that insects, and especially butterflies, were somewhat scarce,
and birds in tar less variety than I had anticipated. Several of
the fine Moluccan species were however obtained. The handsome red
lory with green wings and a yellow spot in the back (Lorius
garrulus), was not uncommon. When the Jambu, or rose apple
(Eugenic sp.), was in flower in the village, flocks of the little
lorikeet (Charmosyna placentis), already met with in Gilolo, came
to feed upon the nectar, and I obtained as many specimens as I
desired. Another beautiful bird of the parrot tribe was the
Geoffroyus cyanicollis, a green parrot with a red bill and head,
which colour shaded on the crown into azure blue, and thence into
verditer blue and the green of the back. Two large and handsome
fruit pigeons, with metallic green, ashy, and rufous plumage,
were not uncommon; and I was rewarded by finding a splendid deep
blue roller (Eurystomus azureus); a lovely golden-capped sunbird
(Nectarinea auriceps), and a fine racquet-tailed kingfisher
(Tanysiptera isis), all of which were entirely new to
ornithologists. Of insects I obtained a considerable number of
interesting beetles, including many fine longicorns, among which
was the largest and handsomest species of the genus Glenea yet
discovered. Among butterflies the beautiful little Danis sebae
was abundant, making the forests gay with its delicate wings of
white and the richest metallic blue; while showy Papilios, and
pretty Pieridae, and dark, rich Euphaeas, many of them new,
furnished a constant source of interest and pleasing occupation.

The island of Batchian possesses no really indigenous
inhabitants, the interior being altogether uninhabited; and there
are only a few small villages on various parts of the coast; yet
I found here four distinct races, which would wofully mislead an