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Aslur turrjuutiis Fiuscb, .N'l./cs f.ci/ikn .\/tix, xxii. p. 2;>il. 



Aflur torqualus Temm., /'/. C"l. 43 (1821 : I accept Timor as the typical loc. See -Vor. Zool. 

 1003, p. 2a). 



Wetter: J ? adult, 3 c?, 2 ? juv., September, October 1902. c? ? ad. : « Iris 

 siilpbiircous (cbromeous), feet ochreous yellow (ochreons), bill black with ashy 

 h&i>Q, cere yellow." (Nos. .J43U, 5431, ofiSS, 5059, 5060, 5001, 5:73.) 



Letti : c?, 3 ? ad., 3 ? , 2 tj .juv., November— December IDO-J. (Nos. 5902, 

 0049, 6009, (iOTl, 6072, 6074, 6482, 0483, 0484, 0485.) 



Moa: 4 ?, 2 cJ ad., 2 juv., November, December 1902. (Nos. 6152, 0200, 

 634i», 0300, (■>3Ci7, 038s, 0397.) Juv. : " Iris dark brown (brown, sulphureous), feet 

 wax-yellow, bill black with asby base." 



I cannot do otherwise than unite these birds under the name of A. t. wallacii. 

 They agree perfectly with the series of that form from other countries, as opposed 

 to the ty]iical .1. t. torqiiatiis from the Timor group. It is very ])ecnliar that the 

 latter is also found on Alor {Xor. Xool. 19n3, p. 20), but the specimens iVdin there 

 agree withj4. t. tonjiiutiis and not with A. t. irallacii. The two adult Wetter birds 

 are less reddish, somewhat more pointing to A. t. torquatiis, but not quite typical. 

 In my article (jnotod above I have stated how the various forms of ^1. t. torqi/ritiis 

 dili'er, and I do not desire to follow the convenient course of uniting them. In no 

 case, however, is ,1. t. s/im/Mir/ix/.'^ more distinct tliau icijUkcH. 



54. Tinnunculus moluccensis occidentalis Mey. k Wigl. 



[Tinmiiiriiliis muhicceiixis Bonaparte, Cmis/i. Ar. i. (IH.'iO) p. '27 (ex Hombron & .Tacqu. : Amboina).] 

 Tiiminiculu.i moliiccensix dcriilrnlalis Meyer & Wiglesw., .IWi. tinil JJri: .1/h«. Ihesilfii, lS',M)-i, No. 2, 

 p. 8 (Celebes— typ. loc. — Timor, Sumba, Flores). 



Kisser, common, April— June 1901. (Nos. 3850, 3881, 3954, 3955, 4041.) 

 AVetter, 1 ?, 17. x. 1902 (No. 5851). Letti, 4 " c?c? " November— December 1902. 

 (Nos. 0030, 0037, 0070, 0480.) Moa, November— December 11" i2. (Nos. 6152, 

 6236, 6237, 6341, 6394, 0395, 0553.) 



T. m. occidentalis is very distinct from T. m. moluccensis. All the above birds 

 are very light. 



55. Falco peregriuus melauogenys (iouM. 



Fuho mi'lfi.)iiffieii>/'< Gould, /'. X. S. iX'd7, p. 13'.l ( .\ustrali:i). 



1 ? juv., Wetter, 5. iv. ]9ol. "Iris black, feet sulphnrcous, bill grey with 

 black tiji and pale yellow nostrils." 



There can be no doubt that 7nela)ifl//nii/.<i is the Australian form of /■'. /in-eyrimis, 

 and it is onlv consistent to name it trinoniiallv. 



STRIGES. 

 50. Pisorhina manadensis tempestatis snbsji. nov. 

 The Scops-Owl from the island of Wetter lurnis a distinct race by itself. It 

 differs at a glance from P. m. albitentris by the greater uniformity of the underside 

 in the greyish-brown jihase, the abdomen not diflering from the breast, while in 

 /'. »«. alhireiitri.s the abdomen is more or less white, contrasting with the rufous 

 breast, and by the finer markings on the npperside, where the black markings in 

 the middle of the feathers are not so bold, it thus resembles P. m. manadengis 

 much more, and in fact differs (in the greyish-brown phase) from the latter almost 



