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palliati,^ has a large yellow patch on the inte.-scapulium. while the latter is wholly 

 red or red with small yellow spots, in L. garndus garrulus. _ _ 



Lorius garrid.is' fiavopalliatus was obtained on Olsi by Bernstein, Bruijn s 

 hunters, Doherty, Lucas, and Waterstradt. Guillemard found it on Obi Latu and Ubi 

 Major. It is called by the Malays " Luri." 



13. Eos riciniatus obiensis Rothsch. 



IPsittacus vicmMus Bechst., Kurce Uehers. p. 69 (1811 : " Moluckische Inseln " 

 —I substitute Temate as the typical habitat).] ,,.,,. . 



Eos variegata obiensis Rothsch., Bull. B. 0. G. x. p. xvi. (Nov. 1899 : Obi Major). 



(Probably Mr Rothschild is right in accepting the name vanegatus of Gmelin 

 (ex Latham), "for the species, but the description of the under wing-coverts as yellow 

 makes it rather doubtful if we can accept that name, and Mr. Rothschild now agrees 

 with me that it is safer to adhere to riciniatus Bechst.). 



A. already pointed out by Mr. Rothschild, the adult Obi birds have the entire 

 head and neck uniform red, and the greater wing-coverts and scapulars much more 

 black almost uniform black, while most of the wing-coverts in typical na.matus 

 are mostly red. Other birds-we take them to be younger individuals-have the 

 head red with only a smaU purplish blue patch on the hinder part of the crown, and 

 a collar of the same colour round the neck; but the collar and the sincipital patch 

 are not connected, while in typical riciniata they are widely connected, seldom 

 almost interrupted. We have now eight Obi examples, collected by Ouilleniard, 

 Lucas Doherty, and Waterstradt, and twenty typical ricMM/tfrt from Batjan, Halmahera, 

 and Ternate for comparison, and the characters stated by Mr. Rothschild to dis- 

 tinguish the Obi form are very conspicuous if this series is compared, though single 

 vounger individuals may sometimes be indistinguishable. According to Lucas these 

 birds are called by the natives "Perkiet.- (Guillemard, P. Z. S. 1885. p. 564.) 



14. Hypocharmosyna placentis (Temm.). 

 One example from Lucas, who says it is called by the natives " Burong Bandera." 

 Also obtained by Waterstradfs hunters. 



15. Cuculus saturatus Blyth (Probably migrant). 

 Caculm saturatvs Hodgs., Blyth, Jonm. A. S. Beng. xii. p. 9-^2 (1843) ; 

 Blanford, Fauna Brit. India, Birds iii. p. 207 (1895); Finsch, Aotes Leaden Mus. 



""""■J," OW mS' September 1897, W. Doherty coll. (Probably a migrant from 

 the north.) 



16. Cacomantis insperatus (Gould). 



Cucuh^s insperatus Gould, P. Z. 8. 1845. p. 19 (New South Wale^). 



Vaco-numtis insperatus Shell., Cat. B. xix. p. 273. 1891 ; Rothsch. k Hart., 

 Nov. ZOOL. 1901. p. 185, note under no. 27. 



Cacomantis dumetorum Finsch, Notes Leyden Mas. xxu. p. 85 (IJOU). 



Cacomantis assimilis Salvad., Orn. Pap. i. p. 337 (1880). 



Salvadori mentions Obi Major, on the authority of Bernstein. ^^ e have one 

 adult bird from Lucas ("Burong swangi" of the Malays), also three young ones from 

 Waterstradt, apparently belonging to this species, 



