WSPEC019    Periodical contribution:     Gray, George Robert. 1860. List of birds collected by Mr. Wallace at the Molucca Islands, with descriptions of new species, etc. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 28: 341-366, Aves pl.CLXIX-CLXXII.   Text   Image   PDF

PARADISIAD . SEMIOPTERA WALLACII. B.M. Paradisea (Semioptera) wallacii, G. R. Gray, Proc. Z. S. 1859, p. 130. Semioptera wallacei, G. R. Gray; Gould, B. of Austr. Suppl. pt. 3; Sclat. Ibis, 1860, p. 26. pl. 2. Batchian and E. Gilolo. The Gilolo examples have the lateral pectoral plumes longer than those procured in the first instance from Batchian; yet they cannot be considered as more than a local variety. STURNID . LYCOCORAX PYRRHOPTERUS. B.M. Corvus pyrrhopterus, Temm. Mus. Lugd.; Pr. B

WSPEC019    Periodical contribution:     Gray, George Robert. 1860. List of birds collected by Mr. Wallace at the Molucca Islands, with descriptions of new species, etc. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 28: 341-366, Aves pl.CLXIX-CLXXII.   Text   Image   PDF

CUCULID . CENTROPUS GOLIATH. B.M. Centropus goliath, Forsten; Pr. B. Consp. Av. p. 108. Batchian and Gilolo. Centropus medius, M ll. Amboyna. Centropus bicolor, Less. (ex Bl.). Gilolo. SCYTHROPS NOV HOLLANDI . B.M. Scythrops nov hollandi , Lath. Cuculus pr sagus, Reinw. Batchian. CUCULUS CANORO DES. B.M. Cuculus canoroides, M ll. Verh. Nat. Gesch. p. 235. Batchian CUCULUS (CACOMANTIS) SEPULCRALIS. B.M. Cuculus sepulcralis, M ll. ? Cacomantis sepulcralis, Pr. B.? Batchian. *CUCULUS (CACOMANTIS

WSPEC019    Periodical contribution:     Gray, George Robert. 1860. List of birds collected by Mr. Wallace at the Molucca Islands, with descriptions of new species, etc. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 28: 341-366, Aves pl.CLXIX-CLXXII.   Text   Image   PDF

the nape and breast; head greenish-white, varied with yellow; lower part of breast with a rich carmine spot; abdomen orange-yellow; lower tail-coverts rufous orange-yellow. Similar to the male; but without the carmine spot on the breast. Length 11 3 , wings 5 9 . East Gilolo. CARPOPHAGA (DUCULA) BASALIS. B.M. Columba basalis, Temm. Carpophaga basalica, Sundev. Ducula basalis, Pr. Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 35. Batchian and Gilolo. CARPOPHAGA PERSPICILLATA. B.M. Columba perspicillata, Temm. Pl. Col

WSPEC019    Periodical contribution:     Gray, George Robert. 1860. List of birds collected by Mr. Wallace at the Molucca Islands, with descriptions of new species, etc. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 28: 341-366, Aves pl.CLXIX-CLXXII.   Text   Image   PDF

, Reinw. Molucca. ALCEDINID . *HALCYON FUNEBRIS. B.M. Halcyon funebris, Forst., Pr. B. Consp. Av. i. p. 157. Cyanalcyon funebris, Pr. B. Djilolo. HALCYON COLLARIS (var.). B.M. Alcedo collaris, Scop. Del. Flor. Faun. Insubr. p. 90. Halcyon collaris, Swains. Zool. Illustr. pl. 27. Batchian and Gilolo. The bill appears to be of a smaller size than those of the Indian continent. HALCYON LAZULI. B.M. Alcedo lazuli, Temm. Pl. Col. 508. Halcyon lazuli, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. i. p. 79. Todiramphus lazuli

