( 192 ) 



2 6S, 2 9?, Moa, November— December 1902. (Nos. 0252, 0279, 6368> 

 G3C9.) 



2 <?(?, 2 ? ?, Letti, November hWi. (Nos. 5963, 59G4, 5965, 6097.) 



1 J, Uoma, 12. vii. lOOv!. (No. 5128.) 



Ur. Fiusch {Ko/es Leijden Miis. xxii. p. 244) mentions Ninox scutulata from 

 Wetter ; bnt probably the bird belongs to another race, either the same as 

 1 have before me from Moa, Letti, Roma, or another one again. Large series 

 are wanted for a comj)lete study of these owls, and single specimens often cannot 

 be named witli certainty. The very much darker, less reddish ^Y. ■•icutulata is 

 not known to us as far east as tlio Sonth-West Islands, and is rather different 

 from ocellata, though finally they may all be looked upon as subspecies of one 

 form. Sino.r fiisra of Timor is a very distinct form with greyish pale ear-coverts. 



58. Strix flammea javanica Gm. an snbsp. nov. ? 



Mr. Kiihn sent three e.xamples from Kisser. They agree with one sent by 

 Mr. Everett from Atapnpu in Timor in 18U7, which I have recorded as Strix 

 ftammea subsp., without saying to which form it belonged, this being, in the 

 wenus Strix, often quite impossible without a series. The owls from Kisser and 

 Atapupu a.aree with N. /'. javanica in their size, powerful bill and very large feet, 

 the latter, if anything, being inclined to be more powerful still. The markings are 

 also the same; but many of the ./'a (««/('« are more yellowish, less greyish, and 

 the black and white spots are strikingly larger in the birds from Kisser and 

 Atapupu. On this account they will probably one day be separated subspecifically, 

 but the material at my disiiosal seems not numerous enough to warrant my 

 separating it already. 



The Kisser birds are probably all males, two being marked so, the third 

 doubtful. On Kisser they uest on the rocks on the coast. The specimens were 

 shot in May and June 1901. "Iris dark brown, feet dirty white or yellowish 

 white, bill whitish. (Nos. 4120, 4103, 4l03rt.) 



PSITTACI. 

 50. Trichoglossus haematodus haematodus (L.). 



Psillacv.1 hirmidudus Linn., Mmit. I'laiif. p. 5-'4 (1771 : partim. We have to regard Timor as the 

 typical locality). 



We have received a fine series from Wetter and lloma. Specimens from 

 these islands are not separable from the Timor form, although it is remarkable 

 (as already noticed by Dr. Finsch, JS'otes Lei/dcn Mas. xxii. p. 285) that they 

 have less frequently well-developed yellow concealed patches to the feathers of 

 the ujjper mantle, and hardly ever orange ones. Nevertheless, many specimens 

 iire aiisolutely identical with Timor ones. On the other hand, TricJioylossnx 

 haematodus jortis (^''ot. Zool. \S'.)x, p. 120) from Sumba is a well-marked sub- 

 species, distinguishable by its larger bill and general size (wing), and, if a series 

 is carefully compared, also by some slight colour-differences, as mentioned in my 

 original deseri|ition. 



■^7 S't iul, Kom;i, .July, August 1002. (Nos. 5085—5097, twelve without 

 numbers.) 



14 6 ¥, Wetter, April lOOl, September 19u2. (Nos. 3741—3745, 3747, 5438— 

 5443, 5023.) 



