128 Count T. Salvadori — Notes 



I have noticed that in one place (Nov. Zool. iii. 

 p. 531) Dr. Hartert says that the i'orm from the Western 

 Papuan Islands (ft macrolopha) is intermediate between 

 ('. triton and C. trobriandi', while later (Nov. Zool. viii. 

 jt. 79) Rothschild and Hartert assert that C. macrolopha is 

 somewhat smaller than C. trobriandi ; in Fact, Dr. Hartert 

 has recognised that in male birds from St. Aignan (C 

 trobriandi) the " beaks are fully as big as they are in some 

 males from New Guiuca." 



I should say that ft triton is a very variable species as 

 regards dimensions. 



Cacatua i'.vhvula (Bp.); Hartert, Nov. Zool. v. p. 120 

 (1898) ; Dub. Syn. Av. i. p. 2, n. 11 (1899) j Sharpe, Hand- 

 list, ii. p. 10 (1900). 



Cacatua sulphurea parvula Hartert, Nov. Zool. iv. p. 165 



(1897) (Lesser Sunda Is.) ; Meyer & Wiglesw. B. of Celebes, 

 i. p. L30 (pt.) (1898J. 



Cacatua parvula parvula Hartert, Nov. Zool. v. p. 120 



(1898) (Timor, Semao). 



Dr. Hartert has the following remark: — "Exactly like 



( '. sulphured sulphurea and of about the same dimensions, not 

 smaller, with the beaks as a rule as powerful as in any from 

 Celebes, but the ear-coverts paler and much less yellow/' 



I must notice that while Dr. Hartert at first considered 

 ('. parvula a subspecies of ft sulphurea, he has recognised it 

 as a distinct species later. 



Cacatua occidentalis Hartert; Sharpe, Hand-list, ii. 

 p. 10, n. I (1900). 



Cacatua parvula Hartert (nee lip. ?), Nov. Zool. iii. p. 503 

 (1896) (Lombok)j Everett, ibid. p. 590 (1896) j Hartert, 

 op. cit. v. }). 45 (1898) (Flores). 



Cacatua parvula occidentalis Hartert, Nov. Zool. v. p. 120 

 ( IS9S) (Lombock, Flores, Sumbawa), p. 461 (Pantar, Alor) 

 (1898). 



( acatua parvula var. occidentalis Dub. Syn. Av. i. p. 2 

 (1899). 



While typical C. parvula seems to be confined to Semao 



