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I find that many Parmts differ locally in the development of their bills; thns 

 1 found years ago that I'sittacus eritkacus L. differed locally in the size of beaks, and 

 I therefore separated it into two subspecies. Thus I separated Cacatua sulphurea 

 djampeana, and brought to light again C. trohriandi of Finsch. 



58. Ninox fusca (Vieill.). 



A small series from Atapujiu. The femcUes agree entirely with Dr. Sharpe's 

 description and figure in Vol. II. of the Cat. B. Brit. Mii.'<., and the males are 

 entirely similar. Wings 215 — 225 mm. " Iris lemon-yellow ; cere dull green ; 

 bill bluish lead-grey; feet ochreous yellow, claws dark horn-brown." 



59. Strix flammea L. (subsp.). 



One skin, a male, shot at Atapupu on August 17th, 1807, with the coloration of 

 the soft i^arts as in the Savu birds. It does, however, not belong to the Savu sub- 

 species, which I have identified as Gould's delicattda, nor to the pale-tailed Sumba 

 race, which I have separated as Strix flammea sumbai'nsis on p. 270 of Vol. IV. of 

 this journal. In coloration it agrees generally with S. flammea delicatuhi, though 

 the breast, abdomen, and under wing-coverts are rather heavily spotted with lilack, 

 these spots being more or less arrow-shaped on the breast and abdomen, and 

 though the wings and scapulars are marked with rather large longish half black 

 and half white spots, and the back with black spots. The dimensions, however, 

 exceed much those of Strix flammea delicatiila. The wing measures 290 mm.; the 

 tail 125; tarsus 66; middle toe without claw 35. This is probably a race peculiar to 

 Timor, but unfortunately I have only this single specimen before me. 



60. Astur torquatus (Temm.). 



Adult ynale smA female in good plumage, and another adult male in abraded 

 plumage, from Atapupu, end of August. Also a nestling, just showing the first 

 feathers, and two young birds, male andjhnale, in first plumage, from Atapupu, 

 August. The young male had the " Iris ivory-yellow; cere and margin of gape light 

 green, maxilla black, mandible and base of maxilla lead-grey: feet pale yellowish, 

 tinged with green, claws black." The jormg: female : "Iris greyish white: bill 

 black, mandible lead-grey, clouded with black; cere and gajie greenish; legs very 

 pale whitish yellow, claws black." 



Ever since I recorded for the first time this species from a new locality 

 (Djampea and Kalao, Nov. Zool. III. p. 177), and afterwards from Savu (Nov. 

 ZooL. IV. p. 270), I liave been interested in the differences seen in different 

 specimens. Now, with our series from Timor and others from Alor before me, I 

 find that the adult males and females from Timor, Savu, and AJor differ from those 

 from Flores, Djampea, and Kalao in being below paler, the rufous bars being 

 lighter, narrower, and becoming less distinct and less dark towards the belly, the 

 thighs being white with very pale rufous cross-bars, while those from Flores, 

 Djampea, aiid Kalao are darker rufous below, generally not so much lighter on the 

 abdomen than on the breast, the thighs pale rufous, with or without distinct darker 

 rufous cross-bars. I find further that the young birds from Timor and all but one 



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