( 4fil ) 



4ii. Centropus javanicus (Dumont). 



AJor and Paiitar. " Iris dark brown in adult birds." Eggs were taken on 

 April 5th and April 17th. They were white, with a little gloss, and very variable 

 in size, measuring from 32 : 26-5 to 2!~! : 23 mm. 



47. Eudynamis orientalis (li). 



I did not find it easy to determine these birds from Alor, but they belong, I 

 think, to E. arientalis, or a subspecies of it. 



It is to Mr. Whitehead's credit to have pointed oat that the females of 

 E. honorata malayann are black, like young males, when in the nest, and 1 myself 

 and others have been able to corroborate his statements, but this must by no means 

 be generalised, for the young of the Alor birds, as well as those of E. cyanocephala, 

 are evidently bufif above and whitish below. It wonld be of great interest to know 

 which birds are the foster-parents of these cuckoos on the diiferent islands, and to 

 know whether there is any similarity between their yonug and those of these 

 cnckoos. 



48. lyngipicus grandis excelsior snbsp. nov. 



Two males from Alor differ from our large .series from Lombok, Sambawa, and 

 Flores in their larger size. While the wing in the latter ranges from 83 to 8o-5 mm. 

 in the males, the two from Alor have the wing 90 and 92 mm. in length. Their 

 bill (from forehead) measures 20-5 mm., their tails 5U and 52 mm. The breast 

 and abdomen in /. g. excelsior is less distinctly washed with yellowish than in most 

 others. 



49. lyngipicus grandis grandis Hargitt. 



Two males. They have the wings So mm. Imig, and I do not see that they 

 even point towards /. g. excelsior. 



50. Psitteuteles euteles (Temm.). 



Alor, Pantar, and Lomblen. " Iris red, with inner ring of brown; orbital skin 

 bine, cere brown ; bill orange ; feet grey, with darker claws." 



51. Cacatua parvula occidentalis Hart. 



Three specimens from Pantar and one from Alor belong to this subspecies 

 (see p. 120), although their bills are not perhaps quite so powerful as those from 

 Tjombok. 



52. Pisorhina menadensis albiventris (Sharpe). 



Two males from Lomblen arc rather more rufous than those from Flores and 

 other islands. The downy plumage is dirty white, with greyish brown cross-bars, 

 c? ad. "Iris golden-yellow; cere pale brown; bill horn-yellow, clouded with ihirl; 

 brown ; feet j)ale dull ochreous." 



As I have said before, P. albiventris and /'. menadensis are very closely allieil. 



