1885.] DURING THE VOYAGE OF THE YACHT ' MARCHESA.' 563 



6. GrEOFFROYUS CYANICOLLIS (S. MuU.). 



Geoffroyus cijanicollis, Salvad. op. cit. vol. i. p. 191. 



Iris pale yellow ; bill black, maxilla of c? red ; feet dull olive- 

 green. Length 28"2-29*5 centims. ; wing 17'0-18'2 centims. The 

 Halmaheira birds have the head much brighter than those from 

 Batchian, and in the female the collar is of a lighter blue, as are also 

 the under wing-coverts. In the series of over fifty examples in 

 Salvadori's collection only one, and that a female, is from Batchian. 

 It appears to me, however, that a larger series might prove the birds 

 from the latter locality to be separable. It is worthy of remark 

 that in the individuals h, i the feathers of the back and uropygium 

 are red-brown, as is the case in G. obiensis. Neither bird is, 

 however, in quite mature plumage. 



7. Geoffroyus obiensis (Finsch). 

 Geoffroyus obiensis, Salvad. op. cit, vol. i. p. 193. 



a. S . Obi Major. 



b, c. $ . Obi Major. 



Iris yellow ; bill black, maxilla in d red ; feet olive-grey. Size 

 rather smaller than G. cyanicollis. 



The red-brown rump has been given as the distinguishing 

 characteristic of this species, but, as already noticed, it was also 

 present in two examples of G. cyanicollis from Batchian. Salvadori 

 does not mention, however, what seems to be a marked feature of 

 distinction between the two species. In the male of G. obiensis the 

 blue of the head does not pass backward much beyond the vertex ; 

 it ends abruptly, and the occiput is bluish-green. In like manner 

 in the female the bluish-brown is confined to the vertex, and the dark 

 mask thus extends to a very short distance only behind the eye. 



8. ECLECTUS RORATUS (P. L. S. Miill.). 

 Ecleetus roratus, Salvad. vp. cit. vol. i. p. 206. 



a-d. S. Batchian. (Length 40*7-41"0 centims. ; wing 27*0- 

 27'3 centims.) 



e-k. $ . Batchian. (Length 38-2-43"0 centims. ; wing 24*5- 

 6'1 centims.) 



I, m. 5 . Ternate. 



Iris yellow in both sexes in the Batchian birds. Bill of female 

 black ; bill of male rosy red, yellowish at the tip ; mandible black ; 

 tarsus black or dirty brown. 



These birds, though caught and kept in confinement in considerable 

 numbers, appear rarely to get tame, and I have never heard them 

 talk. 



