1885.] DURING THE VOYAGE OF THE YACHT 'MARCHESA.' 625 



Iris yellow, brown in the young bird ; bill black, greenish or yel- 

 1 owish at base of lower mandible ; tarsus chrome-yellow. Length 

 of example b, 33'4 ceiitims. ; wing 20'5 centims. 



None of the above are in perfect plumage. 



38. Chrysococcyx meyeri (Salvad.). 

 Lamprococcyx meyerii, Salvad. op. cit. vol. i. p. 346. 

 a. ?. Arfak. 



Bill black; feet ash-coloured. "Wing 9-4 centims. This indi- 

 vidual has the whole sinciput chestnut, which was found to be the 

 case in the only six females examined by Salvadori, though the 

 colour was more restricted in some cases than in others. It is 

 therefore not improbable that it is a constant sexual peculiarity. 



39. ?EuDYNAMis rufiventer (Less.). 

 Eudynamis rufiventer, Salvad. op. cit. vol. i. p. 368. 



a. c? ad. Traitors Islands (N. of Jobi I.). 



b. c? (?)• Traitors Islands. 



c. S (?)• Traitors Islands. 



d. $ . Waigiou. 



The above birds were all obtained from Mr. Bruijn of Ternate, and 

 are unaccompanied by notes on the colour of the soft parts. The first, 

 a, is a male in full plumage ; b, also marked S , has the head, neck, and 

 interscapulars shining bluish green, the rest of the back and wings 

 spotted with white, the tail barred with rufous-white. The chin and 

 throat are black, the upper breast rufescent, and the whole of the 

 rest of the under surface white, barred with black. Example c, from 

 the same locality, differs from the last in having the upper surface 

 spotted indiscriminately with white and rufous, and the whole 

 under surface rufous barred with black. The last individual, d, from 

 Waigiou, has the upper surface spotted \Aith rufous ; the under 

 parts rufous barred with black. The diagnostic points given by 

 Salvadori — 



"fcemina supra alho-maculata ; gastrseo albido .. E. cyanoceph(da.^^ 

 "foemiua supra rufo-maculata; gastrseo rufescente. E. rufiventer." 



are thus inapplicable. 



40. Nesocentor menebiki (Garn.). 

 Nesocentor menebiki, Salvad. op. cit. vol. i. p. 377. 



a. tS • My sol. 



b. S • Samatee, Salwatti. 



c. 5 . Dorei. 



Iris red, in the Dorei bird yellow, with an outer ring of brown ; 

 bill yellowish, dark at the base ; feet dark horn-colour. Length 

 65*5-66'4 centims., wing 20-23. 



41. Rhytidoceros plicatus (Penn.). 

 Rhytidoceros plicatus, Salvad. op. cit. vol. i. p. 392. 



a. S • Momos, Waigiou. 



b. 5 . Momos. 



