64 ON BIRDS FROM SEKRU, 



52. Tanysiptera galatea Gray. 



Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. M. XVII, p. 307. 

 Salvad. Orn. Pap. I, p. 438. 



Male and female (March), both adult and in full plumage 

 (agreeing with Pig. 1 (PI. 13) in Schlegel: Vog. v. Nederl. 

 Indie, Alced.) ; in the male the basal portion of the two 

 centre tailfeathers is marked with three large white spots, 

 forming nearly crossbands; in the female these spots are 

 only very small. — Collected by Dr. S. Muller in Lobo Bay 

 already in 1828 [Dacelo dea Schl. pt.). 



mm. mm. mm. mm. 



Al. 108; caud. 95; middle rectr. 250; culm. 28. J. 

 » 103; » 83; » » 200; » 32. 9. 



[Iris brown, bill red. Schadler]. 



53. Rhytidoceros plicatus (Penn.). 



Grant, Cat. B. Br. M. XVII, p. 386. 

 Salvad. Orn. Pap. I, p. 392. 



Two males (16 December and 7 January) and one female 

 (26 January) ; the latter and the male from 7 January are 

 in moult. 



[Iris yellow or red-brown (males), bill white, base of 

 lower mandible red-brown; orbital skin and naked chin 

 bluish; contents of stomach: fruits. Schadler] . 



54. Eudy namis ru/iventer Less. 



Shelley, Cat. B. Br. M. XIX, p. 325 (syn. part.). 

 Salvad. Orn. Pap. I, p. 368. 



One old female (22 January) in the spotted plumage (no 

 signs of moult). 



Al, 188 mm.; caud. 168 mm.; culm. 26 mm. 



[Bill greyish black, towards the tip light hornish. 

 Schadler]. 



55. Centropus Menebihi Less. & Garn. 



Shelley, Cat. B. Br. M. XIX, p. 336. 

 Salvad. Orn. Pap. I, p. 377. 



Notes from th.e Leyden Museum , Vol. XXH. 



