1086 LIST OP WESTERN AUSTRALIAN BIRDS, 



2. HlERACIDEA ORIENTALIS, Schleg. 

 3. HlERACIDEA BERIGORA, Vig. & Horsf. 



Specimens of these birds, which are both smaller individuals than 

 those from the eastern and southern parts of the continent, seem 

 to prove that they may be one and the same species ; one speciuien 

 has a pale, almost white, breast, and a remarkably rufous upper 

 surface. 



4. NlNOX CONNIVENS-OCCIDENTALIS, n. Sp. 



Two specimens alike in plumage show a larger amount of white 

 on the upper wing coverts, scapulars and hind neck, than in the 

 N.S.Wales or Cape York specimens ; the whitish bands on the tail 

 do not reach the shaft of the feathers ; all the under surface of the 

 body white, with a distinct well-defined band of rufous brown 

 down the centre of each feather ; the outer webs of the primaries 

 near the adjacent tips of the secondaries, have also a faint reddish 

 tint ; the face is almost white ; length 15 inches, wing 12 inches, 

 tail 6*8 inches, tarsus about 1*4 inch; the feet small, claws 

 comparatively weak. I believe this will prove to be a distinct 

 species, but must be compared with some of its New Guinea allies. 

 For the present I place it as a western variety of N. connivens, 

 which may be distinguished as occidentalis. 



5. Dacelo cervina, Gould. 



This and its New Guinea representative D. intermedia (Salvad.) 

 cannot be well separated from D. leachii (V. and H.) 



6. Halcyon sanctus, Vig. & Horsf. 



Slightly smaller, and of a clearer blue on the back than our 

 N. S. W. specimens, with a narrow well-defined white collar and 

 nuchal spot. Wing 3*6 inches, bill from nostril 1*5 ; total length 

 7 inches from the tip of the bill. 



7. Halcyon pyrrhopygia, Gould. 



Same as the eastern form of this species, both in size and 

 plumage. 



