22 I)ICiEIDJ5. 



a.h. S2 ad. sk. Am Islands. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



(Types of species.) 

 c,d. c? ? ad. sk. Arn Islands. A. K. Wallace, Esq. [0.]. 



e. e ad. sk. Aru Islands (Wallace). Gould Collection. 



7. Dicseum keiense. 



Dicffium sp., Itosenb. Heis. naar ZuidoostereiL p. 80 (1867). 



Dicffiura keiense, 8alvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. vi. p. .314 (1874), 



xiv. p. G54 (1879), xvi. p. QS (1880) ; id. Orn. Pupuasia etc. u. 



p. 279 (1881). 



Adult male (Little Key ; vou Eosenberg). General colour above 

 glossy pnrplish bluo; wing-coverts like the back; greater coverts, 

 bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills blackish, externally glossed 

 with purplish blue; tail-feathers purplish black; lores, sides of 

 face, ear-coverts, and cheeks black with a slight i)urplish gloss ; 

 throat and underparts generally scarlet, paler on the throat and 

 richer on the fore neck and breast; sides of the upper breast 

 purplish blue; sides of the body, flanks, and lower abdomen 

 olivaceous: under tail-coverts pale scarlet; uuder wing-coverts 

 and axillaries white, the edge of the wing purplish blue; quills 

 dusky below, whitish along the edge of the inner web. Total length 

 3-2 inches, culmen 0-45, wing 2-15, tail 1-05, tarsus 0-5. 



Hah. Ke or Key Islands, Moluccas. 



a. cJ ad. sk. Little Key Island Leiden Museum [P.]. 



( Von Rosenberg). 



8. Dicaeum fulgiduin. 



Dicfeum fulgidum, Schter, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 56 ; Goidd, B. New 

 Guinea, part xv. (1883). 



Adult male. General colour above dark purplish blue ; wing- 

 coverts like the back ; quills black, externally slightly glossed with 

 purplish blue, a little more distinct on the innermost secondaries ; 

 tail-feathers purplish blue like the back, but slightly duller ; lores 

 black ; sides of face, cheeks, and ear-coverts black, Avith a slight 

 gloss of purplish blue ; a very narrow line of black bordering the 

 rami of the lower jaw pale scarlet ; under surface of the body pale 

 scarlet, richer on the fore neck and breast, and extending in a rosy 

 tinge over the sides of the body, the lower flanks and vent being of 

 a light fawn-brown ; the chin whitish and the centre of the body 

 also mixed with white, the bases of the feathers being of this colour; 

 in the centre of the breast a faintly indicated blackish spot ; thighs 

 black ; under tail-coverts pale rose-colour ; under wing-coverts and 

 axillaries white ; edge of wing and adjacent coverts black ; quills 

 blackish below, narrowly edged with white along the inner web ; 

 "bill, legs, and feet black; iris black" (H. 0. Forhes). Total 

 length 3"5 inches, culmen 0-4, wing 2-15, tail 1'25, tarsus 0'55. 



