56 A Visit to Damma Island: 



We finally quitted Damma on the afternoon of November 

 11th, enjoying a splendid view of the volcano as we steamed 

 slowly out of Koelewatte Bay ; and I think that all on board 

 regretted that our stay at this interesting little island was 

 necessarily so brief, even though our next halting-place was 

 to be one of the most beautiful and famous localities in the 

 Eastern tropics — the island of Amboyna. 



Zoological collections of great scientific interest were made 

 during the surveying- voyages of H. M.S. l Penguin,' under the 

 command of Captain W. U. Moore, by Messrs. J. J. Walker, 

 Chief-Engineer, and P. W. Bassett-Smith, Surgeon of the 

 ship. All these collections were presented by the Lords of 

 the Admiralty to the Trustees of the British Museum, and are 

 in progress of being worked out by the staff of the Zoological 

 Department. The following notes refer to the terrestrial 

 fauna only of the island. — A. G. 



BIRDS. By R. B. Shaepe. 



The small collection of birds obtained on Damma Island 

 apparently contains two species new to science. One of these, 

 Rhipidura Buttikqferi, I have already described ; and in the 

 present paper I add another species to the overwhelming 

 genus Zosterops. 



So far as can be judged from this small amount of material, 

 the birds of Damma Island are almost identical with those 

 of Timor- Laut on the one hand and Timor on the other, 

 though some species, such as Rhipidura elegantula, may be 

 found peculiar to the Damma, Lettie, and Wetter group of 

 islands. 



1. Rhipidura elegantula. 



Rhipidura elegantula, Sliarpe, Notes Leyden Mus. i. p. 23 (1879). 



An adult specimen in rather poor condition. I think, 

 however, that there can be no doubt about the identity of the 

 bird with R. elegantula, which I described from a Lettie 

 specimen in the Leyden Museum. 



2. Rhipidura Biittikoferi. 



Rhipidura Buttikoferi, Sharpe, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, no. iv. p. xviii 

 (1892). 



An adult bird. This species is closely allied to Rhipidura 

 setosa,hut is much darker brown above, being blackish brown, 

 not grey, and having much more white on the two outer 

 tail-feathers. Total length 6'8 inches, wing 3"4. 