WSPEC019    Periodical contribution:     Gray, George Robert. 1860. List of birds collected by Mr. Wallace at the Molucca Islands, with descriptions of new species, etc. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 28: 341-366, Aves pl.CLXIX-CLXXII.   Text   Image   PDF

lower mandible yellowish; feet horn-colour. Length 4 10 , wings 2 4 . Batchian (Wall. Coll.). MOTACILLA FLAVESCENS. Timor Wagtail, Lath. Gen. Syn. iv. p. 104. Motacilla flava, var. , Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 504. Motacilla flavescens, Shaw, Gen. Zool. x. p. 559. Amboyna and Gilolo (Wall. Coll.). ANTHUS ARBOREUS, var. Alauda trivialis, Linn.? Anthus arboreus, Bechst. Pipastes arboreus, Kaup. Batchian (Wall. Coll.). TURDID . *TURDUS (MONTICOLA) ERYTHROPTERUS. Blue grey, each feather margined with black

WSPEC019    Periodical contribution:     Gray, George Robert. 1860. List of birds collected by Mr. Wallace at the Molucca Islands, with descriptions of new species, etc. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 28: 341-366, Aves pl.CLXIX-CLXXII.   Text   Image   PDF

. Pachycephala melanura, Gould, B. of Austr. ii. pl. 66. Turdus armillaris, Temm. Lanius cucullatus, Licht. Batchian and Ternate. Myiolestes phaionotus, M ll. Banda. Xenogenys azureus (Temm.). Banda. CAMPEPHAGA MAGNIROSTRIS. B.M. Graucalus magnirostris, Forsten?; Pr. B. Consp. Av. i. p. 354? Gilolo. CAMPEPHAGA MELANOLORA. B.M. Very like C. mentalis, Vig. Horsf.; but the bill is much larger, being 1 3 from gape; quills and tail feathers margined, and the latter tipped with grey. Length 11 11 ; wings 5 11

WSPEC019    Periodical contribution:     Gray, George Robert. 1860. List of birds collected by Mr. Wallace at the Molucca Islands, with descriptions of new species, etc. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 28: 341-366, Aves pl.CLXIX-CLXXII.   Text   Image   PDF

with deep blue; cheeks and some of the wing-coverts margined with bright blue; top of head silvery-blue; eyebrows, round occiput, and margins of shoulders verditer-blue; beneath the body and rump white; tail-coverts deep blue; two middle tail-feathers verditer-blue, margined with bright blue, the inner margin near the base and the short spatular ends white; lateral feathers deep blue, with the ends and inner webs more or less white. Length 11 9 , wing 3 8 , bill from gape 1 8 . Batchian and Gilolo

S055    Periodical contribution:     Wallace, A. R. 1860. Notes on Semioptera wallacii, Gray. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 28 (24 January): 61.   Text   Image   PDF

occasionally. The iris is of a deep olive; the bill horny-olive; the feet orange, and the claws horny. I have now obtained a few examples of apparently the same bird from Gilolo; but in these the crown is of a more decided violet hue, and the plumes of the breast are much larger

WSPEC019    Periodical contribution:     Gray, George Robert. 1860. List of birds collected by Mr. Wallace at the Molucca Islands, with descriptions of new species, etc. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 28: 341-366, Aves pl.CLXIX-CLXXII.   Text   Image   PDF

, Linn. Sula fiber, G. R. Gray. N. E. Gilolo (Wall. Coll.). GRACULUS MELANOLEUCUS. B.M. Phalacrocorax melanoleucus, Vieill. N. Dict. H. N. viii. p. 88. Phalacrocorax flavirostris, Gould. Pelecanus dimidiatus, Cuv. Batchian. GRACULUS SULCIROSTRIS. Carbo sulcirostris, Temm. Batchian (Wall. Coll.); Amboyna. 8. DESCRIPTION OF NEW SPECIES OF MITRA FROM THE COLLECTION OF HUGH CUMING, ESQ. BY H. DOHRN. MITRA PIA. Testa fusiformis, costis crebris, spiralibus, subregu-lariter distantibus, flavis, nitidis

S053    Periodical contribution:     Wallace, A. R. 1860. On the zoological geography of the Malay Archipelago. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society: Zoology 4: 172-184.   Text   Image   PDF

distribution of the genus Paradisea, two species of which (the common Birds of Paradise) are found only in New Guinea and the islands of Aru, Mysol, Waigiou, and Jobie, all of which are connected with New Guinea by banks of soundings, while they do not extend to Ceram or the K Islands, which are no further from New Guinea, but are separated from it by deep sea. Again, the chain of small volcanic islands to the west of Gilolo, though divided by channels of only ten or fifteen miles wide, possess

