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48. Columba albig^aris (Bp.). 



On^ female, Snla Maugoli, October 1S9T. "Iris orange; feet anteriorly i)ale 

 beet-red, posteriorly yellowish : bill, basal half carmine, terminal yellow." This 

 specimen is rather brownish on the underside, the under tail-coverts are rather pale 

 grey, the feathers of the chin and throat have dark greyish speckled edges, the 

 wing is rather short, measuring only 215 mm., while in skins from New Guinea 

 and the islands to the north of Celebes (Gunong Api, Tagulandang) it measures 

 225 to 240 mm. However, all these differences should be registered from more 

 than a single skin before a name is given to the Sula bird. It must also be 

 said that the wings are very much abraded, and can therefore not be measured 

 minutely, and that ithe throat appears to be somewhat soUed. 



49. Macropygia albicapilla V>\'. 

 Sula Besi and Rula Maugoli. 



50. Chalcophaps indica (I-.). 

 Sula Besi and Sula Maugoli. 



51. Megapodius bernsteini Schl. 



A magnificent series from Sula Jliingoli. " Iris chestnut ; feet bright red 

 or bright orange, toes blackish in front; bill brownish fuscous." The J'emale seema 

 to be a little smaller than the ma/i'. The chick is like that of other species. 



52. Hypotaenidia sulcirostris (Wall.). 



There is a series of six from Sula Maugoli, none from Sula Besi. In both 

 sexes the iris is " bright crimson, the feet gre\-ish fuscous, the bill black." This 

 rare species is easily distinguished from //. celehenxis by its much more rufous brown 

 and less olive upper surface. It is also a stronger, more massive bird, with a larger 

 beak. The entirely black throat, which generally distinguishes it from //. celeben-sis, 

 is sometimes also found in very old //. celeberisis, while young //. sulcirostris have 

 the throat also finely streaked with white. 



Dr. Sharpe redescribed H. sulcirostris, which bad been described by Wallace 

 in 1862 and figured in This 1880 (tab. vi.), under the name of //. jentinhi in yotes 

 Leyden Museum XV. p. 268. 



53. Amaurornis moluccana (Wall.). 



One female from Sula Mangoli, October 1897. " Iris dull orange ; feet light 

 fuscous brown ; bill pea-greeu, culmen darker, base of maxilla orange."' Wing 

 140 mm.; tarsus 43 mm.; bill 26 mm. 



I can see no differences between this and specimens from New Guinea. 



54. Numenius phaeopus variegatus (Scop.). 

 Sula Mangoli. 



55. Qnerquedula querquedula (L.). 

 One female, November In'.C, SuIu ilungoli. 



