Moluccan, and Sulu Birds. 
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belonged to Macrocorax fuscicapillus, a large species, with a 
powerful bill, already known from Waigiou. Dr. Nehrkorn, 
writing to me on the subject, says that the bird must really 
have been Corax fuscicapillus , as it had einen schonen 
braunen KopfV 
Myristicivora melanura, Nehrkorn, ibid. p. 34. 
Out of the seven specimens mentioned, one has been pre¬ 
sented to the Turin Museum, and this belongs to M. bicolor, 
having the under tail-coverts white, without the peculiar 
black spot of M. melanura. It seems that the species of 
the Myristicivora group are still not well understood, notwith¬ 
standing all I have said about them in my paper “ Osservazioni 
intorno alle Specie del Genere Myristicivora, Rchb.” (Ann. 
Mus. Civ. Gen. ix. pp. 265-277), and especially in the ‘ Orni- 
tologia della Papuasia e delle Molucche , 3 iii. pp. 107-118. 
Dr. Guillemard quite lately (P. Z. S. 1885, p. 575) identified 
one specimen from Halmaheira with M. bicolor; but, judging 
from the description, I should say that it must belong to 
M. melanura. 
Having mentioned Dr. Guillemard, I take the opportunity 
of making a few other remarks on his interesting “ Report 
on the Collections of Birds made during the Voyage of the 
Yacht f Marchesa/ ” published in the Proceedings of the Zoo¬ 
logical Society of London for last year. 
Artamides pollens (Salvad.), Guillemard, P. Z. S. 1885, 
p. 258. 
This species is included by Dr. Guillemard among the Sulu 
birds on the evidence of one specimen from Lapac Island. 
“ That this species/'’ he says, “ should be found at such a great 
distance [Sulu Islands] from the locality whence it was first 
recorded [Ke Islands] is very curious“ but/ ; he continues, 
“ it is not improbable that we may, before long, obtain this 
species from some of the intermediate localities ” I feel 
quite confident that such will not be the case, knowing that 
there is already another allied species in an intermediate 
locality— Artamides schistaceus, Sharpe, of the Sula Islands. 
Knowing also how localized generally are the Graucali , 
ser. v.— VOL. IV. 
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