314 Lord Waldcn's sketch 



black, while the remainder of the lower surface is nearly imma- 

 culate rufous-buff. Another specimen has the throat perfectly 

 black, as well as the head and nape. A fourth, from Ceram, is 

 entirely black except the abdomen, which is deep rufous-bay, — an 

 adult male, having almost completed its moult. A fifth, a male 

 moulting into adult plumage, is pied jet-black and rufous-buff. 

 A ])cculiarity of the Ceram and Bouru birds in adolescent male 

 and adult female plumage is the regular well-defined and arched 

 character of the rufous caudal btmds and their great breadth. 

 Brisson notices this character in his description of C. punctatus, 

 L. ; and if not possessed by the Amboyna bird, it will go far to 

 support Dr. Cabanis's view. Brisson's words are "bandes trans- 

 versales rousses, formant chacune un arc de cercle.^^ I have not 

 observed this character in examples of Eudynamis from any other 

 locality. 



7. Eudynamis rufiventer. Less., Voy. de la Coquille, 

 p. 620, no, 23, " Nouvelle Guinee,^' S adolesc. plum. mut. 

 (1826). 



A single specimen of an adult male Eudynamis was obtained 

 by Mr. Wallace at Dorey, in New Guinea. Bill pale-greenish. Its 

 chief dimensions are : — wing 7' 75 inches, tail 8, bill from nostril 

 •87. It differs from all the other species I am acquainted with, 

 and I therefore enumerate it as distinct. 



Lesson described from a young male passing into adult black 

 plumage. It is probable that Mr. Wallace's individual is refer- 

 able to Lesson's species : at the same time the colour of the bill 

 does not quite agree ; for the latter says " le bee est noir, la man- 

 dibule inferieure blanchatre." 



8. Eudynamis melanorhyncha, Miiller, /. c. sp. 2, " Ce- 

 lebes." 



This is the Eudynamis of Celebes, distinguishable from all 

 others except E. facialis, Wall., by its black bill at all ages. 

 Having united under one species the Kocls inhabiting the entire 

 region between Ceylon and China, the Himalayas, and South 

 Australia, Professor Schlegel remarks (/. c.) " C'est un faitdigne 

 de remarque que cette espece, originaire de Celebes, se trouve, 

 pour ainsi dire, comme perdue au milieu de ces colonies nom- 



