( 586 ) 



Named in honour of Mejuffrow Marie de Korte, daughter of the Dutch official 

 in Sumba. 



Biittikofer records Pitta concinna Gould from Sumba, but I do not believe 

 that it could occur there, for the Sumba bird differs from that species in a much 

 deeper brown underside, no black on the abdomen, a much narrower and paler 

 superciliary stripe, a longer wing, and still smaller and concealed white wing- 

 speculum. 



37. Merops ornatus Lath. 



(Of. A. B. Meyer in Ms, 1884, p. 19, and in Notes Ley den Mas. XIV. p. 267.) 

 In one male there is a distinct blue spot under the black throat-patch, in the 

 other one not. 



" Iris scarlet; beak black ; feet blackish." 



*38. Alcedo ispida floresiana (Sharpe). 



Two males, Sumba. " Maxilla black ; mandible with basal half red ; feet 

 coral-red, claws dark brown." 



39. Halcyon chloris (Bodd.). 

 One male, rather blue above with a rather bluish crown. Wing 16 mm. 



40. Halcyon australasiae (Vieill.). 



One male, not quite adult, the breast having narrow black fringes to the 

 feathers, the upper wing-coverts rusty edges. 



41. Eurystomus!orientalis australis (Sw.). 

 Several specimens from Sumba, like those from Samba wa. See p. 571. 



*42. Cacomantis threnodes Cab. 



Two males from Sumba are very puzzling. They are large, the throat mixed 

 brownish and greyish, below not as pale as typical C. merulinus and not so dark aa 

 typical C. threnodes. They are quite like a Lombok bird mentioned before, and 

 closely approach C. variolosus, but are not so grey below, and also C. virescens, but 

 seem larger and paler below, somewhat more greyish above. I refer them to C. 

 threnodes, though not without hesitation. It is difficult to believe in the distri- 

 bution of the species as they are divided in the Catalogue of Birds. 



*43. Centropus javanicus (Dumont). 

 One male. 



44. Trichoglossus haematodes (L.). 



A tine series from the island of Sumba, from where Meyer had already recorded 

 it. They agree exactly with specimens from Timor. There is a great deal of 

 variation in the colour of the breast and under wing-coverts ; these parts being 

 strongly washed with deep orange in some specimens, chiefly old males, sulphur- 

 yellow without orange wash in others. "Iris crimson; cere and eyelids black; beak 

 orange-red; feet dull grey." 



