5. ALCYONE. 1~1 



3. Alcyone affinis. 



Alcvone affiuis, Gray, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 348 ; Sharps, P. Z. S. 1869, 

 p: 354; Gray, HamU. B. i. p. 97, no. 1178 (1869); Sharpe, 

 Monogr. Alced. p. 51, pi. 15. tip. 1 (1871); Salmd. Ann. Mus. 

 Civ. Genov. vii. p. 764 (1875), x. p. 301 (1877) ; id. Orn. Pupiia-ua 

 etc. i. p. 413 (1880)- 



Alcedo azurea, 8chl. Mus. Pays-Bas, Alced. p. 17 (1863, pt.) ; id. 

 Voy. Nedni. Ind. pp. 11, 47, pi. 3. tig. 4 (1864). 



Adult. Similar to A. Icssoni, but of a lighter and more brilliant 

 blue, and distinguished by the reddish tip to the bill. Total length 

 7 iuches, culmcn 1'95, wing 8, tail 1-35, tarsus 0'45. 



Young. Similar to the adult, but a little more dusky, the head 

 blue barred with blackish ; the bill reddish at the tip. 



Hah. Molucca Islands. 



«, 6. Ad. et jiiv. sk. Batcliian. AVallace Coll. 



(Types of species.) 

 c, d. Ad. sk. Halmahera {A. R. Wallace). Gould Coll. 



e. Ad. sk. Halmahera (A. B. Wallace). Tweeddale Coll. 



4. Alcyone pnsilla. 



Cevx pusilla, Temvi. PL Col. iv. pi. 595. fig. 3 (1836) ; -S'. Miill. 



'Verh. Land- en Vollcenk. p. 22 (1839-44); Gray, P.Z.S. 1858, 



pp. 172, 190 ; id. Cat. Mamm. etc. New Guinea, pp. 21, 53 (1859) ; 



id. P.Z.S. 1861, p. 433; Finsch, Neu-Guinea, p. 161 (1865); 



Eosenb. Beis naar Zuiduostereil. p. 38 (18f>7). 

 Alcyone pusilla. Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 82 (1847) ; Gould, B. Austr. 



ii. pi. 26 (1848) ; Beichenh. Voq. Neulwll. p. 35 (1849); Bj). Consp. 



i. p. 158 (1850) ; Beichenb. Handh., Alced. p. 7, Taf. 398. tigs. 



3068-9 (1851); Cass. Cat. Halcyon. Philad. Mus. p. 5 (1852); 



Macyill. Voy. ^Rattlesnake,'' ii. p. 356 (1852) ; Bp. Consp. Volucr. 



Anis. p. 10 (1854) ; Scl. Journ. Proc. Linn. Soc, Zool. ii. p. 156 



(1858) ; Bosenb. J. f. O. 1864, p. 118; Gould, Handb. B. Austr. i. 



p. 142 (1865); Bamsay, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 383; Sharjie, P. Z. S. 



1869, p. 357 ; id. Monugr. Alced. p. 53, pi. 16 (1869) ; Gray, 



Hand-l. B. i. p. 97, no. 1179 (1869); Beccari, Anti. Mus. Civ. 



Genov. vii. p. 708 (1875); Bamsay, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 583; Scl. 



P. Z. S. 1876, p. 247 ; Salvad. Ann. Mtis. Civ. Genov. x. p. 301 



(1877) ; Maders, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. i. p. 481 (1876) ; 



Rainsay, op. cit. iii. p. 258 (1878) : Sharpe, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. 



xiii. pp. 311, 492 (1878); Scl. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 450; Bamsai/, 



Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. iv. p. 96 (1879) ; H Albert ^- Salvad. 



Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. xiv. p. 48 (1879); Salvad. Orn. Papuasia 



etc. i. p. 414 (1880) ; Meyer, Zeitschr. ges. Orii. i. p. 275 (1884); 



Plexhe, Bull. Acad. S. Petersb. xxix. p. 525 (1884); Gnitlem. 



P. Z. S. 1885, pp. 566,626; Bamsay, Tab. List Austr. B. p. 3 



(1888); Salvad. Orn. Papuasia, i. Agg. p. 53 (1889). 

 Alcedo pusilla, .S'cA/. Mus. Pays-Bas, Alcvones, p. 10 (1863) ; id. 



Vog. Aederl. I7id., Alced. pp. 12, 48. pi. 3. fig. 6 (1864) ; Bosenb. 



Reis. Geelvinkb. p. 115 (1875). 



Adult male. Above rich ultramarine, having a greenish tinge iu 

 some lights on the head, cheeks, and wing-coverts ; quills blackish. 



