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TANYSIPTERA MARGARETHÆ..
TANY S I P T E R A MARGARETHÆ.
(BA T CH IA N K IN G F ISH E R .)
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(pt.) .
Heine, Jouro. f. Om. 1859, p. 406 et 1861, p. 215;
Sharpe, P.Z.S. 1869, p. 631.
Gray, P.Z.S. 1860, p. 347 ; WaU. P.Z.S. 1863, p. 24;
Schl. Ned. Tijdschr. 1865, p. 272.
Schl. Mus. Pays Bas, Aked. p. 43 (1868) ; id. Yog.
Ned. lud. Alced. pp. 33, 62 (1864_).
Gray, Handl. of B. I. p. 90 (1869).
T. maculâ dorsali nullâ ; uropygio albo ; regione paroticà et collo postico atro-cæruleia : pileo ultramarino,
superciliis cum nuchâ cyaneis : tectricibus caudalibus postremis atro-cronileis.
Hab. in in su lis ‘ B atchian, Gilolo’ dictis maris moluccensis.
Cro'WTi o f the head u ltramarine encircled with a line o f b rig h t cobalt feathers ; forehead
black ; cheeks, ear-coverts, back and sides o f neck, u pper p a rt o f th e back and
scapulars deep blue ; lower p a rt o f th e back and rump wh ite ; u pper tail-coverts wbite,
broadly edged w ith b r ig h t blue ; wing-feathers brownish black, the in n er web white a t the
base, th e o u ter web spai-ingly margined with blue, some o f th e feathers h a rin g a dusky
ed g in g ; tail-feathers white margined with blue, th e two middle feathers blue to h a lf the
ed or
from
Hab. Batchian, Gilolo ( Wallace').
As Mr. Sclater remarks (P .Z .S . 1860, p. 347), th ere can be no d oubt th a t Heme’s
T. margarethæ is th e same as Mr. Gray’s Tanysiptera isis. The name adopted is, therefore
the correct one to be employed for th is species.
A s lig h t discrepancy wiH be observed between tb e measurements given above, which
a re those o f a fine skin from Batchian, and those g iven b y H e rr Heine. The la tte r g en tle man
does n o t sta te th e locality o f h is type specimen, b u t his description aud measurements
agree with a specimen in my collection from Gilolo. Birds from th is la tte r island seem to
be appreciably lai*ger th an those from Batchian.
The description and figure are tak en from a beau tifu lly preserved specimen from
Batchian len t to me by Mr. WaUace.