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Show 1878.] BIRDS OF TERNATE, AMBOYNA, ETC. 83 13. TRINGOIDES HYPOLEUCUS (Linn). [No. 306. Female: eyes hazel; stomach had insects.-J. Mi] 14. GALLINAGO STENURA (Kuhl). "Scolopaxstenura, Kuhl," Bp. Ann. Stor. Nat. iii. fasc. x (1830). Gallinago stenura, Schleg. Mus. P.-B. Scolopaces, p. 12 (1864) Salvad. Cat. Syst. Ucc. di Borneo, p. 334. sp. 353 (1874). [No. 316. Male: eyes black; stomach had worms.-J. Mi] 15. BUTORIDES JAVANICA (Horsf.). Ardea javanica, Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 190 (1820); Schleg. Mus. P.-B. Ardece, p. 43 (1863). Butorides javanica, Salvad. Cat. Ucc. di Borneo, p. 351. sp. 370 (1874). [No. 300. Male : eyes orange ; legs yellow ; bill black ; Crustacea in stomach. 309. Female : eyes yellow ; legs green.-J. Mi] Two specimens-one "male" (No. 300) fully adult, and a voung "female" (No. 309). III. Birds from Banda. [The ' Challenger' arrived at Banda on the 29th September, and sailed from Banda on the evening of the 2nd October, 1874.- J. Mi] Only 10 specimens, belonging to 7 species, are in the collection, which, although a very small one, is of some interest, as birds from Banda are rather scarce in Museums. 1. SAUROPATIS CHLORIS (Bodd.). [No. 293. Male; 294. Female: eyes black; legs have a dull brown tinge ; base of the lower mandible white, the rest black.- J. Mi] 2. MONARCHA INORNATUS (Garn.). Muscicapa inornata, Garn. Voy. Coq. Zool. Atlas, pl. 16. f. 2 (1826), & i. 2, p. 591 (1828), New Guinea (type examined). Drymophila cinerascens, Temm. Pl. Col. 430. f. 2 (1827), Timor (type examined). Monarcha fulviventris, Hartl. P.Z.S. 1867, p. 830, Echiquier Islands (type examined). [No. 292. Male: eyes brown ; legs and bill slate-blue; the bill lighter than legs ; stomach contained insects.-/. Mi] After having examined the types mentioned above and having compared together many specimens from Timor, Banda, Amboyna, Goram, Tijoor, Ternate, Halmahera, Batchian, Tifore, Sula, Ke Islands, Aru Islands, Mysol, New Guinea (Sorong, Dorei, and Man-nam), Mafor, the Admiralty Islands, and the Echiquier group, I have arrived at the conclusion that they all belong to one species. The Drymophila cinerascens, Temm., represents the fully adult bird ; 6* |
