1862.] OF THE SULA ISLANDS. 33^1 



EURYSTOMTJS PACIFICUS. 



Coracias pacifica. Lath. 



Eurystomus australis, Sw. ; Gould, B. Austr. ii. t. 1 7. 



Hab, Sula Islands, Celebes, Bouru, Moluccas, and New Guinea. 



Dendrochelidon wallacii. 



Dendrochelidon wallacii, Gould, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 100 ; Birds of 

 Asia, fig. 



J3^ab. Sula Islands and Celebes. 



These specimens agree with those of Macassar in colourii g, but 

 differ so little from fine Javanese specimens of D. klecho that I should 

 not myself have ventured to consider them distinct, 



EUDYNAMIS FACIALIS. 



Nigro-chalybeus ; fronte, gulu fo/cieque albis ; rostro joedibusque 

 nigris. 



Male entirely glossy blue-black, except the chin and face, as far as 

 the eyes, white ; bill and feet black. 



Total length 14 inches ; wing 7^ inches; tail 6|- inches. 



Hab. Sula Islands. 



This species, of which I possess but a single fine specimen, is very 

 like E. melanorhynchus of Celebes, but is smaller and of different 

 proportions, the wing of that species being 8 inches, and the tail 

 8| inches in length. The white of the face is slightly mixed with 

 black feathers, and two small white feathers occur in other paits of 

 the plumage, which led my friend Dr. Sclater to suppose that it might 

 be a case of incipient albinoism. This, however, would not affect 

 the determination of the species, which depends on its different pro- 

 portions from its nearest ally. 



Pitta crassirostris. 



Pitta crassirostris, Wallace, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1862, p. 188. 

 Hab. Sula Islands. 



Criniger longirostris. 



Supra flavo-viridis, capite obscuriore ; subtus Jlavescens, abdomine 

 crissoque vivide fiavis ; remigum pogonio interna fusco-nigro ; 

 rectricum margine interna apicibusque oblique, Jlavis ; rostro 

 obscuro ; pedibus pallidis. 



Rich olive or greenish yellow ; throat and breast dusky yellow ; 

 the rest beneath pure yellow ; primaries and secondaries with the 

 inner web black ; the lateral tail-feathers with the tip and inner 

 margin yellow, the four middle feathers entirely olive-yellow ; bill 

 very long, horny black ; feet pale fleshy olive. 



Total length 10 inches ; wing 4| inches ; tail 4^ inches ; bill, to 

 gape, 1-| inch. 



Hab. Sula Islands. 



Remarks. — This fine species is very distinct from C.flavicaudus, 

 Bp., by its long bill and longer and differently coloured tail. 



