1684.] THE EAST-INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO. 4.31 



is darker than any Timor- Laut specimen before me. In agreement 

 with all those in the British Museum, my Timor-Laut specimens 

 have the outer margin of the primaries and secondaries as in 

 Salvadori's description, " flavo-marginatis." 



Dr. Meyer throws some doubt on a species of Rhipidura (R. 

 lensi, Bias.) having its true habitat in Celebes. He suggests that 

 it is more likely to have been bought only in Menado. I am happy 

 in being able to confirm his suspicion that its habitat is in the 

 Moluccas. I obtained a specimen in Amboiua, which is now depo- 

 sited in the British Museum. 



Postscript. 



It will be seen from the above remarks that no species not hitherto 

 described, or of which specimens were not before Dr. Sclater when 

 he wrote his paper on this subject in April last, has been brought to 

 light by Dr. Meyer's collectors. So far as our present knowledge 

 goes, the following is a complete list of the birds kuown to occur on 

 the Tenimber Islands, embracing 69 species, of which 24 (marked *) 

 are peculiar to the group. 



I. ACCIPITRES. 



1. AsTUR ALBIVENTRIS (Salvad.). 



Urospisias albiventris, Salv., Meyer, op. sup. cit. 



2. Haliaetus leucogaster (Gm.). 



Cuncuma leucogaster, Gm., Meyer, op. sup. cit. 



3. Haliastur girrenera (V.). 



4. Baza subcristata, Gould. 



5. Pandion leucocephalus, Gould. 



6. Cerchneis moluccensis (II. & J.). 



Tinnunculus moluccensis, Sclater, P.Z. S. loc. sup. cit. 



7. *Ninox forbesi, Sclater. 



8. *Strix sororcula, Sclater. 



II. PSITTACI. 



9. *Tanygnathus subaffinis, Sclater. 



10. Geoffroius keiensis, Salv. 



G. timorlaoensis, Meyer, op. sup. cit. 



11. *Eclectus riedelii, Meyer. 



12. *£os reticulata, S. Miill. 



13. Cacatua sanguinea, Gould. 



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