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thelocality wrong, since the description given by Rumphius/^ whom 

 Linnaeus cites, refers without doubt to the present species. 



There seem to be at least two forms inchided under the name escu- 

 lenta as now current, but the material at our disposal does not [permit 

 a satisfactory segregation of these. 



Collooalia neglecta Gray. 



CoUocalia neglecta Gray, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 3, XVII, 1S66, p. 121. 



Chars, sp. — Similar to CoUocalia esculenta, from which it differs in 

 the much duller, and greenish instead of bluish or purplish upper sur- 

 face; rump, wing-quills, and wing-coverts with light grayish tips that 

 are, however, sometimes obsolescent, particularly in old or worn birds. 



Wing, 88-97; tail, 41-43; exposed culmen, 3.5-4; tarsus, 6.5 mm. 



Type locality. — Eastern Timor. 



Geographical distribution. — East Indian Islands of Timor, Savu, 

 Alor, Dammer, Roma, Kisser, and Wetter. 



In the specimens from Timor examined the upper parts are dull 

 grayish metallic green, the wings and tail slightly more bluish; the 

 anterior lower parts, including the breast, brownish gray, the feathers 

 tipped with grayish white, producing a mottled appearance, the middle 

 of the breast and jugulum having most white, the chin scarcely any; 

 abdomen nearly pure white; feathers of the sides with brownish gray 

 centres and whitish margins much like the breast; lining of wing dark 

 brown slightly mixed with whitish. 



Judging from Dr. Hartert's remarks,^^ birds of this species from 

 Timor are not just like those on the neighboring islands, and the latter 

 may as he suggests be subspecifically separable. This species is very 

 different from all members of the genus excepting CoUocalia natalis 

 and C. esculenta, and may easily be distinguished by its dull greenish 

 upper parts combined with white-spotted tail-feathers. It is of course 

 near CoUocalia esculenta, but apparently quite distinct enough to stand 

 as a species, although Dr. Hartert is of opposite opinion.*^ 



CoUocalia natalis Lister. 



CoUocalia natalis Lister, Proc. Zool. Soc, Lond., 18S8, p. 520. 

 Chars, sp. — Similar to CoUocalia neglecta, but white markings of 

 tail not sharply defined; chin and upper throat darker, almost black- 



" Herb. Amboin., VI, 1750, p. 183. 

 ^» Novit. Zool, IV, 1897, p. 268. 

 ^' Novit. Zool, XI, 1904, p. 203. 



