198 ALCEDINID.'E. 



Monogr. Alccd. p. 153, pi. 56 (1869) ; Masters, Proc. Linn. Soc. 



N. S. W. i. p. 47 (1876) ; Rmnsay, op. cit. ii. p. 179 (1878). 

 Halcyon torotoro {nee Less.), Macgill, Voy. Itattlesn. ii. p. 956 



(1852). 

 Syma torotoro (pt,), Salvad. Oni, Papuasia, i. p. 482 (1880). 



Achilt male. Differs from S. torotoro in wanting the black mark 

 along the tip of the cnlmen, in being lighter above ; the back and 

 scapulars greenish brown or olive-brown. Total length 7 inches, 

 culnien 1'5, wing 3"05, tail 2-3, tarsus 0"55. 



Adult female. Differs from the male as in S. torotoro. Total 

 length 6-7 inches, culmen 1-4, wing 3-9, tail 2-2, tarsus 0-5. 



Hah. Cape York Peninsula. 



a,h. cJ 5 ad. st. Cape York. J. Macgillivray, Esq. 



c. S ad. ; d-f. Cape York (/. T. Cockerell). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2 ad. sk. 



g. (f ad. : h, i, k. Cape York, Gould Coll. 



2 ad. sk. 



I, m. S $ ad. sk. Cape York (Shmye Coll.). Tweeddale Coll. 



n,o. c? ? ad.sk. Port Albany (C. Co.ven). Tweeddale Coll. 



11. CARCINEUTES. 



Type. 



Lacedo, Pcichmih. Handb., Alced. p. 41 (1851) C. pulcbellus. 



Carcineutes, Cab. c^ Heine, Mus. Jlein. Th. ii. p. 163 



(1860) C. pulcbellus. 



Range. Trom Siam and the Burmese countries south through the 

 Malayan Peninsula to Java, Sumatra, and Borneo. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Sides of face and forehead chestnut puleliellus, p. 198. 



b. Sides of face and forehead black melanops, p. 200. 



1. Carcineutes pulcbellus. 



Dacolo pnlchella, Jlorsf. Trans. Linn. *S'oc. xiii. p. 175 (1821) ; Temm. 



PI. Col. iv. p. 277 (1836) ; Horsf. Zool. Research, pi. 23 (1824) ; 



Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 46 (1849) ; Moore, P. Z. S. 1854, 



p. 268 ; Horsf. Sf Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E.I. Co. i. p. 122 (1854) ; 



Schl. Mus. P.-B. Alced. p. 21 (1863) ; id. Voq. Nederl. Ind. pp. 15, 



60, pi. 5. figs. 1, 2 (1864) ; Stoliczka, J. A. S. Beng. xxxix. p. 297 



(1870) ; Schl. Mus. P.-B. Alced. Bevue, p. 13 (1874). 

 Halcyon pulcliella, Grai/, Gen. B. i. p. 79 (1846) ; id. List Fissir. 



Brit. Mus. p. 52 (ls4's) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 154 (1850) ; Cass. Cat. 



Halcyon. Philad. Mus. p. 7 (1852) ; Pelz. Reis. Novara, Vog. p. 44 



(1865) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 94, no. 1137 (1869). 

 Lacedo xnilcbella, Reichenb. Handb., Alced. p. 42, Taf. 420. figs. 3168- 



69 (1851). 

 Carcineutes pulcbellus, Cab. 8)- Heine, Mus. Hein. Th. ii. p. 163 (1860) ; 



Sharpe, 3Iono(/r. Alced. p. 251, pi. 96 (1868) ; Hume, Str. F. ii. 



p. 470 (1874 : Tenasserim) ; Tiocedd. Ibis, 1877, p. 295 (Lampong) ; 



Wardlato Ramsay, Ibis, 1877, p. 456 (Burma) ; Hume Sf Davison, 



