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()hi Major : 157, 157, 155, 154 mm. 

 Kapaiir, New Guinea : 148, 145, 143 mm. 

 Konstantiiihofeu, New (iuinea : 144 mm. 

 Dorei, New (iuinea : 143 mm. 

 Mysol : 152 mm. 

 Salwatty: 149, 150 mm. 



44. Edoliisoma obiense Salvad. 



Edoliosoma obiense Salvad., Ann. Mns. Civ. Gen. xii. p. 329 (1878) ; id., Orn. 

 Pap. ii. p. 151 (Obi). 



Obi : Bruijn, Bernstein, Guillemard, Doherty, Lucas, Waterstradt. There is a 

 great variation in immature males and females. While the adult /e»ia/« is below 

 cinnamon, above cinnamon-brown or chestnut-brown, witli a slaty-grey crown, some 

 examples have the crown of the same chestnut-brown as the back ; these must be 

 younger bird.s, although they have a uniform cinnamon underside. Others, doubtless 

 immature, have blackish cross-markings on the underside ; another one — probably an 

 immature male, though we liave a specimen moulting from a rich crimson plumage 

 to the adult bluish slate one — is underneath pale buff with blackish cross-marks, 

 above of a curious pale brownish grey colom-, crown-feathers with narrow white tips. 

 Doherty describes the iris as deep brown, the bill and feet as black. Native name, 

 " Burong miniak " (Lucas). 



45. Edoliisoma marginata ^Vall. 



Campep?iar/a marr/inata Wallace, P. Z. S. 1863. pp. 19. 34 (Burn). 



One specimen was obtained on Obi Major by one of Mr. Waterstradt's hunters 

 on April 17th, 1902. I am inclined to think that it is a straggler from Buru, and 

 not a native of the Obi group of islands. 



46. Lalage aureus (Temm.). 



Ceblepyris aureus Temminck, PI. Cot. 382. fig. 2 (1825) ("Timor"— «Tore.'. 

 I accejit Ternate as the tyjiical habitat). 



Doherty and Waterstradt obtained specimens on Obi Major. Both sexes have the 

 "iris deep brown, feet nearly lilack, bill black'' (W. Doherty). 



47. Dicrurus doliertyi Hart. 

 Bicruropsis sp.'^ Guillemard, P. Z. S. 1885. p. 571 (Bisa). 

 Dicrurus dohertyi Hart,, Nov. ZooL. 1902. p. 441 (Obi i\Iajor). 



A series from Dohert}' and M^aterstradt. This form is apparently nearest to 

 B. niegalornis of the Key Islands, but has a shorter tail and a much less high 

 and arched beak. Specimens sent by Bruijn from Obi Major were by Salvadori 

 {Orn. Pap. ii. p. 174; united with D. pectoral'is from Sula, but they are very 

 different. The Obi bird is larger, has a longer and higher bill, larger feet, longer 

 wing and longer tail ; the iris is brown, not crimson; wing, S, 169 — 171, ?, 167 — 

 170; tail, 6, 142—148, ?, 146—149; bill from forehead to tip, 38 mm. 



48. Pachycephala obiensis Salvad. 

 Paehycepjhala obiensis Salvad., Anii. Mus. Civ. Gen. xii. p. 330(1878: Obi); 

 id., op. ell. XV. p. 45 (1879) ; id., Orn. Pap. ii. p. 219. 



Dolierty obtained this bird on Obi Major and Bisa, Waterstradt on Obi Major. 



