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procuring coal, and a considerable number of birds were obtained, 

 including examples of Semioptera waUacei. From here a visit of a 

 few days was paid to the little-kuowu and uninhabited Obi group. 

 Owing, however, to the thoroughness of Bernstein's work in this 

 locality, no new species were obtained. Before leaving for the Papuan 

 islands the ' Marchesa ' visited the Weeda group, a new locality 

 hitherto unexplored by naturalists, lying to the eastward of the 

 southern peninsula of Halmaheira. Here the only novelty procured 

 by the party in the Moluccas was met with, an Eos closely allied 

 to E. riciniata. 



A total of sixty-nine species was collected in the Moluccas, a list 

 of which is here given. The arrangement adopted in Salvadori's 

 * Ornitologia della Papuasia e delle Molucche ' has been followed 

 throughout. 



1. CUNCUMA LEUCOGASTER (Grm.). 



Cuncuma leucogaster, Salvad. Ornitologia della Papuasia e delle 

 Molucche, vol. i. p. 7. 

 a. S • Obi Major. 



Iris marbled, yellowish ; bill bluish horn ; feet grey. 

 Somewhat common in the Moluccas, frequenting the sea-shore. 



2. Haliastur intermedius, Gurney. 

 Haliastur intermedius, Salvad. op. cit. vol. i. p. 19. 

 a. Obi Major. 



3. TiNNUNCULUS MOLuccENSis, Schleg. 

 Tinnunculus moluccensis, Salvad. op. cit. vol. i. p. 37. 



a. $ . Batchian. 



Iris brown ; bill slate ; nasal sheath and feet yellow, claws black. 

 Length 35'8 centims., wing 22'9. 



4. Cacatua alba (Miill). 



Cacatua alba, Salvadori, op. cit. vol. i. p. 99. 



a. d . Batchian village, Batchian, 



b. 2 ■ Batchian village. 



c. (S. Bisa I., Obi group. 



Iris of the Batchian birds blue ; of the Obi example red. Bill 

 and legs black. Length of wing 27'0-28'0 centims. In all the 

 above individuals the bare space round the eye was yellowish. This 

 species has the same habits as the representative C. triton of the 

 Prpuan islands, screaming noisily at sunset round the tops of the 

 hia;hest trees. C. alba has not previously been recorded from the 

 Obi group, where it appears to be somewhat scarce. 



.5. Tanygnathxjs megalorhynchus (Bodd.). 

 Tanygnathus megalorhynchus, Salvad. op. cit. vol. i. p. 129. 

 a. S ■ Weeda Islands, S.E. Haln aheira. 



Iris whitish yellow ; bill scarlet ; tarsus dull olive-green. Length 

 42 centims. ; wing 24 centims. 



