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DESCRIPTIONS OE TWO NEW SPECIES OF BIRDS 

 FROM THE AUSTRO-MALAYAN REGION. 



By E. P. Ramsay, F.R.S.E., F.L.S. 



Halcyon (Cyanalcyon) albonotata, sp. no v. 



Adult male, the whole of the head rich dark blue, brighter and 

 of an ultramarine tint over the eyebrows and on the sides of the 

 head ; from the lores and mandible across the ear-coverts and 

 round the hind neck a narrow deep blue band, a small white spot 

 in front of the nostrils and a rather lai'ge semi-lunar white spot 

 on the nape ; the throat and all the under surface, a broad collar 

 on the hind neck, the interscapular region, the whole of the back 

 and rump, and upper and under tail coverts, white ; wings and 

 tail dark blue, concealed portions of the quills black margined 

 with white at the base ; under wing-coverts white, "a black spot on 

 their tips at the base of the primaries ; bill black, feet and legs 

 blackish grey. 



Length, 6*8; wing, 3*3; tail, 2*1 inch; tarsus, 0"45 ; bill 

 from forehead, 1-4 from nostril 1 1 height at nostril - 4 its 

 width 0-4. 



Hah. New Britain. 



