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5. Scolopax saturata Horsf. 



1 Arfak (Brnijn coll.). 



1 probably Arfak (native coll.). 



1 Moroka district, 3U00 to OiHMt ft. (purchased from Messrs. Mcll wraith, 

 McEacharu & Co., London). 



(S ? mountains of the Kotoi district, 11,000 ft., Owen Stanle}' Range (A. S. 

 Anthony coll.). " Ej'es brownish-bliick, bill brown, feet dark grey." The collector 

 puts on one of the labels " winter height," probably meaning that the climate was 

 very winterly at that altitude. 



6. Phalaropus lobatus (L.) (1758). 



Fonr specimens in pure grey-backed winter plumage were picked up at sea 

 near the New Guinea coast on December 4th, 1809, by Mr. Kiihu, when he sailed 

 to Mysol. 



VI. ALCEDINIDAE. 



1. Alcedo ispida ispidoides Less. 



This form replaces A. ispida floresiana in the Moluccas and Pajiuan Islands. 

 In addition to 39 skins from various Moluccan islands and from the Louisiades, we 

 have the following specimens from New Guinea and the Eastern Papuan Islands : — 



1 ? Colling wood Bay (A. S. Meek coll.). 



1 ? Milne Bay (A. 8. Meek coll.). 



1 6 Fergusson Island (A. S. Meek coll.). 



2 cJ, 1 ? Woodlark Island (A. S. Meek coll.). 



2 S Duke of York Islands (Th. Kleinschmidt coll.). 



1 said to be from New Ireland. 



The specimens from Collingwood and Milne Bays, Fergnssou ,n,nd Woodlark 

 Islands, seem on an average to be smaller than those from the Moluccas, Sonth-East 

 Islands, and the Bismarck Archijjelago, but more material must be studied to 

 confirm this ; besides, there is some individual variation. 



Genus ALCYONE. 



2. Alcyone azurea azurea (Lath.). 



The typical azurea inhabits parts of Australia and Tasmania, but is replaced 

 in Northern Queensland by A. azurea pidchra. 



3. Alcyone azurea pulchra Gould. 



Smaller and brighter in colour, especially the sides of the body more or less 

 ultramarine. (See Nov. Zool. 1899, p. 427.) We have a fine series from Cape 

 York, collected by A. S. Meek's men, and three collected by Mr. Olive on Mount 

 Sapphiri, near Cairns, and on the Bellenden Ivor Mountains. 



4. Alcyone azurea lessoni Cassin. 



This form seems to inhabit 'the whole of New Guinea with the adjacent Papuan 

 Islands. It is most closely allied to A. a. pulchra, from which it differs merely by 



