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Show 1885.] DURING THE VOYAGE OF THE YACHT ' MARCHESA.' 621 f. 8 • Batanta. g. 8 • Dobbo, A m . Iris red in the male, yellow or orange in the female. Maxilla of male rosy red, mandible black ; bill of female entirely black ; feet dull olive-green. Length of birds from N.W. islands, 38*7-41*4 centims. ; wing 24*8-27*0 centims. The Aru bird is larger (44*4 and 2S-0 centims.) ; but does not otherwise differ. A Waigiou male is partially albino, having the 1st, 4th, and 7th primaries of the left side, and the 1st, 3rd, and 7th of the right snowy white. 21. DASYPTILUS PESQUETI (Less.). Dasyptilus pesqueti, Salvad. op. cit. vol. i. p. 216. a. Arfak. b, c. Dorei. All in similar plumage, except that in one the inner primaries are not tipped with red. These birds were obtained by the hunters ; I never saw the species except one specimen in confinement, in the house of M r . van Bruijn Morris, the Resident of Ternate. It was fed almost entirely upon bananas. 22. LORIUS LORY (Linn.). Lorius lory, Salvad. op. cit. vol. i. p. 223. a-c. 3 • Waigiou. d-fi 2 • Waigiou. g. Waigiou? h, i. 3 • Andai. k. 8- Mysol. /. Salwatti. Iris light yellow in the adult, yellowish brown in immature birds. Bill bright orange-red ; tarsus black. The individual marked " Waigiou?" has the throat and breast red, and the blue of the nape does not join that of the under surface. It thus corresponds to Salvadori's L. erythrothorax, but is evidently only a variety of L. lory. One of the examples from Andai is immature, and has the greater series of under wing-coverts yellow, with black tips, and the middle and lesser striped red and blue. The two median rectrices are green subterminally, and there are some scarlet feathers intermixed with the blue of the mantle. The only example obtained from Salwatti is characterized by the large extent of blue occupying the throat. ... This species was found to be extremely abundant in Waigiou. 23. Eos WALLACEI, Finsch. Eos wallacei, Salvad. op. cit. vol. i. p. 255. a. 2 • Napriboi, Waigiou. Iris " brick colour ; " bill orange ; tarsus greyish. Length 29*0 centims., wing 15*0 centims. A much brighter species than the Moluccan representative, E. riciniata, the red being more intense. |