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THE ZOOLOGIST. 



THE GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE LAND- 

 BIRDS OF THE BANDA ISLANDS. 



By J. R. McClymont. 



(Continued from vol. xi. p. 351.) 



Sylphitreron wallacei, G. R. Gray (Wallace's Pileated 



Fruit Pigeon). 



Ptilonopus ivallacii, G. R. Gray, P. Z.S., 1858, pp. 185, 195, 

 pi. cxxxvi. 



Sylphitreron ivallacei, Sharpe, * Hand-List, Genera and Species 

 of Birds,' vol. i. p. 59 (1899). 



Aru Islands, Ke Islands, Timor Laut, Babar, Great Banda. 



This Fruit Pigeon was first obtained in the Aru Islands in 

 1857 by Dr. Wallace, and was recorded as inhabiting Babar by 

 Dr. A. B. Meyer in 1884.* A male was obtained on Great Banda 

 by the late Mr. H. Kiihn on Oct. 17th, 1898. " Iris red orange, 

 feet crimson-lake, bill sulphurous." 



Eurystomus australis, Swains. (Australian Roller). 



Eurystomus orientalis, Vig. & Horsf., Trans. Linn. Soc. xv. 

 p. 202 (1826). 



E. australis, Swains., An. in Menag. p. 326 (1827). 



Celebes, Sula Islands, Buru, Amboyna, Great Banda, Ceram, 

 Matabello Islands, Lombok, Lesser Sunda Islands, Timor, Flores, 

 Aru Islands, Timor Laut, Ternate, Gilolo, New Guinea, North- 

 east, East, and South-east Australia, Lord Howe Island, New 

 Zealand. 



One specimen (the sex of which is not stated) was obtained 

 by Mr. Kiihn on Great Banda in September, 1898. The egg is 

 white and glossy, and average specimens measure from 131 in. 

 to 1*38 in. in length, and from 1'05 in. to 1*13 in. in breadth. 



Food. — Insects. 



* 1 Ueber neue und ungeniigend bekannte Vogel, Nester und Eier aus 

 dem ostindischen Archipel,' p. 50. 



