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was formerly separated by Dr. Sharpe iu his Monograph of the Kingfishers (1869) 

 as a species, nnder Gray's name uropt/giuUs, which refers to Batjan and Ternate 

 specimens; bnt later on, in the Gat. B. Brit. .Uus. XVII. p. 183 (1S92), the two 

 forms were united without any remarks. It is again the old system, the question 

 having evidently been put : " Species or not ? " while the idea of a species separable 

 into several subspecies was not entertained. According to my understanding, Ceyx 

 lepiJa must be separated into four subspecies : 



Geyx lepida Upirla : Southern Moluccas (Amboina, (Jeram, and South-East 

 Islands). 



Ceyx lepida uropygialis : Northern Moluccas (Morty, Batjan, Ternate, Obi). 



Geyx lepida cajeli : Burn. 



Ceyx lepida tvallacei : Snla Islands. 



42. Alcyone pusilla (Temm.). 

 One ? , Toeal Little Key. 



43. Halcyon macleayi Jard. & Selby. 



Mr. Kiihn sent a male and a female from Ibrah, Little Key group, shot on 

 May lUth, 190U. They seem to be typical macleayi, a large series of which I have 

 been able to compare. This locality is quite new for //. macleayi. 



44. Halcyon sancta Vig. & ^orsf. 



This species does not seem to be very common in the South-East Islands. We 

 have only received single specimens from Manawoka (Goram group), Teoor, and 

 Kisoei. From the Key group Mr. Ktihn sent it from Toeal, Elat on Great Key, 

 and Add, north of Great Key. //. sancta is very widely spread, extending its range 

 from Australia, New Caledonia, and the New Hebrides, over the Papuan and 

 Molnccan Islands, along the Sunda Islands to Bali and Java. 



45. Halcyon chloris Bodd. 



This widespread species is evidently common on the South-East and Key 

 Islands. We have the following specimens : 

 A good series from Toeal, Little Key. 

 2 (J Manowaka, Goram group. 

 1 (?, 2 ? Kilsoeiu, Koer group. 

 1 ? Kisoei. 



1 c?, 2 ? Taam. 



c? ? Ondor, Goram-laut. 



2 c?, 2 ? Maar, Ceram-laut. 



4(). Tanysiptera dea dea (L.). 



[t is an extraordinary fact that no Tanysiptera is known from the Key Islands, 

 nor from Mysol. On some of the South-East Islands, however, we find typical 

 dea, which also inhabits C'eram and Amboina. Mr. Kiihn sent a fine series from 

 Manowoka in tlie Goram group, and two from Goram Island. 



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