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the base of the mandible, and reaching across the lores to the eye. A large pallns 

 was obtained at the same time on Ohoitil. The down of the breast and abdomen 

 is pure white ; chest, sides of body and belly ashy-grey ; bill yellowish-white, 

 with some black markings, a black line encircles the base of the bill all round 

 the top of the head black, tlie down rufous at base, above the eyes a whitish-grey 

 patch, the neck deep brown with white stripes, one of which forms a triangle on 

 the back of the neck. Upperside greyish-brown, with small pale spots. 

 Mr. Dnmas obtained P. tricolor on Morty Island. 



IBIDAE. 

 52. Ibis molucca < 'uv. i , 



6 jun.. Add, north of Great fcrey, 27. ii. lUUD. 



PLATALEIDAE. 



53. Platalea regia Gould. 



We have received three skins from Elat (Great Key) and Oen (close to Toeal). 

 Two are se.xed " ? ,"' the third is not se.xed. All three are alike. The bills are 

 rather smooth on the top, and much shorter than in an Australian specimen from 

 N.W. Australia, which is sexed " i." The spots over the eye and on the crown 

 were "vermilion" in one, and apparently orange in another, while they are absent 

 in the third, which is, by its black-shafted i)rimaries, characterised as immature. 

 Probably the smooth and small bill are sexual, but a series from various localities 

 should be compared. 



54. Esacus magnirostris (Vieill.). 



This wide-spread true shore-bird, which is found from Australia to the 

 Andamans, was sent from the following places : 

 Godan, Little Key group. 

 Noes Reejanat and Walir, Tiandoe Islands. 

 Teoor and Manggoer. 

 I cannot accept the genus Orthorhamphus. Esacus rccurvirostris and 

 magnirostris are just diiferent enough to separate them into two " good " species, 

 but it is much more natural to have them in one genus, than in two. 



55. Stiltia Isabella (VieilL). 

 Sent from the Key Islands only. 



56. Hydralector gallinaceus novaeguineae (Rams.). 



A good series was procured on the little island of Ohoitil, Little Key group, 

 in January and February 1898. " Iris yellowish-white. Comb blood-red Bill 

 black, base from the nostrils backwards like the comb. Feet bright grey." It is 

 a curious fact that the female is considerably larger than the male. There can be 

 no doubt that N. fialli naceus and nomeguineae are merely subsjiecies. In fact. 



