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On Birds from the District of Lampdng. 
3. Eclectus cardxnalis (Bodd.). 
Minor: mas viridis, E. polychloro similis, at colore lsetiore 
caudaque magis cserulea distinguendus : femina rubra, 
fascia interscapulari et abdomine cyaneis ; subcaudalibus 
auroreis vel rubro-flavis. 
Hab. in insulis Moluccanis Ceram, Bourn, et Amboyna. 
4. Eclectus westermanni, Bp. 
Minor: mas viridis, lateribus concoloribns. Eemina adhuc 
ignota. 
Hab. -? (Yiy. Nat. Art. Mag. et Zool. Soc. Lond.) 
5. Eclectus Cornelia, Bp. 
Mas ignotus: femina punicea, colore cyaneo neque dorsi neque 
lateris inferioris ullo. 
Hab. -? (Yiv. Nat. Art. Mag. et Zool. Soc. Lond.) 
XXIV .—On a Collection of Birds made by Mr. E. C. 
Buxton in the District of Lampong, S.E. Sumatra. By 
Arthur, Marquis of Tweeddale, M.B.O.U. 
(Plates Y. & YI.) 
The first systematic account of the Avifauna of Sumatra was 
written by Sir Stamford Baffles* at Fort Marlborough, near 
Bencoolen, of which settlement Sir Stamford was Lieutenant- 
Governor. Bencoolen is situated on the western shore of the 
southern half of the island of Sumatra; and most of the birds 
enumerated were obtained in the vicinity of Bencoolen itself, 
or during short trips made into the interior of the district of 
that name during the years 1819 and 1820, partly by Sir 
Stamford assisted by Dr. Joseph Arnold, and partly by 
Messrs. Diard and Duvaucel. These two gentlemen (the 
first a pupil, the other the step-son of the great Cuvier) 
were French naturalists, whose services Sir Stamford had 
secured while on a visit to Bengal. The unfortunate misun¬ 
derstanding that soon after their arrival in Sumatra occurred 
* Tr. L. S. xiii. pp. 277, 330; Appendix, pp. 339, 340 (dated June 1, 
1820; read March 20, 1821). The date of the volume is 1822. 
