32 mr. a. r. wallace on the birds of bouru. [jan. 13, 



Dictum erythrothorax. 



Biceum erythrothorax, Less. Voy. Coquille, Ois. t. 30. f. 1, 2. 

 nab. Bouru. 



Remark. — An allied species to this occurs in Ceram, of which I 

 give the description in a note*. 



NeCTARINIA PROSERPINA. 



Purpureo-nigra velutina ; capite viridi-chalyheo ; gula purpureo- 

 violacea metallica ; crisso, tectricibus caudce superioribus et 

 alarum minoribus purpureo-cyaneis ; remigibus fusco-nigris ; 

 Cauda elongata, rectricibus duabus mediis purpurea marginatis. 

 5 . Supra olivaceo-viridis, subtus fiavescens ; capite pectoreque 

 cinereis ; cauda fuscescenti-nigra, apice pallida. 



Rich velvety purple-black ; crown greenish steel-blue ; throat 

 richly scaled with violet-purple ; wings, with the lesser coverts only, 

 the rump, and upper tail-coverts metallic-blue ; two middle tail- 

 feathers margined on both sides with purple ; wings and tail fuscous 

 black. 



Female. — Above olive-green ; the crown and nape dark ash, each 

 feather having a central dusky spot ; beneath pale olive-yellow, the 

 throat and breast light ash ; quills dusky, with an outer margin of 

 olive-yellow ; tail purplish-black, the feathers margined on the outer 

 web with olive-green, and a whitish spot on the inner web at the 

 apex, increasing in size from the middle to the outer feathers. 



Length 5 inches ; wing 2i inches ; tail \\ inch ; bill, from front, 

 I inch, 



Hab. Bouru. 



Remark. — This beautiful species is like N. aspasia, but differs in 

 its middle and greater wing-coverts being purple-black and not me- 

 tallic, and in the longer tail. 



Nectarinia zenobia. 



Cinnyris zenobia. Less. Voy. Coq. 



C. elementicB, Less. Man. d'Orn. ii. p. 40. 



Hab. Bouru, Amboyna, Ceram, and K^ Islands. 



Calornis obscura. 



Lamprotornis obscura, Bp. (ex Forsten) Consp. Gen. Av. 417. 

 Hab. Bouru and the other Moluccas. 



* Dictum vulneratum. 



Supra <Bneo-fuscu7n, subtus cinereum; ahdomine albescente ; macula parva 



pectorali tectricibusque caudce superioribus rubris. 

 Fem. immaculata. 



Above dark fuscous brown, with a bronzy tinge ; beneath light ashy, becoming 

 nearly white on the belly aud vent ; a small round patch on the breast and the 

 upper tail-coverts bright red ; under wing-coverts and sides of breast white ; bill 

 black, bluish at the base ; feet black. The female (?) or young bird is rather lighter 

 on the upper and darker on the under surface than the male, has no red spot on 

 the breast, and the upper tail-coverts are reddish olivaceous. 



Total length 3 inches ; wing 2 inches. 



Hai. Ceram. 



