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71. Geopelia maugeus (Tenim. & Knip.). 

 July, Atapnim. " In the living bird the iris is white ; the orbital skin 

 pale chrome-yellow ; bill dark bluish plumbeous ; legs dull purple-red, claws 

 brownish grey." 



72. Chalcophaps chrysochlora (Wagl.). 



There are three skins from Atapnpu, shot in July, that belong to this species, 

 which, according to the law of priority, should, I think, be called Ckalcoj/haps 

 javanica, although it does not occur in Java. Two of the specimens are not fully 

 adult, and they are only more or less grey on the nape. The third, however, which 

 is evidently an adult iriale, has the crown from the eyes backward, the upper neck, 

 and the interscapulium down to the metallic green back ashy grey. None of the 

 fifteen skins from Australia, New Guinea, and other places show this character. 



73. Heteractitis brevipes (Vieill.). 

 S, August 16th, Atapnim. '■ Legs uchrcous yellow." 



74. Himantopus leucocephalus Gould. 

 V, July, Atapupu. 



75. Actitis hypoleucus (L.). 

 Atapupu, August. 



76. Anas gibberifrons S. Hull. 

 One from Atapupu. S. " Iris vivid blood-red; bill lead-blue; feet dark brown." 



77. Nycticorax caledonicus (Gm.). 

 Male, August 1897, Atapupu. 



78. Tachybaptes philippensis (Bonn.). 

 (J ? juv., July, Atapnpu. cJ. " Iris crimsou-lake." 



79. Gallus gallus (L.). 

 Male and/einale from Atapupu. 



80. Synoicus raalteni (Temm.). 



A fine series, shot in July near Atapupu, well confirms my statements, made in 

 Nov. ZooL. IV. p. 271, as to the distinctness of S. raalteni pallidior of Savu, for all 

 the Timor birds are of a darker and more rufous brown colour. The male has the 

 " Iris dark red; bill lead-blue, culmeu and tip black; legs dark ochre-yellow." 



81. Tumix maculosus (Temm.). 



Several females and a male from Atapujtu. The adult female has the " Iris 

 (in living bird) milk-white; the bill dusky blackish, basal part of mandible chrome- 

 yellow." The male : " Iris yellowish white; bill chrome-yellow, cnlmen and tip of 

 mandible horn-black; legs duU yellow." 



