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amount in females than in males. The female specimen has no 

 locality indicated on its label, but from its coloration is identified as 

 belonging without doubt to this form. 



50. Halcyon sacra vitiensis (Peale). 



Dacelo vitiensis Peale, U. S. explor. exped., 1848, 8, p. 156. (Venua-levu, Feejee 

 Islands) . 



One female referred to this form was taken at Kambara in the Fiji 

 Islands, 7 December. Birds examined from the Fiji Islands differ 

 constantly from specimens in the Tonga Group in having the dark 

 band on the hind neck black, or with only an admixture of blue. In 

 Tonga Island birds this band is entirely blue. Fijian birds too appear 

 to be constantly smaller. Measurements of the bird taken on Kam- 

 bara are as follows : — 



,, „ TTT. m -I Culmen from 



No. Sex Wing Tail „ •' 



Base 



U. S. N. M. 212,-338, 9 93.0 65.5 42.5 



51. ToDiRHAMPHUS RECURViROSTRis Lafrcsnayc. 



Todiramphus recurvirostris Lafresnaye, Rev. zool., 1842, p. 134. ("in insulis 

 Maris Australis"). 



A single bird (sex not marked) was taken at Upolu in the Samoan 

 Islands. 



52. ToDiRHAMPHUS TUTUS (Gmelin). 



Alcedo tuta Gmelin, Syst. nat., 1788, 1, pt. 1, p. 453. (Tahiti). 



Five specimens were collected at Bora Bora in the Society Islands, 

 17 November. An immature male has the feathers of the upper 

 breast buffy, with blackish cross bars forming a dark band across the 

 breast. Three of the birds taken have the forehead white, while in 

 the other two it is the same color as the crown, with white borders on 

 the feathers. Immature birds are more greenish above than the 

 adults. 



Sharpe has stated (Hist, collections Brit. mus. Birds, 1906, p. 182) 

 that the "Respected" and "Venerated" kingfishers described by 



