292 NOVITATES ZOOLOniCAE XXI. l!ll-1. 



(Salvad.), though of the latter we have uo speciineus to compare. Cf. Guruey, Ibis, 

 1882, p. 132, pi. II. 



29. Alcedo ispida pelagica Stres. 



Alcedo ispida pelarjica Stresemann, Nov. Zool. xx. p. 31G (Eastern New Guinea [CoUingwooJ and 

 Milne Bay], d'Entrecasteaux and Louisiade Island, type St. Aignan). 



2 a ad., 2 ? ? ad, c? ? juv. Mauus, September and October 1913 (Nos. GUIS 

 and 0102, 6231 and 6240, 0113 and 6202). 



In the males the entire bill is black, in the females the base of the lower 

 mandible is "dull burnt red." The quite j'oung female has tlie bill black with 

 a tin}' whitish tip. 



Mr. Stresemann has separated this eastern race as above. Our specimens have 

 the wings 71-T2'9 mm., while Stresemann gives 66-72, but we measure some of 

 them up to 72'."> mm. This form is ill-defined, single specimens cannot be recog- 

 nised; at the same time there is no doubt that the majority of the examples from 

 the countries named are very small ; probably this small form will also be found 

 to inhabit parts nf Kaiser-Wilhelms-Land, and those from New Britain and New 

 Ireland require further study ! Stresemann {I.e.) quotes the wings from the latter 

 islands as 69-73, and in one case, from a measurement by Meyer and Wiglesworth, 

 74 mm., which is rather too much for his A. i. pelagica. A good series from the 

 Bismarck Archipelago is unfortunately not to hand. 



30. Ceyx dispar Rothsoh. & Hart. 



Cnix ,Ii«p,n; nail. B. 0. CM, xxxiii. p. lOG (1014). 



c? ad. Lores bright rnfous, feathers of crown black with ante-apical glossy blue 

 tips, those of nape and ear-coverts glossy bine with black bases ; upper wing-coverts 

 blue with glossy spots, black at base ; malar line black ; a pale orange-rufous 

 patch behind the ear-coverts ; back, rnmp, and upper tail-coverts pale glossy azure- 

 blue. Throat very pale orange-yellow, rest of underside brigiit orange-rufous. 



" Iris dark brown ; bill and feet chinese-red." 



? ad. Like male, but top of head, nape and sides of head orange-rufous ; a bine- 

 black stripe with glossy streaks along the ear-coverts and sides of neck ; another 

 line of dark blue feathers with ante-apical violet-blue spots and of varying width 

 along forehead, crown and nape. 



Wing in both se.xes 63-03, once (?) 67, tail 20-27-5, tarsus 10, bill 

 41-44 mm. 



Type <S ad. No. 5979, Manns, 6. ix. 1913. 



Mcek's collectors sent nine adult males (Nos. 5997, 5978, 5979,6010, 6011, 6044, 

 609C, 01S8), five adult females (Nos. 6008, 6034, 6102, 0187), and one young male 

 (No. 0100), all from Mauus, shot in the months of September and October. The 

 young male is like the adult males, except that the bill is shorter and not of such a 

 jiure and bright red, bnt tinged with brown, and the colours of the back and abdomen 

 are slightly duller. 



{IlalcijOH admiralitatis Sharps was unfortunately not met with. Probably it 

 inhabits the mangrove swamps of some of the outlying small islands or reefs, and is 

 not found in the neighbourhood of Mauus. No Tani/siptera seems to occur on the 

 Admiralty group of islands.) 



