( 460 ) 



grej- patches of irregular form, bolder and darker in one, jiuler and smaller in the 

 other of the two eggs sent. They are thns quite typical Pitta eggs. They measure 

 2bl : 22 and 2T-5 : 22 mm. 



37. Rtta concinna concinna (?). 



There is a series of yonng specimens and one probably old bird in totally worn 

 plumage from Lomblen, with the bill hardly or not at all longer than in Lombok 

 specimens. It is probably the unmodified typical form, the modification only having 

 taken place in Alor ; bnt there is some doubt wliethor this Lomblen bird is fully 

 adult, as the bill shows some brown on the culmeu. 



38. CoUocalia neglecta G. R. Gray. 



Common on Alor. What I said on p. 26{s of Vol. IV. of this journal applies 

 also to the Alor specimens. The white edges to the rump and tail-coverts are very 

 scanty in some specimens, which I believe are very old individuals. Nests with 

 eggs, which were mostly hard-set, were found on March 25th on Alor. The eggs 

 measure 17:11 and 16-6 to IM mm. The nests are composed of rootlets, fibres, and 

 lichens, held together by sometimes very little, sometimes a great amount of saliva, 

 by which they are also fixed to the rocks, and which sometimes forms large lumps 

 on the sides. Some of the fibre-like material is evidently picked up from the 



Alor, one/emale. 



39. Caprimulgns afllnis Horsf. 

 4U. Merops omatus Lath. 



Alor and Lomblen. 



41. Halcyon sanctus (Vig. & Horsf.). 



Alor. 



Alor. 



42. Halcyon chloris (Bodd.). 



43. Alcedo ispida floresiana (Sharpe). 



A series of eight specimens from Alor proves again tliat the female has the 

 mandible red, the maxilla black, while the male has both mandible and maxilla 

 black. This is already develojied in the young birds. Tlie ear-coverts are some- 

 times mixed with blackish blue, and alwavs so in \oung individuals. (See anted, 

 p. 42.) 



Alor. 



Panlar. 



44. Eurystomus orientalis australis fSw.). 

 4i>. Cnculus poliocephalus Lath. 



