O. ALCYOI^K. 



169 



a, b. Ad. sk. 



c. c5" juv. sk. 



d. Aq. sk. 

 e,/. Ad. sk. 



ff. d ad. ; h. 2 



imm. sk. 

 i,k. $ad. etimra. 



sk. 

 /. Ad. sk. 

 m. Juv. sk. 

 n. Imm. sk. 

 o,p. Ad ; (j. Imm. 



sk. 

 r, s. Ad. sk. 



t, u. Ad. sk. 

 V. Ad. sk. 



w. 5 ad. sk. 



ar, y, z. Ad. sk. 



«', b' . Ad. sk. 

 c'. Skeleton. 



Tasmania {Cockerell Coll.). 



Tasmania [Sharpe Coll.). 



Tasmania. 



Tasmania. 



Iliver Muvrav, S. Australia 



(J. Gould). 

 S. Australia (J. Gould). 



S. Australia. 

 N. S. Wales. 

 Clarence liiver. 

 Queensland ( Cockerell Sj- 



Thorpe: Sharpe Coll.). 

 Queensland. 



Brisbane (Cockerell l^- Thorpe). 

 Moreton Bay, May 8 {F. 



Strange^. 

 Moreton Island, May {J. Mac- 



f/illhraj/). 

 Cape York (Cockerell ^• 



Thorpe : Sharpe Coll.). 

 Cape York (J. T. Cockerell). 

 Port Essinofton. 



Salvin-Godinan Coll, 

 Tvveeddale Coll. 

 R. Gunn, Esq. [P.]. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Sir G. Grey [P.]. 



Sir G. Grey [P.]. 



Gould Coll. 

 Gould Coll 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



F. Nicholson, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Salvin-GodmanColl. 

 Gould Coll. 



Capt. Owen Stanley 



[P.]. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



Sal vin-Godman Coll. 

 Purchased. 



Subsp. a. Alcyone pulchra. 



Alcvone pulchra, Goidd, P. Z. S. 1846, p. 19 ; 

 (1847) ; Gonld, B. Austr. fol. Infr. p. xxxi 

 Neuholl. p. 278 (1850) ; id. Hamlh., Ahed. 

 Halcyon. Fhilad. Mus. p. 5 (1852) ; Elsey, 

 Gould, Handh. B. Austr. i. p. 141 (18ii5)'; 

 p. 356 ; Grail, Hand-l. B. i. p. 96, no. 1176 (1 

 Alced. p. 45," pi. 14 (1870) ; Rctmsay, P. Z. S. 

 Linn. Soc. N. S. W. i. p. 380 (1877), ii. p. 

 (2) i. p. 1007 (1886) ; North, op. cit. (2) iii, 

 say, Tab. List Austr. B. p. 3 (1888). 



Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 82 

 (1848); Eeiche?ib. Vtiff. 

 p. 7 (1851); Cass. Cat. 

 . P. Z. S. 1857, p. 25 ; 

 Sharpe, P.Z.S. 1869, 

 869) ; Sharpe, Monogr. 



1875, p. 583 ; id. Proc. 

 179 (1878); id. op. cit. 

 . p. 269 (1888); Bam- 



Adult. Similar to A. azuna, but richer in colour, more purplish 

 blue above, brighter cinnamon-rufoiis or deep bay below, and further 

 distinguished by the brilliant purplish blue which extends from the 

 cheeks to the sides of the breast and thence down the flanks : " bill 

 black ; feet orange ; iris black " (J. Gould). Total length 6"3 

 inches, cuimen 2*1, wing 2"9, tail 1*3, tarsus 0*4. 



Hab. North Australia from Cape Y'ork to N.W. Australia. 



n. Ad. .sk. X. Australia (Sharpe Coll.). 



b, c. Ad. sk. Ca]ie York (J. T. Cockerell). 



d. Ad. sk. Cape York (J. T. C. : Sharpe 



Coll.). 



e. Ad. St. P(irt Essington. 



/, g. Ad. sk. N.W. Australia. 



Tweeddale Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



Capt. "\V. Chambers 



Dr: J. R. Elsey [P.]. 



