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534. Eurystomus orientalis bravi subsii. n. 

 Western Boiler or Dollar Bird. 



Mathews, Handlist No. 381 (pars). 

 Difl'ers from II o. jMcijiriis in being paler below. 

 Type : North- West Australia, No. 1236. 

 Range : North-West Australia. 



Family ALCEDIISflDAB. 

 Genus ALCYONE. 



Atri/uiic Swaiiisou, Clas.'<i/. Hirilx, vol. ii. p. 'd'i6. 1837. 



Type (by monotypy) : A. azurea (Latham). 



535. Alcyone azurea azurea. 



Almln aziirra Latliaiu, Ijir/e.c Oniilli. Siipiil. p. .vxxii. I81II : New South Wales. 



Synonyms : 

 Alcedo Iribrachys Shaw, Nal. Mi.m'//. vol. xvi. pi. (581. 180;j : New South Wales. 

 C'cyx cijaiiea Lesson, Traill il'Ontith. p. 2-11. 1830 : New South Wales. 

 Alcyone austmlls Swainson, lussif. Birds, vol. ii. p. 336. 1837 : New South Wales. 



Blue Kingfisher. 



Mathews, Handlist No. 382 (pars). 



Range : South Qneensland, New Soutli Wales. 



530. Alcyone azurea victoriae snbsji. n. 

 Victorian Blue Kingfisher. 

 Maliiews, Handlist No. 382 (pars). 

 Ditters from A. a. azurea in its more slender bill. 

 Type : Victoria, No. 5119. 

 Range : Victoria, South Australia. 



537. Alcyone azurea diemenensis. 



Alri/wie diemenensis Gould, Pror. Zoul. Soc. (Loud.) 18-10. p. 19 : Tasmania. 



Tasmanian Blue Kingfisher. 

 Mathews, Handlist No. 382 (pars). 

 Range : Tasnianiii. 



638. Alcyone azurea pulchra. 



Ala/one puMim Uould, Proc. Zonl. .Su,;. (Umd.) 18411. p. Ill : Port Essiugloii, Northciu Territory. 

 Purple Kingfisher. 

 Mathew.s, Handlist No. 383 (pars). 

 Range : Northern Territory, North-West Anslraba. 



53'.j. Alcyone azurea mixta subsp. n. 

 Northern Purple Kingfisher. 

 Mathews, Handlist No. 383 (pars). 

 Differs from .1. a. azurea in its slightly smaller size and darker coloration 