WSPEC019    Periodical contribution:     Gray, George Robert. 1860. List of birds collected by Mr. Wallace at the Molucca Islands, with descriptions of new species, etc. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 28: 341-366, Aves pl.CLXIX-CLXXII.   Text   Image   PDF

, Illustr. pl. 6. Psittacus grandis, Gmel. S. N. i. p. 683. Eclectus grandis, Wagl. Monogr. Psitt. p. 572. Eclectus ceylonensis, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. ii. p. 418. Psittacus (Psittacula) grandis, M ll. Schl. Verh. Nat. Gesch. Nederl. Ind. pp. 107, 108. Kaisa Island and Gilolo. Eclectus cornelia, Pr. B. Ceram. Eclectus cardinalis (Bodd.). Amboyna; Ceram. [page] 35

WSPEC019    Periodical contribution:     Gray, George Robert. 1860. List of birds collected by Mr. Wallace at the Molucca Islands, with descriptions of new species, etc. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 28: 341-366, Aves pl.CLXIX-CLXXII.   Text   Image   PDF

. f. 1. Accipiter hyogaster, Pr. B. Consp. Av. i. p. 33. Amboyna and Gilolo (Wall. Coll.). ASTUR GRISEOGULARIS. B.M. Adult. Greyish-slate colour; more decidedly grey on head and mentum; nape and between the shoulders tinged with rufous vinaceous; beueath the body rufous vinaceous, narrowly banded with greyish-white. Young male? Head and throat slaty-grey, paler on the latter; nape castaneous; back and wings brown and greyish-black mixed; tail brown, and some feathers greyish-black, banded with

WSPEC053    Periodical contribution:     Smith, Frederick. 1860. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr.A. R. Wallace in the islands of Bachian, Kaisaa, Amboyna, Gilolo, and at Dory in New Guinea. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society (Zoology), 5 (17b) [Supplement to Vol.4]: 93-143, pl.1.   Text   Image   PDF

collected by Mr. A. R. WALLACE in the Islands of Bachian, Kaisaa, Amboyna, Gilolo, and at Dory in New Guinea. By FREDERICK SMITH, Esq., Assistant in the Zoological Department, British Museum. Communicated by W. W. SAUNDERS, Esq., V.P.L.S. [Read May 3, 1860.] OF the various collections of Hymenoptera which Mr. Wallace has formed in the Indian Archipelago, none has exceeded that whose contents are described in the present paper, in the beauty and variety of the species, as well as in the interest

WSPEC129    Periodical contribution:     Sclater, P.L. 1860. On the species of the genus Prioniturus, and on the geographical distribution of the Psittacidae in the Eastern Archipelago. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1860: 223-228.   Text   PDF

Gilolo and that of Batchian there is a constant difference in the size of the dorsal yellow patch . The accurate working-out of the range and localities of the whole family would form a valuable contribution to our knowledge of zoological geography. There are, however, many species of the true habitats of which we are still ignorant. It is with the hope of being of some use to Mr. Wallace in his endeavours to increase our knowledge of this subject, that I have drawn up the Table I now exhibit

WSPEC060    Periodical contribution:     Smith, Frederick. 1861-1862. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr.A. R. Wallace in the islands of Ceram, Celebes, Ternate and Gilolo. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society (Zoology), 6 (21-22): 36-48, 49-66 [1 November 1861 and 1 March1862].   Text   Image   PDF

pes Sol. p. 49. 30. Hab. Gilolo; Senegal; Congo; Gambia; Egypt. 2. Eumenes Praslina, Gu r. Voy. Coq. Zool. ii. 267. pl. 9. fig. 7, . Hab. Ternate; Gilolo; Kaisaa; New Ireland; Key Island; Amboyna. 3. Eumenes Urvillei, Sauss. Mon. Gu pes Sol. i. 59. 44. Hab. Gilolo; New Guinea. 4. Eumenes cirinalis, Fabr. Syst. Piez, p. 286. 4. Hab. Gilolo; Kaisaa; Celebes; Ceram; Sumatra; Java; India. 5. Eumenes tricolor, Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. v. 87. 5. Hab. Gilolo; Bachian; Makassar. 6. Eumenes blandus, Smith

