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8. Ceyx solitaria Temra. 

 We have the following skins : — 



? Salwatty (Powell coll.). Bill from forehead 35.5 mm., wing 59 mm. Bill 

 the largest of all, except the specimen from New Hanover. 

 1 cj Waigiu (from Brnijn's hunters). 

 1 c? Kobroor, Arn Islands fH. Ktihn coll.). 

 1 S Trangan, Arn Islands (H. Klthn coll.). 

 1 <? Wokau, Arn Islands (H. Kiihn coll.). 

 1 M}-sol, Aru Islands (H. Ktihn coll.). 

 1 Triton Bay, New Gninea ((!apt. 0. Webster cull). 



1 S Ansns, Jobi (W. Doherty coll.). 



2 c? Dorey (W. Doherty coll.). 



1 ? Kapaur (W. Doherty coll.). 



1 " Arfak Monntains " (purchased from Gerrard). 



1 with a label in Arab characters (probably from Taua Mera ?). 



2 (J Simbang (E. Nyman coll.). 



1 " Fly Kiver" (?) (purchased from Whitely). 



1 c? Koni District, British New Guinea (A. Anthony coll.). 



2 Brown River (E. Weiske coll.). 



1 6 Samarai (A. S. Meek coll.). 



2 c?, 2 ? Milne Bay (A. S. Meek coll.). 

 2 c? Fergnsson Island (A. S. Meek coll.). 



1 New Hanover (Capt. Cayley Webster coll.). Bill 36 mm., widest of all, 

 rusty patches ou lores bigger than in any other specimen, wing rather worn, at 

 least 6U mm. Apparently a larger subspecies, but it would be too risky to bestow 

 a name on this single specimen. The colours seem to be the same as those of 

 tyjjical solitaria, but this cannot be asserted with absolute certainty, as the specimen 

 has been in spirits I 



Syma torotoro Less. 



This essentially Papuan kingfisher can be divided into a number of subspecies. 

 Dr. Sharpe (Cat. B. Brit. Mas. XVII. pp. 196, 197) recognises two forms: 

 S. torotoro in New Guinea, Aru, and the Western Papuan Islands, and S.J^aeirostris 

 from North Qneensland. Hartert separated tlie Arn form as S. torotoro tentelare 

 (Nov. ZooL. III. p. 534, 1896), and suspected a new subspecies in the l)ird from 

 Fergnsson (Nov. Zool. III. p. 244, 1896). 



With the very large material recently received from Fergnsson and other 

 localities, we are now able not only to confirm tlie opinion about the Fergnsson 

 bird, but also to separate another form. We can thus recognise the following 

 subspecies of S//ma torotoro : — 



9. Syma torotoro torotoro Less. 



North- Western New Guinea, Mysol, Batanta, Waigiu, Jobi to north coast, from 

 Humboldt Bay to the Astrolabe Bay. — This distribution seems to us correct and 

 natural. Our two certain Waigin skins, liowever, are deeper ochraceous below, and 

 we have no series from the north coast ; but only one skin from near Humboldt 

 Bay, and one from Kaiser Wilhelra's Laud belonging to this form. This last skin 



