( 2.56 ) 



■^ 6 ad., 4 ¥ ad., 1 6 juu., Boiig;imville, March l'.iM4. (Nos. A. lloU, I4s4, 

 149S, 1641, 1655, 1090, 1774). 



" Iris dark brown : feet ]jalo yellow (flesh-colour, mottled brown aud flesh, 

 smoky browu) ; bill black in both sexes." 



39. Ceyx lepida collectoris Hothsch. iV Hurt. 



Cii/x Icjjida ojllaluiis R. & H., .Y'/-'. Zwil. 1901 p. oTl! (Kulambangra aud Guadalcanar, errore I 

 We restrict this uame to the birds from the central group ! ) 



3 S6,-i ¥ ?, liendova, February 1904 (Nos. A. 124is, l-,'49, 13iJo, 1^77, 13s:, 

 13SS). 



3 cJ J, 3 ¥ ?, New Georgia, March l'.iii4 (Nos. A. 14-,',S, 1429, 145o, UoC, 1459, 

 1470). 



" Iris blown, feet aud bill red (orange red, chiuese red),"' in both sexes I 



The Guadalcauar form differs from C. I. collectoris by the black upper mandible 

 aud smaller size! Wiugs, 60 and (il mm. ouly ; bill (culmeii), 33 to 30, but 

 about 3 mm. longer and much thicker in collectoris. We call the Guadalcauar 

 form : 



Ceyx lepida nigromaxilla subsp. nov. 



(Tyjie ¥, Guadalcauar, Is. iv. I'.tnl. No. 2925.) 



41). Halcyon bougainvillei Kuthsch. 

 (Plate X.) 



Iluhyon hniKjammlhi Rothschild, BtiU. B. 0, C. .\v. p. 5 (11104: Bougainville ). 



This remarkable large kingfisher has uo near ally, as far as we know at jiresent. 

 The sexes differ couspicuously, the /f'wfl/e differing from the male in having the 

 scapulars and interscapular feathers cinuamou-olive-brown with a greeu tinge, 

 instead of bine. The plate shows the coloration of both sexes. The wing 

 measures 130, the tail 9:!, bill 47 to 50, metatarsus 21 to 22 mm. The femole 

 is of the same size. 



Mr. Meek sent four specimens. 



3 ii, 1 ?, Bougaiuville, May \w\ (Nos. 1753, 1702, 1700, 1770J. 



(Type No. 1770 $ ad.) 



41. Halcyon tristrami alberti subsp. uov. 



Subspeciei Ilulcyon trUtrami tnstnimi dictae similis. sed uropygio saturatiore, caerulesceiitiore. 

 rostro aliquanto breviore distinguenda. 



We have compared 30 specimens from the Solomon Islands with the two 

 types, kindly lent to us from the Liverpool Museum, and two specimens in the 

 British Museum. We find that the former are generally darker above, especially 

 tlie crown of the head is nearly always darker, the rump much more bine, the 

 tail somewhat bluer, the ujiperside generally darker. The bill is shorter, generally 

 from 3 to 15 mm., sometimes only 2 mm. Type No. 27so, Kniambangra, 21. ii. 

 19(11, J, A. S. Meek coll. 



//. tristrami, "Ibis," ISNti, p. 40o, pi. xv., wa^ originally described as doubtfully 

 from ^lakira Harbour, Solomon Islands. The description, however, does not 

 agree with the form now known from San Christoval, i.e. Sharjjc's //. solomonemis, 

 and the figure is also certainly that of a //. tri.'strumi. In the Tristram collection, 

 now in the Liverpool Museum, two specimens from Blanche Hay, New Brittany, 



