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TO. Macropygia amboinensis amboinensis (L.). 



Strongly barrcil bt'low, but the barring becomes obsolete and evanescent on 

 the abdomen. Under tail-coverts qnite nubarred, or with mere indications of bars. 

 Top of head cinnamon, not grey. Tips of the breast feathers whitish in adult males. 



Amboina, Ceram, Bnrn, and Sonth-East Islands. 



Tlie following specimens are at present in the Tring Museum : — 



2 c?, 1 ? Bnrn (Dumas coll.). 



3 c?, 2 ? 1 pull. Buru (W. Doherty coll.). 



4 (?, 1 ? , 1 jnv. Ceram-lant (H. Kiihn coll. S). " Iris orange-red, feet carmine, 

 bill black." 



7 6 Ondor, Goram-lant (H. Kiihn coll.). 



1 ? Manawoka, Goram-gronp (H. Kiihn coll.). 



77. Macropyg'ia amboinensis keyensis Salvad. 



Very similar to typical amhoiiVHsis, but differing in the colour of the crown, 

 which is greyish-vinous, jialest on the forehead, in the barring of the underside 

 being continued all over the abdomen, and even the under tail-coverts never being 

 quite without bars (generally well barred), the .somewhat wider blackish bars on 

 the nndersurface and the shorter tail. 



Known from the Key Islands only. Mr. Kiihn sent us 2 c?, 1 ? from Toeal, 

 Little Key, 4 c? ad. and 1 6 juv. from Add Island, north of Great Key. 



78. Macropygia amboinensis doreya Bji. 



Differs from the former principally in the colonr of the foreneck and chest 

 which is distinctly vinous, and of the crown which is vinous-greyish, with a pale 

 rusty forehead. The chin also is not so reddish, but more whitish. The abdomen 

 is not or very little barred, the under tail-coverts unbarred. 



Distribution : Dntch New Guinea, Western Papuan Islands, Jobi and Schouteu 

 Islands, and Aru group. 



We have before us the following specimens : — 



3 c?, 1 ? Dorey (W. Doherty coll.). 



2 c? Hatam, Arfak (from Brnijn's hunters). 



4 (?, 3 ? Kapanr (W. Doherty coll.). 



2 juv. Korrido (from Bruijn's hunters). 



cj ? Biak (Doherty coll.). "Iris dull crimson with an inner bluish ring ; feet 

 dusky reddish ; bill fuscous." 



1 (? ad. Ansns, Jobi (from Bruijn's hunters). 



1 ? jnv. Salwatty (collector unknown). 



2 (?, 2 ? Dobbo and Wannambai, Aru (Captain A\'ebster coll.). 



1 (? Wannambai, Aru (II. Kiihn coll.). 



2 S without labels. 



In spite of our former doubts with regard to the Arn birds (see Nov. ZooL. III. 

 p. .530), we cannot confidently sejiarate them from true dorcy/i, nor can wc discover 

 differences to distinguish those from Jobi and tSchouten Islands. This is most 

 pecnliiir, as Mafor has another very distinct form. 



