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specimens oi A. i.Jloresiana are found wliicli have the ear-coverts so mnch mixed 

 with black that they cannot be separated from A. i. hixpidohles, among which, 

 on the other hand, individuals with the ear-coverts greatly mixed with rufous 

 are not quite uncommou, though not frequent enough to tiirow doubt on the 

 validity of the two forms. 



On Wetter and Koma typical .1. i. j/orcsiana is common, only specimens 

 fllSU and 5341 liave unusually dark car-coverts and closely resemble ^1. i. 

 hispidoides. 



6 c? ?, Roma, July, August 1902. (Nos. 5i)T4, 5(iT5, 5180, 5324, 5341, 5389.) 

 " Iris dark coffee-brown, bill in the males entirely black, in the /ctnnli's the upper 

 jaw black, lower rod (coral red), feet coral red (vermilion)." 



2 cJ J, 2 ? ? , Wetter, September, October ltMi2. (Nos. 5501, 5022, 5679, 5C80.) 

 Soft parts as in the Koma specimens. 



6T. Alcyone azurea yamdenae Rothsch. 



Alci/oiie fKiirea ynmileMie Rotbschilcl, Bull. B. U. V. xi. p. I'lii ( Yamdena, Timorlaut Is.). 



(J?, Roma, 24. vii. Iil02. (Nos. 5289, 529(i.) "Iris dark coflfee-brown 

 (blackish brown), feet coral red, bill black." 



I believe these two birds must belong to the same form as the Tenimber 

 (Timorlaut) bird, .1. a. yunuknae. It is true that they are larger, wing fully 

 75 mm., thus being as large as A. a. pidchra from North Queensland, and that the 

 ti]i of the bill is not so largely and conspicuously brownish rufous, but the pnrplish 

 colour on the sides extends downwards to the flanks, and the coloration is 

 altogether very rich. More material should be examined from the Tenimber group 

 and from Roma. 



68. Halcyon sancta Vig. & Horsf. 



Hiilri/on snncta Vig. & Horsfield, Trans. Linit. Soc. Land. xv. p. 206 (1826 : Australia). 



1 tJ, 2 ? ? , Risser, April, May, June 1901. (No numbers.) 



5 cJ,?, Wetter, October 1902. (Nos. 5021, 5839—5841, 5870.) 

 t? ? , Roma, July 1902. (Nos. 5071, 5215.) 

 S, Letti, 7. xi. i9u2. (No. 5972.) 



69. Halcyon australasia australasia (Vieill.). 



Alrfdo auslnihiMa Vieillot, Noiir. ]<i,i. il'/Jist. Xnl. xix. p. 419 (1818 : no locality given, but in 

 E/ir. Mfth. i. p. .'i'.l7 said to be from Australia! This is an error, and Timor, the oldest known 

 locality, must be accepted as the typical habitat). 



Halcynn austi-alasiae Finsch, Notes Leyden Mus. xxii. p. 281 (Syn. partim ! — Wetter). 



The same form which inhabits the islands of Timor, Lombok, and Snmba (not 

 yet recorded from, but doubtless found on, Snmbawa) occurs also on Wetter and 

 Roma. 



2 cJcf , 3 ? ?, Roma, July, August 1902. (Nos. 5178, 5179, 6321—5323.) 



4 (?(?, 4 ? ?, Wetter, September, October 1902. (Nos. 5482—5487, 5025, 

 5G26.) " Iris dark coffee-brown, feet dark grey, upper bill black, under bill white 

 with blackish tip." 



711. Halcyon australasia interposita subspcc. nov. 

 Differs from its nearest ally llalojon australasia dammeriana by a paler 

 cinnamon-bnlf crown, hindneck and underside ; the bluish-green patch in the middle 



