\r>r> BIRDS FROM THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO. 



in S. lugiihris. From this species (S. musschenhroeki, besides, differs in the same 

 characters as S. velutiniis does — viz. the yelvety black, not glossy, plumage 

 of the upper and underparts. 



I call this species after my friend Mr. van Musschenbroek, the late 

 Resident of Ternate (Moluccas), and, no doubt, in every respect the best 

 acquainted with the Halmahera group. His rich collections from those islands 

 are yet undescribed ; but it is to be hoped that he will soon favour the 

 scientific world with at least a catalogue of his zoological specimens, as this 

 is just the thing we want now — complete lists of local faunas. 



I am personally indebted to Mr. van Musschenbroek for his kind 

 reception on Ternate, when I returned from New Guinea, in the year 1873, 

 badly ill with intermittent fever ; and I shall never forget his kindness then 

 bestowed upon me. 



January 1878. 



