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fortiter hamato et compresso, nigerrimo; pedibus nigris. Lg. tot. 8,0; 

 alae 3,9; caudae 4,0; tarsi 1,2; fem. obsoletius tincta et potius 

 fusco-nigricans, ubi mas niger. 

 Hab. : Socotra. 



Fam. PARAD18EIDA.E. 



92. Analcipus consanguineus. 

 Wardlaw Ramsay, Ibis 1881 p. 33. pl. 1. 



The species differs from tlie Javan bird, A. cmentus (Wagl.) 

 in having the general colour glossy greenish black instead of 

 bluish black, in having the Primary-coverts entirely crimson instead 

 of only crimson at the tips, thus forming a much larger alar spe- 

 culum. It may also be readily distinguished by the breast being 

 nearly all crimson, that colour in A. cruentus, of Java, being confined 

 to a narrow patch down the centre of the breast. The Sumatran 

 bird is slightly smaller. 



Hab.: Sumatra: 



93. Semioptera wallacei var. HalmaJierae. 

 T. Salvador!, Ornit. Papuas. Pt. 2 1881 p. 573. 

 Simillima S. wallacei ex Bateian , sed pileo et occipite magis 



violascentibus ; plumis frontalibus paullo obscurioribus , minus co- 

 piosis et minus antrorsum productis ; scutis laterum pectoris longio- 

 ribus et pectore imo nitide viridi tincto. 

 Hab.: Halmahera. 



94. Xanthomelus ardens, 



d'Albertis et Salvador i, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova Vol. 14 

 1879 p. 113. 



[Vermuthlich constante südliche Abart des dem nördlichen Neu- 

 Guinea angehörenden X aureus und abweichend durch: „colore 

 rosso arancio molto piu vivo delle piume della testa e del mantello".] 

 Fam. STÜRNIDAE. 



95. Amy drus frater. 

 Hartlaub, P. Z. S. 1881 No. 1 p. 171. 



Aeneo-niger, cauda subrotundata; rostro pro mole longiore 

 quam in A. Blyihi\ remigibus primariis cinnamomeo-rufis , parte 

 apicali nigra valde extensa, in rem. 1 et 2 vix diversa ab A. Blythi 

 in rem. 3 et 4 multo minore et aequali modo extensa. Lg. tot. 120; 

 alae 6,0; caudae 5,5; tarsi 1,4. 



Hab. : Socotra. 



96. Calornis (Aplonis) feadensis. 



E. P. Ramsay, Journ. Linn, Soc. London Zoology. Vol. 16. 

 No. 90 Jan. 1882 p. 129. 



The whole plumage abowe and below of a dull dark (almost 

 blackish) sepia-brown. Bill blackish brown. Legs lead colour. 

 T. 1. about 7 inches; wing 4,4; tail 2,5; tarsus 1; bill from fore- 

 head 0,95. There is scarcely any gloss on the feathers, except 

 perhaps in certain lights on the wings and tail. Hab.: Island of 

 Fead. This species comes near to Calornis fusca Gould, from Lord 

 Howe's Island, 



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