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9. Pitta vigorsi Gould. 



We have received a beantifnl series from Banda. The /eT/iale does not seem to 

 diflFer from the male. There is a difference in size — the length of the wing differing 

 from 5 to 8 mm. — bnt this is not sexnal, unless some of our specimens are 

 erroneously sexed. " The iris brown, legs and feet brownish flesh-colour, bill black." 



We have this species now from Great Banda (Kuhn), Banda Neira (Dohert}'), 

 Dammer (Kiihn, anted, p. 18), Kilsoein in the Koer group (Kiihn), Taam (Kiihn), 

 and Kisoei (Kiihn) ; and it is also on record from Timorlaut, bnt we have no 

 specimens from that locality. 



10. Halcyon cMoris (Bodd.). 



Great Banda and Banda Neira, common. Large birds, back greenish blue, 

 wings rather bright blue ; wings 111 to 116 mm. 



11. Eurystomus orientalis australis Swains. 

 One from Great Banda, September. 



12. Cuculus canorus intermedius Vahl. 

 Great Banda, October. 



13. Eudynamis cyanocephalus everetti Eartert.j 



(See anted, pp. 231 and 232). The/emale from Great Banda agrees with those 

 from the Lesser Sunda Islands and the Key Islands. The iris is " vermilion," feet 

 and bill "plumbeous." Wing 19.5 mm. 



14. Chalcophaps chrysochlora (Wagl.). 

 Common on the Banda Islands. 



15. Carpophaga concinna Wall. 



Two males from Great Banda. They are what I consider typical C. concinna, 

 and not C. concinna separata from the Key Islands, which is much more whitish 

 on the under- surface, especially on the foreneck, chest, belly, and thighs. (Cf Nov. 

 ZooL. III. p. 180, 1896.) 



16. Ptilinopus wallacei Gray. 



A fine series from Great Banda. I am not aware that this species is previously 

 recorded from Banda, but our specimens from that locality agree perfectly with our 

 series from the Key Islands and from Timorlaut. " Iris reddish orange, feet crimson 

 lake, bill sulphur yellow." 



17. Ptilinopus xanthogaster (Wagl.). 



Great Banda and Banda Neira. " Iris yellow, feet dirty olive green, bill dirty 

 greenish yellow." 



Some specimens from the Key Islands are larger than any others before me, 

 otherwise there is no difference between those from various localities. 



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