( ICG ) 



a briglit yellow ; tlie nnder tail-coverts are bright yollow. Above, the head aud ueck 

 are of a mndi lighter red thau the back, rnmp, wing-coverts and scapniars. Ontcr 

 webs and iuljoiiiing portiims of inner webs dec]) bhu^ from above ; inner portion of 

 inner webs bluclc from above ; primaries entirely lilaek from below. The secondaries 

 have a distinct greeu area between the red aud the blue tips ; the innermost long 

 secondaries are not entirely red,bnt have a large amount of green on the inner webs. 

 " Iris whitish yellow, bill and feet blackish." The males are so well described in 

 Cot. B. Brit. Mas. XX. p. 30(i, that I have nothing to add. 



With this species the genus Eclectus is completed in the Tring Museum, all the 

 known forms being represented by good series. Of Eclectus cornelia we have made 

 known the " habitat," but of E. icestermanni we have so far only specimens which 

 came to Europe alive, and the home of this form is still unknown ! 



8. Geoffroyus personatus timorlaoensis A. B. Meyer. 



A large series from Larat. The wings of the three adult males not in moult 

 measure 173 to 178 mm. This form is thus considerably smaller than Ge. pers. 

 capistratt(S = Iceyensis, which it resembles most (cf. anted p. 84). 



9. Halcyon chloris Bodd. 

 A large form witli large beak was found in numbers at Larat. 



10. Halcyon australasiae minor A. B. Meyer. 



Two from Larat, one from Yamdena. This form difiers from //. australasiae 

 australasiae in its much smaller size and paler under-surface. In adult birds the 

 abdomen is not white, but of a pale rust-colour. The wings of the specimens before 

 me measure as follow : S 7.5, c? 78, ? 75 mm. Bill from nostril 20 to 32 mm. 



Ilalci/on australasiae is thus known to us in three races : 



//. australasiae australasiae : Lombok to Timor and Wetter. 



11. australasiae dammeriuna : Dammer in the 15anda Sea. 



//. australasiae 7ninor : Timorlaut Islands. 



I have seen no Wetter specimens. 



11. Alcyone azui'ea yamdenae Rothsch. 



One male of an Alcijone was obtained on Yamdena Island on January 30th, 1001. 

 It belongs to the azurea grou]), and is evidently nearest to Alci/one azurea pulchra 

 from North Queensland. The purplish-blue colour of the sides of the chest extends 

 down to the flanks, and the ultramarine-blue of the npperside is of the same tint as 

 in pulchra. The wing is still shorter than in pulchra; the bill has a distinctly 

 reddish-brown tip. In this latter character this form resembles A. azurea affinis, 

 which, however, has a much stronger bill with a brighter red tij), is larger and more 

 blue above. Mr. Weaker Rothschild descril)ed the Tenimber form as .1. azurea 

 yamdenae at the May meeting of the Brit. Orn. Club, 10i)l. Mr. Kiihn marks the 

 iris as " brownish-blaek, feet bright coral-red, bill lilaek with a brownish tip."' The 

 wing is 71 mm., tail 3U mm., bill from base at forehead 48 mm. 