WSPEC060    Periodical contribution:     Smith, Frederick. 1861-1862. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr.A. R. Wallace in the islands of Ceram, Celebes, Ternate and Gilolo. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society (Zoology), 6 (21-22): 36-48, 49-66 [1 November 1861 and 1 March1862].   Text   Image   PDF

second segments; the abdomen is shining and very finely punctured. Hab. Gilolo. Fam. APID , Leach. Gen. MEGACHILE, Latr. 1. Megachile Alecto, Smith, Supp. Journ. Proc. Linn. Soc. v. 132. Hab. Gilolo; Dory; Ternate. 2. Megachile Lachesis, Smith, Supp. Journ. Proc. Linn. Soc. v. 133. Hab. Gilolo; Bachian; Amboyna. 3. Mcgachile Clotho, Smith, Supp. Journ. Proc. Linn. Soc. v. 134. Hab. Gilolo; Bachian. 4. MEGACHILE ATERRIMA. M. aterrima, pube nigra dense vestita; thorace transversim rugoso; alis

WSPEC060    Periodical contribution:     Smith, Frederick. 1861-1862. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr.A. R. Wallace in the islands of Ceram, Celebes, Ternate and Gilolo. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society (Zoology), 6 (21-22): 36-48, 49-66 [1 November 1861 and 1 March1862].   Text   Image   PDF

Wallace Online [page] 36 Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace in the Islands of Ceram, Celebes, Ternate, and Gilolo. By FREDERICK SMITH, Esq., Assistant in the Zoological Department, British Museum. Communicated by W. W. SAUNDERS, Esq., V.P.L.S., c. [Read June 6, 1861.] OF the extensive and valuable additions which Mr. Wallace has made to our knowledge of the geographical distribution of the various genera of Aculeate Hymenoptera, none are perhaps more interesting

WSPEC060    Periodical contribution:     Smith, Frederick. 1861-1862. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr.A. R. Wallace in the islands of Ceram, Celebes, Ternate and Gilolo. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society (Zoology), 6 (21-22): 36-48, 49-66 [1 November 1861 and 1 March1862].   Text   Image   PDF

disk of the mesothorax, the sides and apex of the metathorax, yellowish white; the cox are of the same colour, with a black line outside the posterior pair; the femora and tibi pale ferruginous; the posterior tarsi white, the two anterior pairs dusky. Abdomen: the posterior margin of all the segments white, the apical segment entirely so. Hab. Gilolo. Gen. CRYPTUS, Fabr. 1. Cryptus sicarius, Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. Supp. v. 138. 1. Hab. Gilolo; Dory; Bachian. 2. CRYPTUS FERRUGINEUS. C. rufo

WSPEC068    Periodical contribution:     Walker, Francis. 1861. Catalogue of the dipterous insects collected at Gilolo, Ternate, and Ceram, by Mr. R. Wallace [sic], with descriptions of new species. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society (Zoology), 6 (21): 4-23.   Text   PDF

Wallace Online [page] 4 Catalogue of the Dipterous Insects collected at Gilolo, Ternate, and Ceram, by Mr. R. WALLACE, with Descriptions of New Species. By FRANCIS WALKER, Esq., F.L.S. [Read Feb. 21, 1861.] GILOLO. Fam. TIPULID , Haliday. Gen. LIMNOBIA, Meigen. The following species belongs to Meigen's Div. D. Diptera, vol. i. p. 122, pl. 4. f. 15. 1. LIMNOBIA EUCHROMA. Fœm. L te ochracea, antennis, abdominis fasciis quatuor pedibusque nigris, alis nigricantibus, halteribus apice nigris

WSPEC060    Periodical contribution:     Smith, Frederick. 1861-1862. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr.A. R. Wallace in the islands of Ceram, Celebes, Ternate and Gilolo. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society (Zoology), 6 (21-22): 36-48, 49-66 [1 November 1861 and 1 March1862].   Text   Image   PDF

Specimens of this species from Gilolo and Bachian are much more highly coloured than the type described by Gu rin, the abdomen being red, with only the basal segment and the sides of the second segment black. 9. Scolia fulva, Gray; Cuv. Anim. Kingd. (Griffiths), p. 516, pl. 71. f. 1 . Hab. Ceram. The Scolia fulva is so briefly described in the above work, that it appears desirable to add one or two important distinctive characters. The head and thorax are black, the abdomen ferruginous, and

