170 



A]A'Kl)lNII)-i: 



2. Alcyone lessoni. 



Ceyx azurea (7iec Lath.), Less. To//. Coquil/e, i. p. 690 (1826) ; id. 



Cvynpl. Buff. Ois. iii. p. 343 (1837) ; I'insch, Ntu-Guinea, p. 161 



(pt.). 

 Alcyoue lessoni, Crissin, Proc. Thtlad. Acad. v. p. 69 (1850) ; td. 



Cat. Ha/q/on, I'/ii/ad. Mies. p. 5 (18"):^) ; Bp. Consp. Volucr. 



Anis. p. 10 (1854) ; 8cl. Journ. Proc. Linn. Sue, Zool. ii. p. 156 



(1858) ; Gray, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 155, 1861, p. 433; Slmrpe, P. Z. S. 



1869, p. 353; id. Monogr. Alced. p. 49, pi. 15. tig. 2 (1871); 



Salvad. Ann. Mm. Civ. Genov. ix. p. 19 (1876), x. pp. 125, 300 



(1877) ; Sharpe, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xiii. pp. 311, 492 (1878) ; 



Salvad. Sj- H Albert. Ann. Mus. Cit\ Genov. xiv. p. 48 (1879) j 



Salvad. Orii. Papiiasia etc. i. p. 410 (1880) ; Shnrpe, Journ. Linn. 



Soc, Zool. xvi. p. 41>S (1SS2) ; Nekrh. J.f. O. 1885, p. 31; Guillem. 



P. Z. S. 1885, p. 620; Fitisch fS,- Meyer, Zeitschr. yes. Orn. iii. p. 12 



(1886) ; Salvad. Orn. Papusia, Agg. i. p. 53 (18s9). 

 Alcyone azurea, var., Gray, P.Z.S. 1858, pp. 172, 190; id. Cat. 



Mamm. etc. Netv Guinea, pp. 21, 55 (1859). 

 Alcedo azurea (?2ec Lath.), Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, Alced. p. 17 



(1863, pt.) ; id. Vog. Kederl. Ind. pp. 11, 47 (1864, pt.). 

 Alcvone a2urea {nee Lath.), Itosenb. Nat. Tjdsch. Nederl. Ind. xxv. 



li! 231 (18(13, pt.) ; id J.f. O. 1864, p. 118. 

 Alcyone pulchra, pt.. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 96, no. 1176 (1869). 

 Alcyone affinis (nee Gray), Banisny, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. iii. 



p. 258 (1878), iv. p. 196 (1879) ; Salvad. Ibis, 1879, p. 322. 



Adult male. Above deep rich ultramarine; •wing-coverts deep 

 blue-black edged with ultramarine ; tail deep ultramarine above, 

 bhick beneath ; a miiiute loral spot of orange-buft' ; a longitudinal 

 patch of feathers along the sides of the neck white tinged with pale 

 orange ; throat w hitish, tinged •with pale rufous ; cheeks, sides of 

 the neck, and a large patch of feathers on the sides of the upper 

 part of the breast deep rich ultramarine, extending a little on to 

 the flanks ; rest of the under surface of the body deep rufous, ■with 

 a rich lilac shine on the flanks : bill jet-black ; feet red. Total 

 l«ngth 7 inches, culraen 1-7, wing 2"85, tail 1"2, tarsus 3"3. 



Youiuf. Diti'ers from the adult in being more blackish, the head 

 blackish barred ■with blue, and the patch on the sides of the breast 

 also blackish •with scarcely any blue lustre. 



Hah. iS'ew Guinea and the adjacent Papuan Islands. Aru 

 Islands. 



a. c? ad. sk. New Guinea (>4.i?. Wallace). 



b. Ad.sk. New Guinea (.4. ij'. Jra//«ce). 

 Cf d. c? 5 ^^- ^^- Borey. 



e. c5' ad. sk. 8 miles from Yule Island, 



Nov. (Dr. James). 



f. .Tuv. sk. Astrolabe .Mts. 

 i). cJ ad. sk. Milne Bav. 



'h. Ad.sk. [Waigiou (^oc</0-] 



i. c^ ad. sk. Aru Islands. 



Tweeddale Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Wallace Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



A. Goldie [C.]. 

 C. Hunstein [C.]. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Wallace Coll. 



