66 ON BIRDS FROM SEKRU, 



crossbauds, being the whole interseapuleum nearly uniform- 

 green like the rest of the back. 



[Iris orange, bill orange-red. Schadler]. 



59. Cydopsittacus Desmaresti (Garn.). 



Salvad. Cat. B. Br. M. XX, p. 91. 



Four specimens (January and February) agreeing exactly 

 with specimens from Lobo Bay collected by Dr. S. Muller 

 in 1828. The males (3) have the whole pileura orange- 

 vermilion ; one shows not the slightest trace of the blue 

 occipital spot; in the female only the front is orange- 

 vermilion, the pileum bright orange-yellow, the cheeks are 

 green. 



[Iris ashy grey, bill dark. Schiidler]. 



60. Microglossus aterrimus (Gml.). 



Salvad. Cat. B. Br. M. XX, p. 103. 



Three old females (December, February and March) and 

 a younger male in full moult: black like the old ones 

 (also the crest) but the feathers of the lower breast and 

 vent narrowly edged with pale yellow ; the tailfeathers are 

 much narrower and more pointed than in the old birds; 

 upper mandible dark brown, towards the tip whitish, lower 

 mandible hornish white with dark grey tip. 

 Al, 380— 405 mm.; caud. 300 mm.; culm. 85 mm. Q ad. (3). 

 » 375 » ; » 280 » ; » 82 » .(;^^jun. 



[Iris light brown, bill black with white tip, cheeks red; 

 young: reddish yellow. Schiidler]. 



The specimen of M. aterrimus in » immature dress" from 

 the Arfak Mountains described by Dr. Büttikofer (N. L. M. 

 XVI, 1894, p. 166) belongs to M. Salvadorii Meyer (Bull. 

 B. 0. C. IV, 1894, p. VI), a very curious but excellent species. 



61. Cacatua triton (Temm.). 

 Salvad. Cat. B. Br. M. XX, p. 118. 



Male and female, adult (January), exactly alike with the 



Notes from the Leytien IMuseum, Vol. XXII. 



