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Show 1885.] DURING THE VOYAGE OF THE YACHT ' MARCHESA. 507 c. d1. Bima. d. Juv. 8 • Bima. Iris marked " yellow " in one example ; in two others dark brown ; bill blue; tarsus blue. Length of wing 6*9-7*2 centims. Abdomen and crissum bluish grey. All the adults have the nape spot, but only one the pectoral band. The under wing-coverts are white. The young male has the upper surface grey, the wings brown, throat light grey, and abdomen dirty white. A few bright blue feathers are appearing on the head. 21. ORIOLUS BRODERIPT, Bonaparte. Oriolus broderipi, Wall. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 485 ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds, vol. iii. p. 201. Hab. Lombok, Flores ( Wallace) ; Sumbawa (Guillemard). a-c. <5. Sumbawa town. d. Juv. S • Sumbawa town. Iris crimson, duller in the young bird ; bill pink; feet bluish black. Length 28*4-29*0 centims., wing 15*4-16*3 centims. The young male is altogether paler, lacking the brilliant orange tint of the full adult The secondaries are, however, quite as much marked with yellow as in the latter, but the yellow frontal patch is smaller. Several small flocks of this species were seen on the road from the coast up to the town of Sumbawa. 22. PARUS CINE REUS, Vieillot. Parus cinereus, Vieill. Tab. Encv. Meth. ii. p. 506 ; Gadow, Cat. Birds, viii. p. 16. Hab. India and Southern China (?); Java (Buxton); Flores, Lombok (Wallace); Sumbawa (Guillemard). a. 3. Bima, Sumbawa. b. c?. Gunong Api Island, Sumbawa. Iris brown; bill and feet black. Length 13*3 centims., wing 6*4-6*7 centims. Mantle pure grey. Note exactly like our own P. major. Gunong Api Island lies close off Bima on the north coast of Sumbawa, and must not be confused with another island of the same name in the Banda Sea. 23. CINNYRIS PECTORALIS (Horsfield). Cinnyris pectoralis, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 408, no. 43; Shelley, Monogr. Nect. p. 165, p. 53; Gadow, Cat. Birds, ix. p. 88. Hab. Nicobar Islands (Wimberley); Malacca and Sumatra (Wallace); Java (Horsfield); Lombok and Flores (Wallace); Sumbawa (Guillemard) ; Borneo (Low). a, b. 8 . Sumbawa town. c, d. 3. Bima, Sumbawa. e. 6 . Gunong Api Island, Sumbawa. Iris reddish brown; bill black; feet brownish black. Length 10*8-11*3 centims.; wing 5*2-5*4 centims. |