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A NATUMALIST'S WANDEIilNOS 



the opposite seses or tlie localises, we are now acquainted with both 

 sexes and the pntrife of four ejiecies of these anouiaioua Parrots, dis- 

 tributed as follows 



(1) E. itectomlis (Salvad, op, cit. p. 197), of New Guinea and the Am 

 and Ke ifilands, exleuding lo New Britain, New Ireland, and the Solomon 

 Islands. 



(2) K i-oratm (Salvad. p. 206), of the island group of Halmahera, !>. 

 Halmahera, Teraate, Batchian, Mortj, and Obi. 



(3) K cardiimlis fSalvad. p, 210), of the ifilaud groop of Ceram, f.e, 

 C^eram, Amboina, ana Born. 



(4) E. rtedeli, of the Temmber group. 



The males of these four species are very aimiiar in colouring; but with 

 the help of Dr. Salvadori's diagnosis of the first three we may separaie 

 them as follows : 



A. Majnrei : cauila supra eaeruleo variegBta. 



Cuuda minu» caenileft . . . ... • (1} pectnralU. 



B, filinorfe ; cauda eiipra viridi, Bubtus nigra. 



Cauda ftpiue flripusto llHvimiile .... canlinalis, 

 Cuudft) fuicia apieali distiacitJ flava . , . (4) ricddi. 



The female of K HMt, as already mentioued, Is "very easily distin- 

 guished from the same sex of the titst three siiecies by the absence of 

 the bJue neck-band and of the blue on the alidomen. As regards it« 

 yellow under tail-coverts and yellow taifnend, it comes nearest to t\ 

 roraius. 



12. Eos BETlCtrLATA, S. Mull. 



13. KeOPSITTACUS fiOTBLKS, T. 



14. CAGA.TUA SANGUINE A, Gould. 



To my great surpriBo this Otrdua m not C, dinnocriHiata, as I had 

 snspecled. The original specimens of V. mtujuinm were obtained at Port 

 EB&ington in N, Auetiaha; bo that its occurrence in the Timor-laut group 

 is not after al! so very remarkable. 



m. FlOAEUS. 



15. SaufiOPATis cuLonis, Bodd. 



16. S. AUSTK ALA Si.fi and var. aunob, Meyer, n. var. 



17. S. BAHCTA, V. & H. 



IV. PASSEREa. 



18. FrEZOEHTNOHOs OAeOTS, Sckter. 



Mwianha ca&tm, Scl, P. 2. S. 1883, loc. sap. cit. 



iSuj!>ra nigtr ; piieo ei regione aurkvJari uibts, f route ti tctn fa nudiain 

 cingeiite nigris tncurndaiis ; dorso minmo ktnks mtchaH proximo, 

 uropytf io €i tedria'btis akirum 7tunorihm cttm scapvlan'um mari/tnibm 

 externh afbt's; subtus albus^ t^utture lu'ffro, maculU trilms aibi^ vrii'ii</ ; 

 muth alba,r(ctricibus tribm f^ieruis aibo late tcnninaitsi subahnbus 

 etremigum poffoniis iuietnis albis i rosirt phmhei t&miis aibiamtibm ; 

 pedibm p^umbeis: tm^, tota 5 '7, alee 27, caud<B 2*8- 



Bab. Lutnr, Timor-laut. 



Obs. Affinis M. kmoil, sed gula nigra distinctus. 



The single example Is marked " Male : irides reddisli brown ; bill 

 lavender; legs and feet dittos Seutemlier 1S82." 



