and I am inclined to doubt the distinct- 

 ness of (t. sumbarensis from G. Jforeslanus, at least as a species, though the under 

 wing-coverts of the latter are perhaps of a somewhat different, darker colour. 

 G. tjiiidmmc seems only to difl'er from G. sumbacensis in a very slightly longer 

 wing and a darker lilac bluish head, tb(Kigh that latter character is variable to 

 a certain extent. Probably G. tjindanae, G. si'mbaxemis, and G. ,//orc6iant(s— and 

 possibly others of the genus— are only subspecifically separable, if that; but at present 

 we do not yet know enough to place them finally, and they are better mentioned 

 under sj^ecial names. 



The wings of our male skins measure as follows :— 



Males from Sambawa {G. .vimbueensis) : lo'.i, KjU, 102, 10:3—108 mm. 



Males from Lombok (G. sambaKrnsis) : lOU— 168, mostly lOO— 105 mm. 



Males from Sumba (^G. tjindanae) : 107, 108 — 174 mm. 



Que viale from Flores : 159 mm. (Salvadori gives 152 only). 



Of the adult <S G. tjindanae Doherty gives tlie following notes : " Iris very 

 pale whitish yellow; eyelids and cere dirty l)rownish; maxilla orauge-red, tip 

 pale yellow; mandible mostly blackish; feet dull grey." Of the adult ? : ''Iris 

 whitish yellow." Of the young bird : " Iris canary-yellow ; beak deep purplish 

 brown; cere earthy greenish ; feet dull greenish, witli a whitish ]iowder." 



"47. Eclectus Cornelia I'p. 



As mentioned before, Doherty has been so lucky as to discover the liomc of 

 this Eclectus. Only its /I'wafc has been hith(;rto known. The yl-wrt/t' agrees fully 

 with the descriptions of E. cornelia. " The iris is pale yellow ; beak horny black, 

 with a small wiiitish spot on the tooth on each side; feet dull grey above and 

 below." The male is above dark green, most of the feathers with lighter borders ; 

 head and neck lighter green. Primaries below and inner webs above black ; outer 

 webs deep blue, mostly with narrow greenish ed;;es. Underside dark green ; tiauks 



