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48. Eudynamis orientalis (L.). 

 Both sexes from Western Snmba. See anted, p. 461. 



49. Cuculus intermedius Vahl. 

 Western Snmba, two specimens. 



50. Centropus javanicus (Dumont) (III. p. 586). 

 Waingapo. 



51. Rhytidoceros everetti Rotlisch. 



This fine hornbill is probably the most interesting of Mr. Everett's discoveries 

 in the Eastern Archipelago in a zoogoographical sense. It is nearest to Tffi. 

 narcondami Hmne from the peak of Narcondam, in the Bay of Bengal, and 

 about of the same dimensions, bnt the tail is wholly black in both sexes. The 

 type-specimen, a mnlc, was shot by one of Everett's natives, a Snmbanese, at 

 Manjeli. Mr. Rothschild sent it to the annual meeting of the German Ornithological 

 Society, in Dresden, in May, 1897, and it is diagnosed by him in the Journal filr 

 Ornitkologie, 1897, p. 513. Three more specimens were afterwards shot by the 

 same native during the dry season in Snmba. Two were 7milrs, and agreed with 

 the type ; one was a female, and its plumage is entirely black everywhere. The 

 beak is (in the skins) white, with nearly the basal half of both maxilla and mandilile 

 dull red. The male has the I'ather elongated feathers of the crown and neck above, 

 as well as the sides of the head, chestnut, the neck below glossy brownish yellow, 

 pale chestnut towards the breast. The rest of the plumage is black, with a metallic 

 green gloss, which is stronger above. Two of the mules have faint white tips to 

 some of the rectrices. This suggests a white tail in the young bird. The male 

 measures: bUl, from base to tip in a straight line, 1 35 mm.; wing 345; tail 

 270 — 280. The female : bill, measured in the same way, 122 mm. ; wing 325 ; 

 tail, 265. 



52. Trichoglossus haematodus fortis Hart. (III. p. 586, V. p. 120). 



Anted, p. 120, I have discussed this form, and separated it on account of its 

 slightly larger beak. It is very common on the island of Snmba. 



53. Cacatua citrinocristata (Fras.) (III. p. 587). 



Two mules from Waingapo. "Iris dark brown; orbital skin bluish white; 

 bill and feet black." 



54. Geofiroyus floresianus tjindanae A. B. Meyer (III. p. 587). 



This bird is common enongh on the island of Sumba. It is impossible, I think, 

 to separate G. floresianus, sumbavensis, and tjindanae specifically. They are nut 

 easy to distinguish at all, and are certainly nothing more than subspecies of eacli 

 other. Single specimens can sometimes not be determined without knowledge of 

 their origin. The colour of the crown varies with the age of the plumage. The 

 three forms may be distinguished as follows : — 



G. floresianus floresianus : $ with wing 157 — 100 mm. Generally smallest of 

 the three. Under wing-coverts a shade darker bine than in the two others, the 

 green a shade darker and less yellowish. (Hab. : Flores.) 



