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(Uffering from it in the colour being of a more intense tint, 

 and in having a row of blue stripes around the margin 

 of the lower wings. This good beginning was, however, 

 rather deceptive, and I soon found that insects, and 

 especially butterflies, were somewhat scarce, and birds in 

 far less variety than I had anticipated. Several of the 

 fine Moluccan species were however obtained. The hand- 

 some red lory with green wings and a yellow spot in the 

 back (Lorius garrulus), Avas not uncommon. When the 

 Jambu, or rose apple (Eugenia sp.), was in flower in the 

 village, flocks of the little lorikeet (Charmosyna placentis), 

 already met with in Gilolo, came to feed upon the nectar, 

 and I obtained as many specimens as I desired. Another 

 beautiful bird of the parrot tribe was the Geoff roy us 

 cyanicollis, a green parrot with a red bill and head, which 

 colour shaded on the crown into azure blue, and thence 

 into verditer blue and the green of the back. Two large 

 and handsome fruit pigeons, with metallic green, ashy, and 

 rufous plumage, were not uncommon ; and I was rewarded 

 by finding a splendid deep blue roller (Eurystomus azureus), 

 a lovely golden-capped sunbird (N'ectarinea auriceps), and 

 a fine racquet-taUed kingfisher (Tanysiptera isis), all of 

 which were entirely new to ornithologists. Of insects I 

 obtained a considerable number of interesting beetles, 

 including many fine longicorns, among which was the 

 largest and handsomest species of the genus Glenea yet 



