1885.] DURING THE VOYAGE OF THE YACHT * MARCHESA. 507 



c. ^ . Bima. 



d. Juv. c? . Bima. 



Iris marked " yellow " in one example ; in two others dark brown ; 

 bill blue; tarsus blue. Length of wing 6-9-7" 2 centims. 



Abdomen and crissum bluish grey. All the adults have the nape 

 spot, but only one the pectoral band. The under wing-coverts are 

 white. The young male has the upper surface grey, the wings 

 brown, throat light grey, and abdomen dirty white. A few bright 

 blue feathers are appearing on the head. 



21. Oriolus brodeript, Bonaparte. 



Oriolus brodeript. Wall. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 485 ; Sharps, Cat. 

 Birds, vol. iii. p. 201. 



Hab. Lombok, Flores {Wallace) ; Sumbawa (Guillemard). 

 a-c. c?. Sumbawa town. 



d. Juv. (S . Sumbawa town. 



Iris crimson, duller in the young bird ; bill pink ; feet bluish 

 black. Length 28-4-/9-0 centims., wing 15-4-16-3 centims. The 

 young male is altogether paler, lacking the briUiant orange tint of 

 the full adult The secondaries are, however, quite as much marked 

 with yellow as in the latter, but the yellow frontal patch is smaller. 

 Several small flocks of this species were seen on the road from the 

 coast up to the town of Sumbawa. 



22. Partjs cinereus, VieiUot. 



Parus cinereus, Vieill. Tab. Ency. Meth. ii. p. 506 ; Gadow, Cat, 

 Birds, viii. p. 16. 



Hab. India and Southern China (?) ; Java (Buxton) ; Flores, 

 Lombok (IVallace) ; Sumbawa (Guillemard). 



a. c? . Bima, Sumbawa. 



b. ^ . Gunong Api Island, Sumbawa. 



Iris brown; bill and feet black. Length 13-3 centims., wing 

 6-4-6-7 centims. Mantle pure grey. Note exactly like our own 

 P. major, 



Gunong Api Island lies close off Bima on the north coast of 

 Sumbawa, and must not be confused with another island of the same 

 name in the Banda Sea. 



23. CiNNYRis PECTORALis (Horsfield). 



Cinnyris pectoralis, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 408, no. 43; Shelley, 

 Monogr. Nect. p. 165, p. 53; Gadow, Cat. Birds, ix. p. 88. 



T£ab. Nicobar Islands (Wimberley) ; Malacca and Sumatra 

 ( Wallace) ; Java (Horsfield) ; Lombok and Flores ( Wallace) ; 

 Sumbawa (Guillemard) ; Borneo (Low). 



a, b. tS . Sumbawa town. 



c. d. iS . Bima, Sumbawa. 



e. S ■ Gunong Api Island, Sumbawa. 



Iris reddish brown ; bill black ; feet brownish black. Length 

 I0"8-ll"3 centims. ; wing 5"2-5'4 centims. 



