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3. ECLECTUS CARDINALIS (Bodd.) . 



Minor : mas viridis, E. polychloro similis, at colore Isetiore 

 caudaque magis cserulea distinguendus : femina rubra, 

 fascia interscapulari et abdoraine cyaneis ; subcaudalibus 

 auroreis vel rubro-flavis. 

 Hab. in insulis Moluccanis Ceram, Bouru, et Amboyna. 



4. EcLECTUS WESTERMANNI, Bp. 



Minor : mas viridis, lateribus concoloribus. Femina adhuc 

 ignota. 

 Hab. ? (Viv. Nat. Art. Mag. et Zool. Soc. Lond.) 



5. EcLECTUS CORNELI.E, Bp. 



Mas ignotus ; femina punicea, colore cyaneo neque dorsi neque 

 lateris inferioris ullo. 



Hab. ? (Viv. Nat. Art. Mag. et Zool. Soc. Lond.) 



XXIV. — On a Collection of Birds made by Mr. E. C. 

 Buxton in the District of Lampong, S.E. Sumatra. By 

 Arthur, Marquis of Tweeduale, M.B.O.U. 



(Plates V. & VI.) 



The first systematic account of the Avifauna of Sumatra was 

 written by Sir Stamford Raffles'^' at Fort Marlborough, near 

 Bencoolen, of which settlement Sir Stamford was Lieutenant- 

 Governor. Bencoolen is situated on the western shore of the 

 southern half of the island of Sumatra ; and most of the birds 

 enumerated were obtained in the vicinity of Bencoolen itself, 

 or during short trips made into the interior of the district of 

 that name during the years 1819 and 1820, partly by Sir 

 Stamford assisted by Dr. Joseph Arnold, and partly by 

 Messrs. Diard and Duvaucel. These two gentlemen (the 

 first a pupil, the other the step-son of the great Cuvier) 

 were French naturalists, whose services Sir Stamford had 

 secured while on a visit to Bengal. ' The unfortunate misun- 

 derstanding that soon after their arrival in Sumatra occurred 



* Tr. L. S. xiii. pp. 277, 330; Appendix, pp. 339, 340 (dated June 1, 

 1820; read March 20, 1821). The date of the volume is 1822. 



