( 2M ) 



2 (?c?, 2 ? ?, Brock's Creel, Nortli.-rii Tovritory, An,c:nst, 1902 (Nos. R. 304, 

 TifiS, r)(5r>, SOT). " Iris c? ? wliire, fwf dull yellowsli. Upper mandible dark 

 brown, lower light." 



?, Nnllagine, N.W. Anstralia, 23. iv. 1901 (No. R. 104). 



?, Sonth Alligator River, 21. x. 1!)02 (No. 761). 



All these are typical rcreina ! 



110. Halcyon pyrrhopygia Gould. 



/liilii/iiii pi/iTlifijnjfiki Gould, P.Z.S. 1840. p. ll.'i ("Interior of New South Wales"). 



S ? ad.. Brock's Creek, Northern Territory, 2, 3. viii. 1902 (Nos. R. 574, 575). 



c? juv.. Eureka, Northern Territory, 20. ii. 1903 (No. 109.S). 



The adult ? differs from the <? in being much duller above, not so blue, 

 the crowu of a brownish grey instead of ashy blue, with the white edges to 

 the feathers more apparent. The young ma/c is above as bluish as the adult malf, 

 but the lesser and median wing-coverts have brownish-buff tips ; the greater series 

 has white tips ; the feathers of the chest have blackish fringes. " Iris brown, feet 

 blackish." 



117. Halcyon sancta Vig. & Horsf. 



Ihiln/mi saneta Vigors & Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lnml. xv. p. 2011 (IS'2li : Australia'). 



tJ, Derby, 7. xii. lOOl (No. R. 284). 



1 (?, 2 ??, Eureka, Northern Territory, January and Februarv 1903 (Nos. 

 R. 979, 1097, 1099). 



¥, Alligator River, 27. x. 1903 (No. 1598). 



118. Halcyon macleayii Jard. & Selby. 



ITnlnyon mnclewjii Jardine & Selby, III. Oni. pi. 101 (18l'y-3il : no locality stated !). 



2 (?(?, 1 ?, Margaret River, August 1902 (Nos. R. 571, 572, 573). 



1 c?, 2 ? ?, Brock's Creek, Northern Territory, July and August 1902 (Nos. 

 R. 508, 569, 570). 



c? ? , East of Mary River, Northern Territory, September 1902 (Nos. 762, 767). 



?, Koolwonga, Northern Territor}', 7. ix. 1902 (No. 765). 



'3 SS, 2 ? ?, Sonth Alligator River, October 1902— March 1903 (Nos. 763, 

 764, 766, 1239, 1240). 



S, Alligator River, is. v. 1903 (No. 1238). 



119. Merops ornatus Lath. 



.Urru/is oniiihis Latham, Jiid. Dm. Siijijil. p. xxxv. (ISll : Australia). 



?, Brock's Creek, Northern Territory, 4. viii. 1902 (No. R. 502). 

 (J, South Alligator River, 10. iii. 1903 (No. 1237). 



120. Podargus phalaenoides Gould. 



Piiihrfina phnlaeunhleii Gould, P.Z.S. 18:!9. p. 142 ("The North-west coast of Australia '). 



i, Shaw River, N.W. Australia, 28. viii. 1901 (No. R. 220). 



S, Derby, 10. iii. 1902 (No. 1660). 



d ?, South Alligator River, August 1993 CNo. 1537, 1538). 



