On a collection of Birds from the islands of Flores, Sumba and Rotti

Dr. H. ten Kate, to whom we are already indepted for previous zoological collections made on his recent travels through the Flores- and Timor-group of Islands ¹), sent, in September and November last, a number of birds from Flores, Sumba (Sandelwood) and Rotti, the latter being a small island near the western end of Timor. Unfortunately the birds, a great number of which were preserved in alcohol, are all destitute of any annotations as to date and color of soft and naked parts, but the localities being very interesting, I venture to give a list of the birds collected on the different islands.