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feet vermilion ; hill nearly lilack "' (W. Doherty). (The bare parts of C. basilica from 

 Ternate are marked by Doherty as follows: '"Iris crimson; feet jiale carmine; 

 bill black.") Kernstein"s specimens of C. basilica from Obi in the ],eyden Museum 

 must, of course, belong to this form, liut Uoherty was its discoverer, as 1 described 

 it from his exami)les. Lucas and Waterstradt also got it. 

 " Kumkum boke " is the native name. 



Ct8. Myristicivora melanura fWall). 



Carpopha<ia melanura Wallace, P. Z. S. 1803. p. 33 (Burn). 

 Rernstein and (iuillcTnard obtained this species in the Obi group (Obi Latu) ; 

 Lucas and Doherty sent specimens from Obi Major. Local name " Kumkum puli." 



69. Columba albigularis Bp. 

 Lucas sent a specimen from Obi Major. Name " Kumkum." 



70. Reinwardtoena reinwardtsi (Temm.). 



Golumba Reinwardtsi Temnunck, PI. Col. 2-18 (1823: Celebes! — errwe! I 

 substitute as the original locality TernateJ. 



Reinwardtoenus reinivardti obiensis hurt., Bull B. 0. G. \ii. )). 35 (February 

 1898: Obi). 



Reinwardtoena reimvardtsi reinwardtsi Hart., Nov. Zuol. 1900. p. 241 ; 

 Eothsch. & Hart., Nov. Zool. 1901. p. 126. 



Reinwardtoencts reinwardti Mey. & Wigl., B. Celebes ii. p. 642. 



In 1898 I erroneously separated the Obi form on account of a yellowish buff 

 face obvious in Uoherty's specimens, but recent material has shown that this 

 peculiarity is of no systematic \alue, as it is clearh' the result of the juice of some 

 kind of fruit. 



Bernstein, Doherty, Guillemard (Obi Latu), Lucas, and Waterstradt obtained 

 this bird. Native name " Ekorpandjang." 



71. Macropygia amboinensis batchianensis Wall. 



(Of. Nov. Zool. 1901, p. 124.; 



Doherty and Waterstradt, as well as Lucas, who calls it also " Ekor pandjang," 

 obtained examples on Obi. 



72. Chalcophaps indica (L.). 

 lioth sexes sent by Waterstradt from Obi Major. 



73. Caloenas nicobarica (L.). 



Lucas sent a specimen fiom Obi, where it had already been obtained by Bernstein. 

 Guillemard collected it on Bisa. 



74. Megapodius freycinet freycinet (^loy. it Gaim. 

 ((•f. Nov. Zooi,. 1901. p. 138;. 



Obi: Bernstein. Olii ]5isa and Obi Major: Doherty. Obi Major: Lucas. 

 Native name " moleo." (.»bi JMajoi- : Waterstradt. 



