from the Northern Moluccas. 351 



Total length 8i inches ; wing 4 inches ; bill from gape | inch. 



Hah. Batchian, Gilolo, and Morty. 



Remark. — This species is smaller than C.flavicaudus, Bp., from 

 which it differs in the uniform dusky tail. My specimens from 

 Gilolo differ among themselves in the size of the bill, showing 

 that this important organ is, like every other part, liable to varia- 

 tion. This species was included in Mr. G. R. Gray^s list of 

 Moluccan birds as C. flavicaudus. 



Tropidorhynchus fuscicapillus. 



Above dark glossy olive-brown, deepening to blackish olive 

 on the head ; beneath earthy brown ; under tail-coverts lighter ; 

 throat light ash, whitest near the ears, where it has almost a 

 silvery gloss ; outer edges of the quills, lower part of the throat, 

 and the breast tinged with olive-yellow, which seems more dis- 

 tinct in the male than the female ; orbits and bare part of face 

 flesh-colour ; bill, simply keeled at the base, black ; feet lead- 

 colour. 



Total length 14 inches; wing 6 inches; bill from gape 1*7 

 inch. 



The young birds have the quills and feathers of the middle of 

 the back and breast broadly margined with olive-yellow. 



Hah. Morty Island, near Gilolo. 



This species is very distinct by its dark head, simple beak, and 

 bare flesh-coloured orbits, and by wanting the characteristic re- 

 curved feathers on the nape. 



Erythrura modesta. 



Green ; forehead and cheeks blue ; sides of neck yellow-tinged ; 

 upper tail-coverts, two middle tail-feathers, and margins of the 

 outer ones red ; tips of wings dusky ; under wing-coverts yel- 

 lowish buff. 



In the female the blue and red colours are duller, and do not 

 extend quite so far. 



Bill black ; feet pale dusky red ; iris dark. 



Total length 5 inches ; wing 3'4< inches. 



Hah. Ternate, at an elevation of about 2000 feet. 



