18/8.] BIRDS OF TERNATE, AMBOYNA, ETC. J)5 



seum and with two other specimens from New Guinea, collected by 

 D Albertis and Bruijn's men. From all these it differs in the finer 

 verauculations, and in the somewhat smaller dimensions, and perhaps 

 may belong to a different species ; but we must see some more spe- 

 cimens from the Aru Islands before we can decide the question. 



The Caprimulgus brachyurus, Rosenb., is a young bird with the 

 tail incompletely developed. 



14. Macropteryx mystacea (Less.). 



[No. 254. Male, Wanumbai : eyes black.— J. M.] 

 This bird has a brown spot on the ear-coverts. 



15. Hirundo javanica, Sparrm. 



Hirundo frontalis, Quoy & Gaim. Voy. Astrol. Zool. i. p 204 

 pi. 12. f. 1 (1830), Dorey (type examined). P ' ' 



[No. 225. Female, Dobbo : eyes black.— J. 31.] 



16. Hylochelidon nigricans (Vieill.). 



Hirundo nigricans, Vieill. N. D. xiv. p. 523 (1817), New Holland 

 (type examined). 



[No. 226 Male Dobbo : eyes black. Shot by the Professor at 

 the village of Dobbo.— J. M.~] 



17- Mach^rorhynchus xanthogenys, G. R. Gr. 



Machwrirhynchus xanthogenys, G. R. Gr. P. Z. S. 1858, p. 176 - 

 Aru (type examined) ; Salvad. Atti R. Ace. Sc. Tor. x. p. 375. sp. 2 

 ( 1875). 



[No 234. Male, Wokan : eyes and bill black ; feet slate. Shot 

 at Wokan. — J. M.] 



18. Graucalus melanops (Lath.). 



Campephaga melanops, var., G. R. Gr. P. Z. S. 1861, p. 435. 



[No. 228. Female, Dobbo : eyes brown ; stomach contained in- 

 sects ; legs and bill black. Shot by the Professor at the village of 

 Dobbo. — J. Jf.] ° 



The specimen agrees entirely with black-faced Australian males 

 and with male birds collected by Signor D'Albertis at Yule Island 

 (Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. vii. (1875), p. 820. sp. 41). 



19. Edoliosoma muelleri, Salvad. 



Ceblepyris plumbea, part., S. Mull, (nee Wagl.), Verh. Land- en 

 Vohkenk. p. 189 (1839-1844), New Guinea only (type examined). 



^dohosoma miilleri, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. vii. p 928 

 (1875). r 



[No. 260, Wanumbai: male. No. 245. Female: eyes hazel- 

 bill black ; legs dark with brownish tinge ; stomach had insects! 

 Shot on 20th, Dobbo. — J. M.~\ 



These specimens agree in every respect with New-Guinea specimens 

 Edoliosoma tenuirostre (Jard. et Selby), from Australia, is scarcely 

 different from the New-Guinea bird ; perhaps it is a little larger 



