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celebcnsis, and sumbensis are indeed very closely allied forms. The wings of tlie 

 Alor specimens measnre : 7nales 72 — 74 mm., females 68 — CO mm. 



30. Monarcha inornatus (Garn.). 



Two males from Alor. Both have the grey foreneck washed with rusty rufons, 

 but I believe this to be a sign of immaturity. 



31. Myiagra rufigula (? colonus Hart.). 

 Both sexes from Alor. They seem to have the bills rather narrower than 

 typical .1/. rufigula from Timor and Savu, and seem almost to belong to M. rufigula 

 colonus from Kalao and Djampea, which I separated on account of their narrower 

 bills. The specimens from Alor, liowever, have mostly a string tied rather tightly 

 round the beak, and some have the beaks damaged, so that it is difficult to say 

 to which subspecies they belong. 



32. Terpsiphone floris Biittik. 



Alor and Lomblen. 



" S. Iris dark brown, eye-wattle and bill cobalt-blue, the ma.xilla tipped with 

 black ; interior of mouth yellow-green ; legs bluish plumbeous, claws grey." 



Alor. 



Alor, April. 



33. Hypothymis azurea (Bodd.). 

 34. Acanthopneuste borealis (Bias.). 



35. Hiru do striolata (Temm. & Schleg.). 



Five skins from Alor. This same form was found on Flores (Vol. IV. p. 526). 

 Shari^e {^Cat. B. Vol. X. p. 163) enumerated Flores among the localities for 

 " Hirundo japonica^^ but Sharpe & Wyatt {Jilonoyraph of the Swallows) more 

 correctly included Flores among the islands where H. striolata lived. These birds 

 are evidently residents on all these islands, and not winter guests only. Everett 

 procured specimens late in April. 



36. Pitta concinna everetti snbsp. nov. 



Pilfa concinna was found to be not rare on the island of Alor, but comparing 

 the Alor birds with our fine series of specimens from Lombok and Flores, it is 

 evident that they have longer bills. They measure from the anterior margin of 

 the nostril to the tip of the maxilla 17 — 18 mm., against 14 — 15 mm. in F. concinna 

 concinna, or about 27 — 28 mm. against about 25 — 26 mm. from base of bill to tip. 

 Other differences I cannot find ; but, slight and unimportant as this character 

 may be, it is desirable to put it on record, and such record is best preserved by a 

 subspecific term, being otherwise easily lost. In the adnlt 7nale of this subspecies 

 " the iris is brown, the bill entirely black, legs pale purplish brown." " In the 

 young bird tlie angle of mouth and tip of bill are orange." 



Eggs of Pitta concinna everetti were found on Alor on April 17th. Tliey are 

 short, ovate, and of white colour, covered all over with rufous brown and purplish 



