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Show 80 COUNT T. SALVADORI O N T H E [Jan. 15, [327. Male: eyes brown ; stomach had insects. 329. Female. -J. Mi] 9. HERMOTIMIA AURICEPS (G. R. Gr.). Nectarinia auriceps, G. R. Gr. P.Z. S. 1860, p. 348. Hermotimia auriceps, Salvad. Atti R. Ac. Sc. Tor. x. p. 228 (1874). Cinnyris auriceps, Shelley, Mon. Cinnyr. pt. v. (1877). [No. 326. Male : eyes brown ; stomach had insects-J. Mi] 10. TOTANUS GLAREOLA (Linn.). [No. 330. Female : eyes brown ; stomach contained shells.- J. Mi] II. Birds from Amboyna. [The 'Challenger' arrived at Amboyna on Sunday 4th Oct., 1874, and sailed from Amboyna on the 10th Oct., 1874, at 4 P.M..-/. Mi] During the stay 23 birds were procured, representing 15 species, as follows1:- 1. UROSPIZIAS IOGASTER (S. Miill.) Falco hiogaster, S. Miill. Verh. Land- en Volkenk. p. 110, note (1839-1844) (type examined). Astur hiogaster, Sharpe, Cat. Accipitr. p. 104 (1874). [No. 302. Male: eyes coral-red ; legs orange ; stomach had fishbones and crabs.-/. Mi] 2. GEOFFROYUS RHODOPS (G. R. Gr.). Psittacus fuscicapillus, Vieill. N. D. xxv. p. 316, Java! (1817), (descr. falsa ; type examined) ( ? ). Psittacus rhodops, G. R. Gr. P. Z. S. 1861, p. 436, Waigiou ! and Mysol! (descr. nulla; type examined). Eclectus rhodops, Schleg. Mus. P.-B. Psittaci, p. 43 (1864), Ceram, Amboyna, and Bouru. Pionias rhodops, part., Finsch, Die Papag. ii. p. 380 (1868). Geoffroyus schlegelii, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. x. p. 29. no. 40, Buru, Boano, Ceram, Amboyna, Arouko, Goram, Monawolka (1877). [No. 304. Male : eyes white; bill, upper part reddish, lower blackish.-/. Mi] This species resembles G. aruensis (G. R. Gr.); but it is larger, has the under wing-coverts of a darker blue, and the female has a darker brown head. The type of Psittacus fuscicapillus, Vieill., is certainly a female of this species ; but the description is wrong, as also the locality. Psittacus rhodops, G. R. Gr. (/. ci), was said to be from Waigiou and Mysol; but knowing that in these islands lives a representative 1 [Besides the skins examined by Count T. Salvadori, two Cassowaries were procured alive, and the skins afterwards preserved. They appear to be immature examples of Casuarius galeatus, or of a very closely allied species. P. L. S.] |
