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differs couspicnoasly from Iliu latter. The bill is shorter and stouter and is mueh 

 more romuh^d on the ciilmeii, which does not show such a distinct ridge as iii 

 viacrorkywhus. The nasal jilumes cover fully half the length of the upper bill 

 and thns hide the nostrils entirely. The bases of the feathers of the body- 

 plumage are of a purer and more creamy white without any indication of "a 

 greyish tint. A. B. Meyer (/.c.) has stated some of the ditlercnces which distinguish 

 hitirostris from on-u and eiica. The feathers of the throat are narrow, j)oiiited, 

 and more or less forked at the tip. The plumage has not much of a purplish 

 gloss, except on the wings and iuterscapulinm. The wings measure from 'Mb 

 (one female) to 315 and :J2.J mm. (two mala and ona female, but the latter is 

 perhaps wrongly sexed). Tails about l.sU to llMJ mm. The ratlier long metatarsus 

 00 to 6o mm. C'ulmen from base only 55 to GO mm. ' Iris bluish white, bill and 

 feet black.' " 



There is no doubt that many of the Ravens or Crows of the Eastern Archipelago 

 (lirobably for example macrorhjnclms, hitirostris, eiica, orrii, J/orensis, teiiuirostris) 

 will have to be united into one group of subspecies, but it requires more time and 

 study to do this satisfactorily than I can at present afford. 



48. Motacilla flava L. 



Three males, 7. 1. lOiil and 12. 1. lOOl, Larat. 



49. Pitta vigors! Gould. 



A large series from Larat. The range of this Pitta has been greatly enlarged 

 through the explorations of Heinrich Kiihn, but Dr. Riedel's natives had already 

 shot it on the Timorlaut Islands. 



50. Ptilinopus wallacei G. R. Gray. 



A large series from Larat. Quite indistinguishable from birds from the Key, 

 Banda, and South-East Islands. " Iris orange red, feet carmine. Bill yellow." 



51. Ptilinopus xanthogaster (Wagl.). 



A series from Larat. I agree with Count Salvadori {('at. li. XXI. j). 92) 

 that the green tinge on the head and neck denotes young age, and that therefore 

 Dr. A. B. Bleycr's ^^J/acovirescens " from Tenimber cannot be separated from 

 xaiithoffaster. 



52. Macropygia magna timorlaoensis A. B. Meyer. 



A fine series from Larat Island (Kiihn), and one from Selaru (Doherty). The 

 females before me are similar to the males. " Metallic purple reflections " are 

 not very apparent on the breast in any of the fourteen examples before me. 

 '' Iris bluish grey with a pink ring. Feet pale brownish carmine. Bill brown." 

 Cf. Cat. B. XXI. p. 343. This series confirms our view about the position of 

 this form, as expressed anted, p. 110. 



