1885.] DURING THE VOYAGE OF THE YACHT ' MARCHES A.' 503 



Iris light brown ; bill slate, apex yellowish ; nasal sheath yellow ; 

 tarsus yellow. Length 49' 1 ceutims. ; wing 40'8 centims. 



5. YuNGiPicus GRANDis, Hargitt. 

 lyngipicus grandis, Hargitt, Ibis, 1882, p. 45. 



Hab. Flores and Lonibok {Wallace); Sumbawa {Guillemard). 



a. cj . Bima. 



Iris reddish brown ; bill nearly black ; tarsus dirty black. Length 

 I3"2 centims.; wing 8-3 centims.; tail 5"0 centims.; bill 1'8 

 centim. ; tarsus 1*5 centim. 



6. Merops philippinus, Linnaeus. 



Merops philipijinus, Schleg. Mus. P.-B. Merops, p. 2 (1863); 

 Wald. Tr. Z. S. viii. 2, p. 42 ; id. ix. pt. 2, p. 149 ; Salvad. Ucc. di 

 Born. p. 89. 



Hab. India, Malay peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Philippines, 

 Celebes, Timor, Flores {Wallace) ; Lombok {Gray) ; Sumbawa 

 {Guillemard). 



a, b. S • Bima, Sumbawa. 



c. Sumbawa town. 



d. Bima, Sumbawa. 



Iris red ; bill black ; feet greyish black. Length 29*0-29'4 

 centims. ; wing 12"5-13*0 centims. 



7. Merops ornatus, Latham. 



Merops ornatus, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 162 ; Schleg, Mus. P.-B., 

 Merops, p. 4 (1863); Sahad. Oru. della Pap. i. p. 4UI. 



Hab. From Celebes through the Moluccas and New Guinea 

 to New Britain, Torres Straits {MacGillivray) ; Java {Finseh) ; 

 Lombok ( J^a//ace) ; Sumbawa (JPors^en) ; Flores (^a//«ce); Timor 

 {Wallace). 



a. Sumbawa t6wn. 



Iris dull red ; bill and feet black. Length 25*4 centims. ; wing 

 10'6 centims. 



8. EuRYSTOMUs orientalis (Linuseus). 



Eurystomus orientalis, G. R. Gray, Hand-1. B. i. p. 76, sp. 906 ; 

 Salvadori, Orn. della Pap. i. p. 508. 



Hab. From India through China to the Philippines ; Sumatra, 

 Borneo, Java, and Celebes ; Gilolo {Hriiijn) ; Lombok {Wallace) ; 

 Sumbawa {Guillemard) ; Flores, Timor {Wallace). 



a. c? . Sumbawa town. 



b. 2 • Sumbawa town. 



Iris dull pinkish red ; bill scarlet, black at tip ; feet dull coral-red. 

 Length 29*0 centims.; wing 19"0-19*4 centims. The female is a 

 very dark bird, and neither example possesses the pallor of colouring 

 that is characteristic of the more eastern race. 



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