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wing-coverts slightly lighter, size similar or a little larger. This form is 

 certaiiily not easy to ilistinguisli, aud it' one is anxious to Iniu]), xnmhavensis and 

 tjinilanae might be nuited •^\t]i J/oresiann.i ; bat we do not advocate such work, 

 and in no case whatever can these forms he said to be the same as G. p. persoiiatus 

 from Timor and Wetter. 



8 c?c?, 5 ??, Wetter; April lliOl (Nos. 3701, 3762, 3763), September, 

 October I!)(i2 (Nos. 5473, 5474, 5595, 5506, 5758— 576(1, three withont nnrabers). 

 (?: "Iris snlphiir yellow (whitish yellow), bill vermilion with yellowisli ti]), 

 blackish brown below, feet bright grey." ? : " Iris whitish sulphureous (whitish 

 yellow), bill dull black (blackisli), feet bright grey." 



04. Ptistes jonquillaceus wetterensis Salvad. 



[Psiilfinis joiiqiiilhiimis Vieillot, Xnnr. Dirt. xxv. p. 3;j2 (1817: New Holland, errore. I accept 



Timor as the typical habitat).] 

 Ptidea toeltereusis Salvadori, Cut. B. Brit. Mus. xx. p. 484 (1801 : Wetter). 

 Plati/cercusjotiquillaceus Finsch, Notes Leyden Mus. xxii. p. 291 (Timor and Wetter— errore). 



The Wetter form must be distinguished subspecifically, as in the very adult 

 ?nah'.^ even the ujijier wing-coverts remain about as green as the back, while in 

 the adult 7)!ales of F. j. Jonquillaceus the upper wing-coverts (except those 

 nearest the shoulder-bent) are greenish golden yellow. The females of the 

 latter also have a slightly more yellow tinge on the upper wing-coverts, and the 

 adult males have generally a conspicuously larger red patch on the wings. On 

 the whole F. j. jonquillaceus is slightly larger, wing about 1 cm. longer. 

 When comparing wrongly — i.e., ? of one form with c? of another, j'oung with old, 

 and so on, one can deny these subspecies, but nut otherwise. 



1 have compared 13 Wetter specimens with 6 from Timor. Mr. Kilhn sent : 

 12c??, Wetter, September, October KM.I2. (Nos. .5444—5450, 5537, 5547, 5698, 



three without numbers.) 



" Iris dirty yellowish brown (orange, burnt-sieuna red, ochreous brown, dull 

 yellowish brown, cofl'ee-brown), bill orange or bright vermilion, tip and underside 

 more yellowish, feet blackish." 



A female of Cacatua gqffini (Finsch) was shot on Kisser, but Mr. Kuhn 

 remarked on the label : " Does not occur here, probably escaped from a passing 

 ship." 



CORACIIDAE. 



65. Eurystomus orientalis australis Sw. 



Eiirysloinus auslmlis Finsch, X'ntes Leyden Jlns. xxii. p. 280 (Wetter). 



8 c??, Moa, November, December 1902. (Nos. 6120, 0127, 6224—6220, 6314, 

 6315, 6411.) 



2 <? ? , Letti, November 1902. (Nos. G092, 0472.) 



2 ? ? , Kisser, April, May 1901. (Nos. 3953, 4036.) 

 1 c?, Wetter, 29. x. 1902. (No. 6100.) 



ALCEDINIDAE. 

 66. Alcedo ispida floresiana Sharpe. 



Alccdii Jlunsiana Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvii. p. IJJl (18'J2 : Flores). 



On p. 25, Nov. Zool. 1903, I gave a key to distinguish the familiar races of 

 Alcei/o ispida. This key holds good for the majority of specimens, but occasionally 



