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were so wary, that we could not obfain any. All other 

 birds were scarce, and I only obtained thirteen species 

 in all, many of wliicli will, however, I tliink, prove 

 iiew, viz. : — 

 jllej/ajjodius ST^., same si^ecies Tropido?'//7/nc/ius n. sp.? 



at Aru. Cin?!?/?'is n. sp. 



Carjjoj)/ia//a ce?iea. Zosterops citrinella ]\IQll. 



Tiilonopus n. sp. Rhiindura, two species. 



Macropijgia sp., sameat Aru. MascicapidcB, alia^two species. 

 Dicruriis, sp. Fsitiaciis [GeoffroT/us ?) , sp. 



Amonsr the birds ofFered for sale , JEdectics Linnm and 

 Fsittacodis magniis were the most abundant. Of INIam- 

 malial saw none, and could only learn that a wild pig 

 and a species of Cuscus inhabited the island. The only 

 reptiles I saw w^ere lizards of two or three kinds, one of 

 which , a very long and slender species , with a finely- 

 pointed tail of a mos brilliant blue, swarmed every- 

 where on the low herbage, gliding among leaves and 

 twigs in the most rapid and elegant manner. Of in- 

 sects I made a nice little coUection , the nutives briii- 

 ging me several very fine Coleoptera. A considerabie 

 proportion appear to be quite new ; those known being 

 a mixture of New-Guinea and Molacca species. It would 

 occupy too much space to enter into any details on this 

 extensive class; I shall therefore give only the results 

 of my six days' work, as foilows: — ■ 



Coleoptera 70 species. 



Lepidoptera 50 // 



Diptera 19 // 



Ilymenoptera. ... 24 // 

 Ilcmiptera and others. 31 // 



19 i species of iusccta. 



