(4) 



7. Ninox rufostrigata (fliay). 



Athene rufostrigata G. 11. Gray, P. Z. S. 1860. p. 344 (Gilolo = Halmahera). 



One specimen, marked " c?," was obtained by Waterstradfs hunters on Obi Major 

 on Marcli 26th, 1902. This specimen agrees with the type of Ninox rufostrirjata 

 in the liritish Museum, except that it is perhai)s a little paler underneath and 

 considerably smaller. The wing of i\^. rvfostrvjata from Halmahera measures 



285 295, while that of the Obi example is only about 258 mm. long. Whether 



this di.^crepancy is due to sexual or individual variation, or is a racial character, I 

 am unable to say at present, the material in collections being very scanty. I know 

 onlv of the tvpe in London, three more from Halniahcra in Leyden (Hernstein coll.), 

 and two from Morty Island in the Tring Museum, the hitter agreeing in every respect 

 with the type. Their wings are 285 mm. long. 



8. Cacatua albus (P. L. S. Miill.). 



Psittacus alius Miill., Natiirsyst. Suppl. 1776. p. 76 (ex Daubenton, PL EiU. 263, 

 JMoluccas). 



Cacatua alba Guillemard. P. Z. S. 1885. p. 562. 



Dr. Guillemard recorded C. albus from the little island of Bisa in the Obi group. 

 Mr. Lucas sent a specimen said to come from Obi Major. He gives " Gatala " as the 

 native name. 



9. Tanygnathus megalorhynchos (Bodd.). 



Psittacus megalm'hyiichos Bodd., Tabl. PL EnL p. 45 (1788 : ex Daubenton, 

 PL EnL 713 : La Nouvelle Guinee). 



Messrs. Doherty and Waterstradt sent some examples from Obi, where it was 

 also obtained by Mr. Lucas' hunters. 



10. Geoffroyus cyanicoUis obieusis (Finsch). 



[Psitttwus cyanicoUis S. Miill., Vcrh. Land- en Volkenk. pp. 108. 182 (1839 — 

 1844: Gilolo = Halmahera: p. 182).] 



Pionias obiensis Finsch, Papag. ii. p. 389 (1868 : Obi). 



Geoffroyus cyanicoUis obiensis Kothsch. & Hart., Nov. Zool. 1901 p. 86 (Obi — 

 differences and variations discussed). 



Bernstein, Guillemard, Waterstradt, and Doherty obtained specimens on Obi 

 Major. 



11. Eclectus roratus (P. L. S. Midi.). 

 Collected by Bernstein and Doherty, as well as \\^aterstradt. on Obi Major. 



12. Lorius garrulus flavopalliatus Salvad. 



{Psittacus i/arridm Linn., Syst. Kat. ed. x. p. 100 (1758: Hab. in Asia. We 

 must regard Halmahera as the typical locality, as this form is only known from that 

 i.sland).] 



LorivM flavopaUiatus Salvad., Ann. Mits. Civ. Gen. x. p. 33 (1877 : Obi, Batjan). 



I can only look u])on Lorius fiavopalliatus as a subspecies of Lorius garridus. 

 There seems to be no appreciable difference between the two, except that Jiavu- 



