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Show 1885.] DURING THE VOYAGE OF THE YACHT ' MARCHESA.' 503 Iris light brown ; bill slate, apex yellowish ; nasal sheath tarsus yellow. Length 49*1 centims. ; wing 40*8 centims. 5. YUNGIPICUS GRANDIS, Hargitt. Lyngipicus grandis, Hargitt, Ibis, 1882, p. 45. Hab. Flores and Lombok (Wallace); Sumbawa (Guillemard). a. S. Bima. Iris reddish brown ; bill nearly black ; tarsus dirty black. Length 13*2 centims.; wing 8*3 centims.; tail 5*0 centims.; bill 1*8 centim.; tarsus 1*5 centim. 6. MEROPS PHILIPPINUS, Linnseus. Merops philippinus, Schleg. Mus. P.-B. Merops, p. 2 (1863); Wald. Tr. Z. S. viii. 2, p. 42 ; id. ix. pt. 2, p. 149; Salvad. Ucc. di Born. p. 89. Hab. India, Malay peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Philippines, Celebes, Timor, Flores (Wallace); Lombok (Gray); Sumbawa (Guillemard). a, b. 6* • Bima, Sumbawa. c. Sumbawa town. d. Bima, Sumbawa. Iris red; bill black; feet greyish black. Length 29*0-29*4 centims. ; wing 12*5-13*0 centims. 7. MEROPS ORNATUS, Latham. Merops ornatus, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 162 ; Schleg. Mus. P.-B., Merops, p. 4 (1863); Salvad. Orn. della Pap. i. p. 401. Hab. From Celebes through the Moluccas and New Guinea to New Britain, Torres Straits (MacGillivray) ; Java (Finsch) ; Lombok ( Wallace) ; Sumbawa (Forsten) ; Flores (Wallace); Timor (Wallace). a. Sumbawa town. Iris dull red ; bill and feet black. Length 25'4 centims.; wing 10*6 centims. 8. EURYSTOMUS ORIENTALIS (Linnaeus). Eurystomus orientalis, G. R. Gray, Hand-1. B. i. p. 76, sp. 906 Salvadori, Orn. della Pap. i. p. 508. Hab. From India through China to the Philippines ; Sumatra, Borneo, Java, and Celebes ; Gilolo (Bruijn) ; Lombok (Wallace) ; Sumbawa (Guillemard) : Flores, Timor (Wallace). a. cS . Sumbawa town. b. 2 • Sumbawa town. Iris dull pinkish red; bill scarlet, black at tip ; feet dull coral-red. Length 29*0 centims. ; wing 19*0-19*4 centims. The female is a very dark bird, and neither example possesses the pallor of colouring that is characteristic of the more eastern race. |