348 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



This list of the birds of the islands and summary of their 

 geographical distribution are based upon the collections made by 

 Dr. Wallace, and by the scientific staff of H.M.S. 'Challenger.' 

 Dr. Wallace visited Banda in December, 1857, May, 1859, and 

 April, 1861, and collected eight species, namely, Rhipidura squa- 

 mata, Pachycephala phceonotus, Myzomela boiei, Zosterops chloris, 

 Pitta vigorsi, Halcyon chloris, Ptilopus xanthog aster, and Carpo- 

 phaga concinna. H.M.S. 'Challenger' visited the islands for a 

 few days in September and October, 1874, and during her 

 sojourn examples were obtained of Rhipidura squamata, Monarch a 

 cinerascens, Pachycephala phceonotus, Myzomela boiei, Zosterops 

 chloris, Halcyon chloris, and Carpophaga concinna* 



Three other species, namely, Edoliisoma dispar, Eos rubra, 

 and Chalcophaps chrysochlora, are recorded as Banda species in 

 the 'Catalogue of Birds in the British Museum.'! The total 

 number recorded is therefore twelve, which may be thus ar- 

 ranged : — 



Passeres. — Canipophagidse : Edoliisoma dispar, Salv. Musci- 

 capidas : Rhipidura squamata, Mull, and Schl. ; Monarcha ciner- 

 ascens, Temm. Laniidas : Pachycephala phceonotus, Mull. Meli- 

 phagidse : Myzomela boiei, Mull. Zosteropidse : Zosterops chloris, 

 Mull. Pittidse : Pitta vigorsi, Gld. 



Picarle. — Alcedinidae : Halcyon chloris, Bodd. 



Psittaci.— Loriidae : Eos rubra, Gm. 



Columb.e. — Treronidae : Ptilopus xanthogaster, Wagl. ; Carpo- 

 phaga concinna, Wall. ; Peristeridse : Chalcophaps chrysochlora, 

 Wagl. 



Mr. H. 0. Forbes, who visited Banda in 1882, relates that he 

 saw traces of Cassowaries which had been introduced into Banda 

 from New Guinea.! The sea-birds which are recorded from the 

 Ceram Subgroup are Sida fiber (S. sulci, Linn.) Sterna bergii, 

 S. ancestheta, and S. melanauchen. 



The geographical distribution of the land-birds is as fol- 

 lows : — 



* P. Z. S., 1878, p. 83. 



f Vol. iv. p. 46 ; vol. xx. p. 25 ; vol. xxi. p. 512. 



X ' Wanderings of a Naturalist in the Eastern Archipelago,' p. 287. 



