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dnring the time Mr. Kiihn collected oii the islands. Several species sent by Kiihn 

 gave opportunities for diseiissiou and characterising of the varions subspecies. 

 Mr. Kothscliiid described as a new form the little Kingfisher from Yamdeua, 

 I separated the Dicrurus, which had hitherto been mistaken for D. bracteatus, and 

 the western form of Fallhia tricolor. The Cornis necessitated a lengthy discussion, 

 as it had hitherto been mostly mistaken for allied forms. Of GeoriMa machiki 

 only one was obtained, but of Geocichla schiMacea a series of five came. A few 

 well-known forms are now sent for the first time from the islands. 



The following literature ou the birds of the group should be consulted :— 

 1S83 : Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. pp. 48—58, pi. XI— XIV. (List of fifty-four 

 species, descripition of fifteen new forms, five of which are figured.) 



1883: Sclater, t.c. pp. 194— :.'n(i, pi. XXVL— XXVIII. (Five new forms 

 described.) 



1883 : Forbes, t.c, pp. 588, 589, ]il. LII., LIII. (Description of Qeocichla 

 mackild.) 



1884: A. B. Meyer, Zcitsckr. yes. Orii. I. pp. 193—218, pi. VIII., IX. 

 (Description of " Sauropatis australasiae var. minor,'" Graucalus timorlaoensis, 

 Cornis latirosiris, Geoc/c/tla schistacea, Macropygia timorlaoi'/is/s, " Stigmatops 

 sahadorii.") 



1884 : A. B. Meyer, Ahh. Isis, Dresden, pp. 5—64. (Five forms described 

 as new.) 



1884 : Forbes, Proc. Zool. Soc. Land. pp. 425—434. (Remarks on Dr. Meyer's 

 last-named paper and list of Tenimber Birds.) 



1886 : Biittikofer, Note.'t Leyden Mas. VIII. pp. 58—68. (Description of 

 Erytkromyias riedcli, discussion on Corvus, etc.) 



1885 : Forbes, Katurah'st's Wanderings in the Eastern Archipelago, pp. 355 — 368, 

 plate. (List of eighty species from the Tenimber Islands.) 



lu order to facilitate comjiarison I have in the main followed the arrangement 

 of this last list, though I do not much approve it. 



To Dr. H. 0. Forbes is due the first ornithological exploration of the group, 

 and most of the forms peculiar to it have been discovered liy him and his men. 

 The collections discussed by Dr. A. B. Meyer and Mr. Biittikofer were sent liome 

 by Dr. Kiedel, formerly Resident of Amboiua. They were made by well-trained 

 natives in Dr. Riedel's employ, and have added considerably to our knowledge of 

 the avifauna of these islands. 



The present collections made by Mr. KCihn add again a little to our knowledge, 

 and it is probable that a few more novelties may yet be picked uj) in the interior of 

 Yamdena and Selarn. 



A good map of the islands is to be found opposite page 415 in Dr. Forbes' book. 



1. Astur polionotus Salvad. 



One femnle (erroneously marked male') from Larat. It agrees with the skins 

 from Dammer and Banda (cf. Nov. Zooi.. 1900, pp. 20 and 551). A very good 

 character to distinguish this form from its very near ally aUiicentris from the Key 

 Islands, is the very conspicuous barring to the median rectriccs. These bars are 

 hardly ever indicated in albiventris.] " Iris chromeous, feet ochreous, bill tilack 

 with chromeous cere." 



