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the breast ami a shade less bright, and the abdomen not pure white but buffy. "Its 

 iris is dark brown, bill and feet black." 



Comparison of a good series both from Bobber and Dammer would be of 

 interest. 



12. Anthus gustavi Swinh. 



cJ, Woeloer, 9. 12. 1898. " Iris dark brown, feet pale flesh-colonr." 



13. Motacilla boanila melanope Fall. 

 Common in November and December. 



14. Zosterops bassetti Sharpe. 



In Ann. f Mag. Kat. Hist. 1894, ser. 6, vol. 14, p. 57, Dr. Sharpe described 

 this form as follows :—" Similis Z. albivenfri, sed panllo major, loris et gatture 

 aurantiacis nee sulphnreis, et corporis lateribus cinerascenti-brunneis nee isabellinis 

 distiugnenda. Long. tot. 5-0 poll., culm. I>G, alae 2"4o, candae 1-75, tarsi 0-75." 

 There is no donbt that this diagnosis refers to this Zosterops, of which I have 

 before me eight skins sent by Mr. Ktihn from Dammer, even if I had not 

 compared the typo; bnt I do not consider the comparison with Z. albirentris from 

 the Torres Straits a very lucky one. In my opinion the nearest ally is Z. citrinella 

 from the Timor group, from which Z. bassetti differs in having a larger beak, in 

 being less yellowish and more olive above, in being much more brownish on the 

 sides of the breast and flanks, and in having a longer wing. From Z. qrai/i of Key 

 it differs in being much less bright yellowish, especially ou the wings and upper 

 tail-coverts, and in being brownish, not ashy grey on the sides. 



Mr. Kiihn describes the iris as " brown, feet ash-grey, bill dull greyish brown." 

 The sexes do not differ, except that the female is perhaps a trifle smaller. There is 

 no doubt that Z. i-itrinclla, bassetti, grayi, and others will ultimately be classified 

 as subspecies of one form, bnt without an elaborate study of the whole group this 

 is not to be done, and I should at present even hesitate to say how the species 

 should be named. Therefore I leave this to a future time. 



Zo.sterops lett/ensis Finsch in J^otes Lei/r/en Mits. v. XX. p. 13G (1898) seems 

 fully to agree with Z. bassetti, except that it is slightly smaller. The comparison 

 of a series from Lettie is desirable. 



15. Stigmatops squamata Salvad. 



A good series from Dammer. " Iris yellowish grey, sometimes more brownish, 

 bill black, feet dark grey." 



Dr. Sharpe {A)i)t. Mag. Mat. Uist. 1804, ser. (J, v. 14, p. 57) identifies the bird 

 from Dammer with St. kebirensis A. B. Meyer, bat it is squamata. Mr. Rothschild 

 and I have carefully compared eight adult Dammer skins with ten adult specimens 

 from Khoor (or Koer), also collected by Herr Kiihn, and wo found them quite alike. 

 Sharpe's Dammer bird is immature, and that is the reason for the less extended 

 scaling on the under surface. We have no specimens from Bebber (or Kebir), but 

 — unless all those examined from the latter island are immature — they seem to differ 

 in several points, and to be similar to young squamata. Sharpe {I.e.) says that 



