( 155 ) 



1 c? Pnnah or Bras, Mapia or St. David's gronii, north of the l^eran Peninsula 

 (W. Doherty coll.). 



1 ¥ Pigen, Mapia or St. David's group (W. Doberty coll.). 

 3 c?, 2 ? Simbang, Kaiser Wilhelm's Land (E. Nyman coll.). 

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

 1 c?, 1 ? Trobriand Islands (A. S. Meek coll.). 



1 c?, 1 ? Fergusson Island (A. S. Meek coll.). 



2 c?, 4 ? Sude.st Island (A. S. Meek coll.). 



3 ? Rossel Island (A. S. Meek coll.). 



4 c?, 2 ? St. Aignan (A. S. Meek coll.). 



4 c?, 4 ¥ Woodlark Island (A. S. Meek coll.). 



1 (?, 4 ¥ Dnke of York Island (Tb. Kleinschmidt coll.). 



1 Ralum, New Britain (C. Webster coll.). 



1 New Ireland (collector unknown). 



27. Halcyon sordidus sordidus Gonld. 



This species is easily divisible into two races. Tlie large one has a very strange 

 distrilmtion, being found on the Arn Islands in the west and in Queensland iu the 

 east, and has never been fonnd in New Guinea, while in Egnm and the Louisiades 

 it is replaced by a very much smaller form. 



We have the following seven specimens of the large sordidus : — 



1 without label. Wing, 113 mm. ; culmen, .58 mm. 



1 ¥ month of Mulgrave liiver, four miles below the Bellenden Ker Range (Olive 

 coll.) (ex Robinson). Wing, 114 mm. ; culmen, 55 mm. 



1 ¥ Wokan, Aru (H. Kiihn coll.). Wing, 105 mm. ; culmen, 52 mm. 



1 S Barkai Island, Aru (H. Klibn coll.). Wing, 11 (J mm. : culmen, 57 mm. 



1 cJ Dobbo, Arn (H. Klihn coll.). Wing, 112 mm. ; culmen, 54 mm. 



1 Dobbo, Aru (Capt. Caley Webster coll.). Wing, 110 mm. ; culmen, 53 mm. 



1 said to be Arn Islands (bought from H. Whitely). Wing, loO mm. ; culmen 

 57 mm. 



28. Halcyon sordidus colonus Hart. 



S ¥ Egum Island (A. S. Meek coll.) (J type of colonus. AVings, 93, 95 mm.; 

 culmen, 44, 42 mm. 



cJ St. Aignan (A. S. Meek coll.). AVing, 91 mm. ; culmen, 40 mm. 

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cJ (jnv. !) St. Aignan (A. S. Jleck coll.). Wing, 8S mm. ; culmen, 37 mm. 



¥ St. Aignan (A. S. Meek coll.). Wing, 92 mm. ; culmen, 43 mm. 



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¥ (juv.) St. Aignan (A. S. Meek coll.). Wing, 87 mm. ; culmen, 44 ram. 



i Rossel Island (A. S. Meek coll.). AVing, 80 mm. ; culmen, 45 mm. 



