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CrYX LEPIDA. B.M. 
Ceyx lepida, Temm. Pl. Col. 591. f. 1. 
Amboyna and Batchian. 
CrEYX UROPYGIALIS. B.M. 
Black, with the feathers of the head and wing-coverts bordered 
with prussian blue ; cheeks streaked with the same colour ; the back 
and tail-coverts streaked with bright ultramarine blue; the rump 
verditer, narrowly banded with white ; the throat, and spot on the 
side of neck, yellowish-white ; frontlet and beneath the body ru- 
fescent, tinged with yellow. 
Length 5" 1!", wings 2" 4'", bill from gape 1!" 7!', 
Batchian and Ternate. 
Alcedo ispida, var. des Moluques. Bourou or Bouro; Banda. 
ALCYONE AFFINIS. B.M. 
The form of the bill agrees with that of Alcyone lessoni of New 
Guinea, but is rather shorter; the blue of the upper surface is of a 
paler hue, while the breast and abdomen are of a more uniform dark 
rufous colour. In these latter respects it agrees best with Aleyone 
pulchra of Mr. Gould. 
Batchian. 
*MEROPS ORNATUS. 
Merops ornatus, Lath. Ind. Orn. Suppl. p. xxxv. 
Ternate (Wail. Coll.). 
PROMEROPIDZ. 
NECTARINIA ASPASIOIDES. 
Nectarinia aspasia, pt., Mill. 
This bird seems to agree with the figure given by Lesson in Voy. 
Coqu. t. 30. f. 2, in its general coloration, but the bill is much s 
longer. 
Amboyna (Wall. Coil.). 
NECTARINIA AURICEPS. B.M. 
This bird is closely allied to the last, but the top of the head is 
rich golden green; and the throat, lower part of back, and wing- 
coverts are of a rich glossy steel-blue. 
Batchian and Ternate. 
NECTARINIA FRENATA. B.M. 
Nectarinia frenata, Mill. Verh. Nat. Gesch. p. 61. 
Cyrtostomus frenatus, Reichenb. 
Batchian and Ternate. 
Nectarinia solaris, Temm. Amboyna. _ 
Nectarinia zenobia, Less. Amboyna; Gilolo. 