WSPEC060    Periodical contribution:     Smith, Frederick. 1861-1862. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr.A. R. Wallace in the islands of Ceram, Celebes, Ternate and Gilolo. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society (Zoology), 6 (21-22): 36-48, 49-66 [1 November 1861 and 1 March1862].   Text   Image   PDF

: the three basal segments and the base of the fourth evenly striated longitudinally. Hab. Gilolo. Gen. CENOCœLIUS, Haliday. 1. Cenocœlius cephalotes, Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. v. 65. 1. Hab. Gilolo; Celebes. Fam. TENTHREDINID , Leach. Gen. CLADOMACRA, Smith. 1. Cladomacra macropus, Smith, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 1860, vi. 257. Hab. Celebes (Tondano). ERRATA. Several changes in the numbering of the objects that illustrate this paper having been made since the first sheet was printed, the following

WSPEC060    Periodical contribution:     Smith, Frederick. 1861-1862. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr.A. R. Wallace in the islands of Ceram, Celebes, Ternate and Gilolo. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society (Zoology), 6 (21-22): 36-48, 49-66 [1 November 1861 and 1 March1862].   Text   Image   PDF

pale pubescence. Abdomen thinly sprinkled with pale hairs; the scale of the peduncle rounded and blunt above, not much elevated. Hab. Gilolo. 7. FORMICA VIRULENS. F. capite, thorace pedibusque rufo-ferrugineis; abdomine nigro; squama oblongo-ovata. Worker. Length 4 lines. Head, antenn , thorax, and legs rufo-ferruginous; the head very large, much wider than the abdomen, emarginate behind, and rounding at the sides to the tips of the mandibles; the latter triangular, stout, and longitudinally

WSPEC060    Periodical contribution:     Smith, Frederick. 1861-1862. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr.A. R. Wallace in the islands of Ceram, Celebes, Ternate and Gilolo. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society (Zoology), 6 (21-22): 36-48, 49-66 [1 November 1861 and 1 March1862].   Text   Image   PDF

green violet and coppery iridescence, changing in different lights. The abdomen with the segments densely fringed with black pubescence; the terminal segment with an acute spine at the apex and a shorter one on each side at the base. Hab. Celebes (Tondano). Div. 4. The anterior wings with three submarginal cells and two recurrent nervures. 8. Scolia dimidiata, Gu r. Voy. Coq. Zool. ii. pl. 2. p. 247. Hab. Gilolo; Celebes; Isle of Bourou; Bachian; Amboyna; Senegal. [page] 5

WSPEC060    Periodical contribution:     Smith, Frederick. 1861-1862. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr.A. R. Wallace in the islands of Ceram, Celebes, Ternate and Gilolo. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society (Zoology), 6 (21-22): 36-48, 49-66 [1 November 1861 and 1 March1862].   Text   Image   PDF

wings and the cox yellow; the femora and tibi splashed with yellow; the wings hyaline and iridescent. The abdomen smooth and shining, ferruginous, with the margins of the segments of a darker hue; the ovipositor black, its valves ferruginous. Hab. Gilolo. Gen. EPIXORIDES. Head subglobose, antenn slender and elongate; thorax oblong subcylindric; scutellum flat and quadrate; the anterior wings with one elongate marginal cell pointed at the base and apex; the apical submarginal celtransverse at the

S071    Periodical contribution:     Wallace, A. R. 1862. List of birds from the Sula Islands (East of Celebes), with descriptions of the new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1862 (9 December): 333-346, pls. 38-40.   Text   Image   PDF

NECTARINIA AURICEPS. Nectarinia auriceps, G. R. Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1860, p. 348. Hab. Sula Islands, Batchian, and Gilolo. ANTHREPTES LEPIDA. Certhia lepida, Lath. Anthreptes javanica, Sw. Zool. Ill. t. 121. Hab. Sula Islands, Celebes and islands westward of it. Remark. This is the furthest eastern range of the species, which does not reach the Moluccas. CORVUS VALIDUS, var. Corvus validus, Schleg. Not. sur le genre Corvus. In size between C. validus and C. enca (but the latter has the