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Eudynamis orientalis rufiventer (Less.). 



Like E. o. orientalis, but much smaller, the females apparently as a rule with 

 broader bars to the feath<'rs of the underside, but, as we do not well know the 

 different stages of the plumage, this is not quite certain. Wing of male apparently 

 185 to 195 mm. I say apparently, as I do not know how to distinguish between 

 the males of E. c>/anocephala cceretti and E. orientalis nijicenter, unless the latter 

 alone occurs in the north of New Guinea ! If the two occur together, they must be 

 " good species," althongh I have not yet discovered the secret how to distinguish 

 between the adult males. 



New Guinea, Salwatty, Batanta, Mysol, and perhaps also Aru, but not Peuaug. 



Eudynamis orientalis salvadorii subsji. nov. 



The specimens from New Britain and New Ireland are evidently closely allied 

 to E. 0. rufiventer, but differ in tlie followinj;- characters : 



They are much larger, the bill larger and longer. 



The males are less greenish and more steel-blue. 



Wing of males, 203 to 210 mm. They seem to resemble E. o. orientalis, but 

 the male is more blue, and the female appears to be more barred below and is more 

 frequently spotted above. 



This form (type S ad. New Ireland) is named in honour of my friend Count 

 Salvadori, who in the Omit. Papuas. I. p. 358 has already commented on the 

 specimens from New Britain. 



Eudynamis cyanocepliala cyanocephala (Lath.), 

 c? ad. wing about 215 to 222 mm. ; ? ad. with white spots above ; first plumage 

 of young pale buff, white below. Australia (? to New Guinea). 



Eudynamis cyanocephala everetti Hart. 



cJ ad. wing about 2U0 to 210 mm, ; ? ad. with white spots above ; first plumage 

 of young pale buff, white below. Key Islands, lesser Sunda Islands (Alor, Sumba, 

 type Siunba !) and probably parts of New Guinea. 



Eudynamis melanorhyucha 8. Mull. 

 S ad. differs from all the former in having a black bill. Celebes. 



Eudynamis melanorhyucha facialis Wall. 



Like E. m. melanorlojnchu, but smaller and very often with some white feathers 

 on the forehead and chin. Snla Islands (Nov. Zool. V. p. 127). 



10. Centropus bengalensis javanicus (Dumont). 



Kayeli, Doherty. — This is the bird called Ceatropus mcdius by Wallace in 

 Proe. Zool. Soc. 1863, p. 23. 



I cannot quite agree with Messrs. Meyer & Wiglesworth, who, in the Birds 

 of Celebes I. pp. 213 to 21T, lumped togetlier Ceittropus beiKjalensis, jaeanicus 

 and rectunguis of the Catalogue of Birds. They may be correct with regard to 

 rectunguis, but it seems to me that the Malayan form (Jftcanicus) differs conspicuously 



