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Ad. Eur. orientali similis, sed omnino pallidiore, corpore supr4 pallide fusco-olivaceo^ capite vix obscuriore : loris 
nigricantilius : corpore subtus pallide fuseo-thalassino^ abdomine imo et subeaudalibus tbalassinis: eaud4 magis 
ultramarino colorata quam in Eur. orientali: rostro et pedibus miuiatis, iride fusca. 
Juv. coloribus omnino obseurioribus et sordidioribus_, gnla minus eyaneo notata; eulmine nigrieante. 
Adult male (S. Queensland).—In general coloration much paler than Eurystomus orientalis ; 
upper parts dull pale brownish olivaceous, slightly darker on the head and paler towards the rump; 
lores blackish ; underparts and the breast pale brownish olivaceous, washed with blue-green, becoming 
greener on the abdomen ; lower abdomen and under tail-coverts pale blue-green; tail with the dark 
blue extending over two-thirds of the length of the feathers: bill and feet vermilion; iris brown. 
Total length about 10 inches, gape 1'4, wing 7*5, tail 3'6, tarsus 0-7. 
Adult female (Ceram).—Resembles the male. Total length about 10 inches, gape 1‘4, wing 7-4, 
tail 3’8, tarsus 0'7. 
Young (New Guinea).—Much duller in colour than the adult, the blue patch on the throat less 
developed ; culmen blackish. 
The present species, differing from Yurystomus orientalis in its paler and duller coloration, ranges 
from the islands south and east of Celebes to New Guinea and Australia. Where the ranges of this 
species and Y. orientalis meet is rather difficult to decide, as in some districts the two forms have not 
yet been properly differentiated; indeed many naturalists, amongst whom I may mention the late 
Professor Schlegel, have united the two, hut it appears to me that they should be kept separate, and 
in this view most of the recent authorities concur. 
Count Salvadori remarks that some of the specimens from Halmahera examined by him are 
referable to Y. paciflcus., whereas others agree with examples from Celebes and the Philippines, 
and he believes the two species meet in Halmahera. He gives the range of the present species 
(Orn. Papuas. i. p. 503) as follows:—“New Holland {Vig. & Horsf.) ; Ply river. New Guinea 
(EAlhertis); Dorey (Wallace, Bruijn), Andai (JBruijn), Mansinam (JBeccari), Sorong (IXAlbertis), 
Mariate (Bruijn), Ramoi, Faur (BtAlbertis), Segaar (Cab. & Beichenow), Salvatti (Bruijn, Beccari), 
Batanta (Bruijn, Beccari), Ghemien (prope Waigiou), Guebeh (Bernstein), Mysol (Wallace), Aru 
(Wallace Ac.), Kei Island (Bosenberg, Beccari)', in the Moluccas—HTijor Island (Rosenberg), 
Ceram (Moens, Btoedt), 1 Amboina (Hoedt), Buru (Wallace), Obi majore (Bernstein), Batjian, 
Ternate ( Wallace, Bernstein), 1 Tidore, Halmahera, '? March, ? Morty (Bernstein), Timor, '? Flores, 
'I Lombock (Wallace).” To this he adds the following notes :—“ JE. facificus is the representative of 
B. orientalis in the regions to the east and south of Celebes; it is found in Australia, New Guinea, 
and the islands not included in the western part, namely in the islands of Aru, in Misol, in Salvatti, 
in Batanta, in Jobi, and perhaps also in Wagiou, in Guebeh, and in Ghemien. To the same form 
belong specimens from the island of Kei and perhaps also some from the Ceram group (Tijor, Ceram, 
Amboina); I have examined two examples from Buru and believe them to be referable to this 
form rather than to B. orientalis ; AVallace refers to B. ^acificus all individuals from the Timor 
group ; finally a portion of the specimens from Flalmahera examined by me appear to be referable 
