﻿'■60 Canadian Record of Science. 



so that I was enabled to identify him. It is found in 

 Gilolo only. 



Great-billed Parrot {Tanygnathusmegalorhynchus). This 

 handsome species is found on the west coast of New 

 'Guinea as well as the Moluccas. 



Blue-necked Parrot {Geoffroyus cijanicollis). Found only 

 in the Moluccas. We have a male and female. 



Grand Eclectus (Eclectus roroatus). A male and female, 

 but, like the two preceding species, almost ruined by 

 insects. Found only in the Moluccas. The male has a 

 -green plumage, with a red upper and black lower bill, 

 while the jjlumage of the female is red and the bill 

 entirely black. 



Variegated Lory {Eos ricinata) belongs to a group of 

 Eed Lories which are confined to the Moluccas ; this one 

 inhabits Gilolo. 



The little Long-tailed Lorikeet {Hypocharmosyna placens) 

 is one of the smallest and most elegant of a family that 

 are very numerous in all the islands. 



White-crested Cockatoo {Cacatua aha) is distinguished 

 from the allied Australian birds by the broad white fea- 

 thers of its crest — the Australian ones having narrow 

 •coloured crests. It is confined almost entirely to the 

 Island of Gilolo. 



We have a second specimen of this bird in the Museum, 

 :and also a Purple-capped Lory {Lorius domicella) which is 

 peculiar to two of the Moluccan islands — Ceram and 

 Amboyna. These two l)irds we possessed prior to Mr. 

 Tiffin's gift, which includes also several of the Moluccan 

 perchers (Order Passeres) that I have not yet identified, 

 and a large series of birds from other parts of the Malay 

 region, a complete list of which it may perhaps be worth 

 publisliing in some future number of the Record of 

 Science. 



