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Ditjietor fi'ieicoUisJiaficoUix, India to C'hina and Malayan IslauJs. 



Diipetor Jhricollis ncsojihilus, Celebes, Moluccas, New Gniaea and neigh- 

 bouring islands. 



Diipfitor flacicollis [lonlili, Australia. 



The Batjau bird would in this case not be JK /'. f/oiik/i, hnt IK /. nesojj/iiliei<. 

 l)r. Sliarpe wrongly includes Celebes in the range of typical .^ttwco^^/s. 



Then there is U. mclaena *(SaIvad.). This is possibly a melanistic aberration, 

 or a different sjjecies. In no case, however, can it be correct to unite all Moluccan 

 specimens under the name of melar/Ki, as very few of them are all over black, while 

 classing the Celebes (Sanghir) form with //ar/rollis, because not only are the (nsnal) 

 Sanghir birds indistinguishable from those found on the Moluccas, but as the 

 typical locality of melaena Sanghir must be taken. 



The dark form (or species), Dupefor melaena (Salvad.), is known from Sanghir 

 and the Moluccas. We have oue collected by Dumas on Morty, and it will 

 probably occur on Batjan as well. 



127. Nycticorax caledonica (Gm.). 



Ankii i-alt'dijiiiai Gmeliu, Si/sl. Mat. ii. p. li'it'i (1788 : Nova Caledonia). 

 Batjan : fide Finsch, Platen. 



12». Dendrocygna guttulata Wall. 



Drndrocyiiiia guttulata Wallace, P. Z. S. 1863. p. 36 (Bum, Ceram, Celebes — type: Buru, in 

 Brit. Mus.). 



Batjan : fide Finsch et Platen coll. 



129. Tadorna radjah (Garn.). 



Anas radjah Gamot, Voij. Coq. Zoul. i. 2. p. 602. PI. 49 (1826-28 : Buru). 



Batjan : ^Vallace, Platen, Waterstradt. 



130. Fregata ariel (Gould). 

 Batjan : Bernstein, Platen. (Probably the recorded occurrence of /''. aijttila at 

 Batjan should also be referred to /'. arid ?). 



131. Microcarbo sulcirostris (Brandt). 

 Batjan : Wallace. 



132. Microcarbo melanoleucus (Vieill.). 

 Batjan : Wallatie. 



133. Sterna bergii Licht. 

 Batjan : Wallace, Bernstein. 



134. Sterna melanauchen Temm. 

 Batjan : fide Finsch. 



13."). Podiceps tricolor Gray. 

 Batjau : fide Finsch. 



• Ardetta itielaeiia yalvaduri, Atti Ii. Arad. iSci. Torino xiii. p. 1187 (1H7.S ; Sanghir; Halmahera 

 Typical locality Sanghir 1). 



