JÔ E. D. VAN OORT. BIRDS. 



Cyclopsitta melanogenïa fuscifrons (Salvadori). 



Cyclopsittacus fuscifrons Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, IX, 1876-77 p. 14. 

 Cyclopsittacus melanogenys, Salvadori, Orn. Pap. I, 1880, p. 166. — Id. Cat. B. Br. M. XX, 

 1891, p. 99 (partim). 



Coll. LORENTZ: 



N°. 321, ç?, Sabang, 9 July 1907. Iris dark brown, bill black, feet bluish grey. 



N°. 340, Ç, (labelled çf), Sabang, 14 July 1907. Iris dark brown, bill black, feet dark green. 



N°. 351, Ç, Sabang, 18 July 1907. Iris dark brown, bill black, feet greyish green. 



N°. 366, Ç, Alkmaar, 23 July 1907. Iris dark brown, bill black, feet greyish green. 



N°. 367. Ç, Alkmaar, 23 July 1907. Iris dark brown, bill black, feet greyish green. 



In 1876 Count SALVADORI described a Cyclopsitta from southern New Guinea under 

 the name of Cyclopsittacus fuscifrons, which he afterwards united with C. melanogenia (Schlegel) 

 from the Aru Islands. As the characters given by SALVADORI for this form are also shovvn 

 by the examples collected by Mr. LORENTZ, I separate the form from southern New 

 Guinea under the name of fuscifrons. The blackish brown of the forehead in the maie is 

 darker and extended a little more backward than in the type-specimens of melanogenia in 

 the Leyden Muséum ; the bases of the frontfeathers are bluish, while thèse are greenish in 

 Aru-examples. The breast in the females is much brighter orange than that of the females 

 from the Aru Islands, the feathers being not edged with green, but minutely fringed with 

 yellow. The blackish brown colour of the forehead is also deeper and extended more back- 

 ward, and the feathers hâve in the centre a distinct bluish grey tinge. Wing of maie 78, of 

 females 76 mm. The concealed spot on the inner web of the innermost greater wingcoverts 

 is in the maie and in one of the females orange-yellow, in two other females orange. In the 

 female n D . 366 the quills are partly yellowisch white and some of the green feathers of the 

 wings and back hâve yellow bases. 



Coraciidae. 



Eurystomus crassirostris Sclater. 



Eurystomus crassirostris Sclater, Proc. Zool, Soc. London, 1869, p. 121. — Salvadori, Orn. 

 Pap. I, 1880, p. 510. — Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. M. XVII, 1892, p. 39. 



Coll. LORENTZ : 



N°. 185, Q, Van Weel's kamp, 1 June 1907. Iris brown, bill black-red, feed reddish brown. 

 N". 324. Ç>, Sabang, 9 July 1907. Iris dark brown, bill and feet orange-red. 

 N°. 479, rf, Noord River near the „Zwaluw", 27 August 1907. Iris brown, bill red with black 

 tip, feet brick-red. 



In n°. 185 the upper mandible is for the greater part black, only the base is dark red ; in 

 n°. 324 the culmen is black for the greater part ; n°. 479 has only a black tip to the upper mandible. 



Eurystomus orientalis australis Swainson. 



Eurystomus australis Swainson, An. in Menag, 1827, p. 326. — Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. M. XVII, 1892, p. 36. 

 Eurystomus pacifiais, Salvadori, Orn. Pap. I, 1880, p. 503. 



Coll. LORENTZ: 



N°- 475, c?> Noord River near the „Zwaluw", 7 August 1907. Iris brown, bill red with black 

 tip, feet brick-red. 



