198 U.S. NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 221 



=Halcyon chloris sacra (Gmelin). See Mayr, Amer. Mus. Nov. 1152: 1, 



1941. 

 212347. Adult male. Vavau Island (lat. 18°38'20" S., long. 174^01' W.) , 

 Tonga Islands, Oceania. December 4, 1899. Collected by Charles H. 

 Townsend. Received from the U.S. Fish Commission. 

 Dacelo coronata Peale 



U.S. Exploring Expedition 8 (Mamm. and Orn.) : 160, "pi. XLVI," 1848. 

 Halcyon Pealei Finsch and Hartlaub 



Beitrag zur Fauna Centralpolynesiens, p. 38, 1867. 

 =Halcyon chloris pealei Finsch and Hartlaub. See Bowdler Sharpe, Cata- 

 logue of the birds in the British Museum 17: 266, 1892; Peters, Check- 

 list of birds of the world 5: 213, 1945. 

 14566. Adult (sex not indicated). Tutuila Island, Samoan Islands, 

 Oceania. "March 14," 18 — . Original number 484. U.S. Exploring 

 Expedition (1838-1842). 

 14571. Adult (sex not indicated). Same data as No. 14566. 

 14604. Adult male. Same data as No. 14566. 



I have found six entries for this form in the museum register, but there 

 should be at least one other. No. 14554 was sent to the Chicago Academy of 

 Sciences in 1864 and was later destroyed in the Great Fire. Nos. 14569 and 

 14600 cannot now be found, but must be among the 3 specimens now pre- 

 served in the Museum of Comparative Zoology (where they are Nos. 75710 

 and 75711) and the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (where 

 No. 21429). 



The traditional collection date of these birds is probably wrong, for I 

 find no evidence that any ship of the expedition fleet was at Tutuila on 

 March 14 of any year. 



Halcyon Pealei Finsch and Hartlaub is a new name for Dacelo coronata 

 Peale, not H. coronata S. Miiller, 1843, By implication it has the same 

 types as Peale's name, although, since the form is fully described (and not 

 from one of Peale's original specimens) , the authors' own bird should per- 

 haps more properly be considered the type. 

 Dacelo minima Peale 



U.S. Exploring Expedition 8 (Mamm. and Orn.) : 159, "pi. xlv," 1848. 



=Halcyon recurvirostris (Lafresnaye). See Bangs, Bull. Mus. Comp. 



Zool. 70:208, 1930; Peters, Checklist of birds of the world 5:214, 



1945. 



14551. Adult female. Upolu Island, Samoan Islands, Oceania. 



Original number 485. U.S. Exploring Expedition (1838-1842). 

 14560. Adult female. Same data as No. 14551. 



There are four entries for this species in the museum register. Nos. 

 14553 and 14559, both males, are now missing, but must represent the 



