( -'57 ) 



are marked as the tyjjes of //. ti-istrami. Evidently Mv. Layard wrote from 

 memory, and his doubtful locality " Makira Harbour " was an error. Mr. Meek 

 sent the following spei'imens of //. t. ulherti : 



■J cT, 2 ¥ ad., 2 S jun., Rendova, February r.Hi4 (Nos. A. 1171, lls'.t. 1201, 

 1272, 1273, 12SG). 



1 c?, 1 ? ad., 1 S Jan., Gizo, October, November 19o3 (Nos. A. (Jl2, (iOO, s2:i). 



1 6 ad., Bougainville, May 19U4 (No. A. 1768). 



"Iris brown. Bill black, base of under mandible whitish; feet dark slate." 



42. Halcyon sanctus Vig. & Horsf 



Hakyon sam-lus Vig. & Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Sol: Loud. xv. p. 20G (182lj : Australia). 



4 (?(?, 1 ?, Reudova, February 1904 (Nos. A. 117.5, 1374, 1376, 1389, 1390). 



2 S6,l ?, New Georgia, March 19u4 (Nos. A. 1418, 1423, 1424). 



4 cJ cJ, 2 ? ?, Bougainville, April 1004 (Nos. A. 1486, 15U3, 1.528, 1536, 1-540, 

 1557). 



43. Halcyon leucopygius (Verr.). 



Cijumdiijiin leucopyyiHs Verreau.x, Ree. cC- Mag. de Zool. 1858. p. 358 (Solomon Islands). 



3 cJJ, 3 ? ?, Ghoiseul, December 1903, .Jauuary 19i(4 (Nos. A. 859, 861, 955, 

 961, 1014, 1161). 



1 (J, 2 ? ?, Bougainville, May 1004 (Nos. A. 1725, 1747, 1776). 

 •' Iris brown ; bill and feet black." 



44. Halcyon saurophaga Gould. 



Halcyon aaurojihaga Gould, P. Z. S. 1843, p. 103 (New Guinea). 



3 cJc?, 1 ?, Gizo, November 10ti3 (Nos. A. 781, 788, 810, 837). 



2 ? ?, Ghoiseul, .Jauuary 1904 (Nos. A. 109-5, 1130). 



1 S, Bougainville, May 19ii4 (No. A. 1712). 



" Iris brown : feet dark slate; bill black, basal half of lower mandilile whitish." 



45. Centropus albidiventris Kothsch. 



" Centropus alhidirentrh Rothschild, Bull. B. 0. C. xiv. p. 59 (March 1904 : Gizo). 



2 (? ad., 1 ? juv., Reudova, February 1904 (Nos. A. 1315, 1326, 1334). 

 2 S ad., Gizo, October, November 1903 (Nos. A. 643, 729). 



i ad. Head, neck, back, rump and under surface buff, the lower back, rump 

 and underside more whitish, the feathers of the rump with dull black bases. 

 Wings and tail purplish I)lue-black. Thighs buff, a lilackish patch near the 

 heel-joint. Iris red, bare spot round eye black in the skin, feet slate. Wing 

 270-80 mm. (not 7U, as said by error in the original description, I.e.), tail abont 

 340 mm. The young birds resemljle those of C. m/'Io, but the liars on the rectricos 

 are wider. 



41). Eudynamis orieutalis subsji. nov. ? 



1 S, Gizo, 31. X. 19U3 (No. A. 696). 



2 f?(J, Ghoiseul, December 1903 (Nos. A. !S,n6, 1o41). 



"Iris bright dark red (rose-madder); feet slate-colour; bdl greenish slate- 

 colour." 



