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IT. Scythrops novaehoUandiae Lath. 

 Bernstein obtained it mi Obi Majdr. 



18. Centropus goliath Bp. 

 Lucas sent a specimen from Obi ;\Iajor. " I'urong .Tackies." 



19. Centropus javanicus (Dumont). 

 Lucas also sent it from Obi Major. Native name " Cuscus." 



20. Ehyticeros plicatus (Penn.). 

 Obi jALojor, fide Lucas. Native name " Buroug Tahon." 



21. Merops oruatus Lafb. 

 Obi Major, Waterstradt. and tide Lucas. Native name: " Kadjah udang buri." 



22. Alcedo ispida hispidoides T-ess. 

 Dolierty, Waterstradt, and Lucas obtained this kingfisher on Obi Major. " Bill 

 black, basal half (about) dull red below " (Doberty). The specimens are of a very 

 fine blue above. Bernstein obtained this bird already on Obi, and so did Guillemard 

 {F. Z. S. 1885. p. 566). Our Obi birds are not smaller than usual. 



23. Alcyone pusilla (Temm.). 

 " c? " jun.. " ? " ad.. Obi, May, June 1902, Waterstradt coll. A dark zone 

 across the breast, caused bv the blackish tips to the feathers; forepart of crown and 

 back greenish. 



24. Ceyx lepida uropygialis Gray. 



ICeyx lepida Temm., PI. Col. iv. Pi. 595. fig. 1 (1836: Amboina).] 



Ceyx tiropygialis Gray, P. Z. S. 1860. p. 348 (I'atjan, Ternate). 



Ceyx lejyida uropygialis Hart., Nov. Zool. 1901. p. 97 (Northern Moluccas). 



The northern form of C. lepida, easily distinguished by its differently coloured 

 light blue tips to the feathers of the pileum and other characters, described by me 

 in 1901, is common on Obi Major, where specimens have been taken by Bernstein, 

 Doherty, Lucas, and Waterstradt. Native name " tintis." " Iris chestnut, feet coral 

 red, bill vermilion " (Doherty). Waterstradt's hunters met it in the hills at 2000 ft. 

 above the sea. 



25. Halcyon diops (Temm.). 



This species was already obtained on Obi Latu by Bernstein. Doherty and 

 Waterstradt sent specimens from Obi Major. Native name " Kadja udang." 



26. Halycon chloris (Bodd.). 



Bernstein, Doherty, and Lucas met with tliis kingfisher on Obi Major, (iuillemard 

 on Bisa. 



27. Halcyon sanctus Vig. & Horsf. 



Obtained on the Obi Islands by Benisteivr, Waterstradt, and Doherty. The latter 

 sept it from 01)i Major and Bisa, 



