10. SYMA. 197 



Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 492 (1878) ; Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 

 i. p. 390 (1876), iii. p. 260 (1878), iv. p. 97 (1879) ; UAlbei-tis ^ 

 Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. xiv. p. 52 (1879) ; Sharpe, Jomm. Linn. 

 Soc, Zool. xiv. p. 686 (1879) ; Salvad. Orn. Papuasia etc. i. p. 482 

 (1880); Sharpe, op. cit. xvi. p. 429 (1884 : Taburi &c.) ; Meyer, 

 Zeitschr. i. p. 276 (1884 : Am I.sl.) ; Finsch, Viig. der Siidsee, pp. 2o, 

 32(1884: Laloki River) ; Guillem. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 627 (Wai- 

 giou, Salawati) ; Nehrk. J.f. O. 1885, p. 32 (Waigiou) ; Tristr. 

 Ibis, 1889, p. 557 (Ferguson Isl.) ; Salvad. Agy. Orn. Papuasia, i. 

 p. 59 (1889). 



Syma lessonia, Swains. Classif. B. ii. p. 335 (1837). 



Dacelo syma, S. Miill. Verh. Land- en Volkenk. pp. 22, 176 (1839-44). 



Halcyon torotoro, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 79 (1846) ; Scl. Proc. Linn. 

 Soc. ii. p. 156 (1858) ; Gray, Cat. Mamm. 8f B. New Guinea, p. 20 

 (1859) ; Bosenh. lieis naar Zuidoostereil. p. 380 (1867). 



Todirhamphiis torotoro, Cass. Cat. Hale. Phil. Mm. p. 12 (1852, pt.) ; 

 id. U.S. Expl. Exped. p. 222 (1858). 



Dacelo torotoro, Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, Alced. p. 23 (1863) ; id. Vog. 

 Nederl. Ind. pp. 19, 52, pi. vi. figs. 3, 4 (1864) ; Finsch, Neu- 

 Guinea, p. 160 (1865) ; Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, Alced. Bemte, p. 15 

 (1874) ; Bosenh. Beist. naar Geelmnkb. p. 83 (1875). 



Adult male. General colour above dull green, inclining to blackish 

 on the mantle and lesser wing-coverts ; remainder of -wing-coverts 

 brighter green than the back and inclining to grass-green ; quills 

 blackish, externally bluish green, excepting the first primary, -which 

 is edged with sandy buff ; lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts 

 dull greenish blue ; tail-feathers dark blue ; head and hind neck, as 

 well as under surface of body, bright cinnamon-rufous, the throat 

 and abdomen rather paler ; anterior edge of eyelid black ; on the 

 hind neck a twin spot of black forming a half-collar : " bill yellow, 

 with the culmen black ; feet orange ; iris blackish " (D^Alberiis). 

 Total length 7*5 inches, culmen l'5o, wing 2-9, tail 2*4, tarsus 0-55. 



Adult female. Similar to the male, but having a large patch of 

 black on the centre of the crown, in addition to the interrupted 

 black coUar on the hind neck. Total length 7'5 inches, culmen 1-5, 

 wing 3'05, tail 2-4, tarsus 0-55. 



Ifab. New Guinea, Aru Islands, Mysol, Waigiou. 



a, h. 5 ad. sk. Waigiou. Wallace Coll. 



c. $ ad. sk. Mysol {von Rosenberg: Sharpe Tweeddale Coll. 



Coll.). 



d. S ad. sk. Aru Islands. Wallace Coll. 



c. (S ad. sk. Dorey {A. R. Wallace). Tweeddale Coll. 



/,«/. cJ ad. sk, NewGuinea (.4. 7?. irrt/;«ce). Gould Coll. 



"/(. S ad. sk. New Guinea {Sharpe Coll.). Tweeddale Coll. 



2. Syma fla-virostris. 

 Ilalcvon (Syma?) flavirostris, Gould, P. Z. S. 1850, p. 200 ; id. Contr. 



Orn. 1850, p. 105. 

 Halcyon flavirostris, Gotdd, B. Austr., Suppl. pi. 7 (1851) ; Gray, 



Hand-l. B. i. p. 94, no. 1141 (1869). 

 Syma flavirostris, Bvichcnb. Handb., Alced. p. 44, Taf. 430. figs. 31/1- 

 ' 72 (1851) ; Gould, Handb. B. Austr. i. p. 135 (1865) ; Sharpe, 



