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liclow, lint il is not as dark lielow as .1. n. jmlclira, which il a]i|ini;irhi\s hi its iipjier 

 coloration. 



Type : North tjueeushitiil, No. 0875. 



Range : North Queensland. 



y4ii. Alcyone pusilla pusilla. 



Ceijx pusilla Temmiuck ,aud Liiugier, Plmi. Culnr. tl'Oix. 100 livr. vul. v. pi. Wib. \KV\ ; liaiu ile 

 Lobo, New Guinea. 



Little Kingfisher. 



Mathews, Handlist No. 384 (pars). 



Kange : North Qneenshand (Cape Yurki, New (ininea. 



o4l. Alcyone pusilla halli sulisp. n. 



Little Purple Kingfisher. 

 Mathews, IlandUst No. 384 (pars). 



Differs from A. p. pusilla in its mnch larger size and different coloration, being 

 (lark purple above, not bright bine. 



Type : North Queensland (Cairns), No. 12-5.3. 

 Range : North Queensland (Cairns). 



Genns STMA. 



.S7///'(' Lesson, ManuiA d'Oniith. vol. ii. p. 07. 1828. 

 Type (by monotypy) : S. torotoro Lesson. 



.542. Syma torotoro fiavirostris. 



I/itlcyuii (Si/iiin f) /arirnslrh Gould, Pi-oc Zoul. Sue. (Lv/iil.) 1850. p. -'DO (1851): Cape York 

 Queensland. 



Yellow-billed Kingfisher. 

 Mathews, Handlist No. 385. 

 Range : North Qiieenslatul. 



Genns DACELO. 



Dacdo Leach, Z;ul. Misecll. vol. ii. p. 125. 1815. 



Type (by monotypy) : i>. ffiffas (Boddaert). 



543. Dacelo gigas gigas. 



Alcedo gigas Boddaei-l, Tnhi Plan. Bnliiin. p. 40. No. 66.3. 178:) : New South Waks. 



Synonyms : 



Alcedo uiululiila .Scopoli, Del. h'lor. I'min. Inmib. pt. ii. p '."i. 17SI) ; New .South Wales 

 Ah-edufiisai (not Boddaert) Gmelin, &'//.</. .V«/. p. 454. 1788 : N'cw South Wales. 

 Alcrdii giijaiileii Latham, Indrx Oniilti. vol. i. p. 245. 1700 : New South Wales. 

 CliuucaUijnn aiixtmle Lesson, Tmile d'Oniith. p. 248. 1830 ; New South Wales 



Brown Kingfisher (Laughing Jackass). 



Mathews, Handlist No. 386 (pars). 



Range: New South Wales, South Australia. 



