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Show 562 DR. F. H. H. GUILLEMARD ON BIRDS COLLECTED [June 2, procuring coal, and a considerable number of birds were obtained, including examples of Semioptera wallacei. From here a visit of a few days was paid to the little-known and uninhabited Obi group. Owing, however, to the thoroughness of Bernstein's work in this locality, no new species were obtained. Before leaving for the Papuan islands the ' Marchesa' visited the Weeda group, a new locality hitherto unexplored by naturalists, lying to the eastward of the southern peninsula of Halmaheira. Here the only novelty procured by the party in the Moluccas was met with, an Eos closely allied to E. riciniata. A total of sixty-nine species was collected in the Moluccas, a list of which is here given. The arrangement adopted in Salvadori's * Ornitologia della Papuasia e delle Molucche' has been followed throughout. 1. CUNCUMA LEUCOGASTER (Gm.). Cuncuma leucogaster, Salvad. Ornitologia della Papuasia e delle Molucche, vol. i. p. 7. a. 8 • Obi Major. Iris marbled, yellowish ; bill bluish horn ; feet grey. Somewhat common in the Moluccas, frequenting the sea-shore. 2. HALIASTUR INTERMEDIUS, Gurney. Haliastur intermedius, Salvad. op. cit. vol. i. p. 19. a. Obi Major. 3. TINNUNCULUS MOLUCCENSIS, Schleg. Tinnunculus moluccensis, Salvad. op. cit. vol. i. p. 37. a. 2' Batchian. Iris brown ; bill slate ; nasal sheath and feet yellow, claws black. Length 35*8 centims., wing 22*9. 4. CACATUA ALBA (Mull.). Cacatua alba, Salvadori, op. cit. vol. i. p. 99. a. 3 . Batchian village, Batchian. b. 2 • Batchian village. c. 3. Bisa I., Obi group. Iris of the Batchian birds blue ; of the Obi example red. Bill and legs black. Length of wing 27*0-28*0 centims. In all the above individuals the bare space round the eye was yellowish. This species has the same habits as the representative C. triton of the Papuan islands, screaming noisily at sunset round the tops of the highest trees. C. alba has not previously been recorded from the Obi group, where it appears to be somewhat scarce. 5. TANYGNATHUS MEGALORHYNCHUS (Bodd.). Tanygnathus megalorhynchus, Salvad. op. cit. vol. i. p. 129. a. 3 • Weeda Islands, S.E. Haln aheira. Iris whitish yellow ; bill scarlet; tarsus dull olive-green. Length 42 centims.; wing 24 centims. |