12, MELIDORA. 201 



A<luU male. Similar to C. 2n(MieUus, biit distinguished by having 

 the forehead, sides of face, and collar round the hind neck black 

 instead of rufous: "biU coral-red; feet dull yellow; iris stone- 

 grey (J. Whitehead). Total length 8 inches, culmen 1-55, 

 wing 3-25, tail 2-5r), tarsus 0-55. 



Adult female. Similar to the female of C. pvlchellus. Total 

 length /•4 inches, culmen 1-55, wing 3-5, tail 27, tarsus 0-5. 



As with C. pulchellus, it seems that the black collar round the 

 hmd neck sometimes becomes obliterated, and the blue is continuous 

 froni the crown to the mantle. In many birds the black on the 

 forehead and sides of face is mixed with rufous. 



Bab. Borneo. 



a. ^ ad. sk. Borneo. Gould Coll. 



6. d ad. sk. Labuan. Sir Hugh Low rP.!. 



c. d cad. sk. Labuan {De Crespicjny : Sharpe Tweeddale Coll. 



Coll.). 



d. cS ad. sk Brunei River, N.W. Borneo. GovemorUssherrC.l. 

 ^Sadsk ■ ^™^^'^'^''- GovemorUssher[C.l. 

 h, i. d $ ad. sk. Lawas River. H. Veitch, Esq. [P.]. 



12. MELIDORA. 



Melidora, Less. Traits, p. 249 (1831) M. mSoriiina. 



Ranrje. Confined to New Guinea. 



1. Melidora macrorhina. 



Dacelo macrorhinus, Less. Voij. CoquiUe, Zoohgie, Atlas, pi. 31 bis. 

 hg. 2 (1826) ; id. Feruss. Bull. Sci. Nat. xii. p. 131 (1827) • id 

 nf^o^"^"^'^^'' -^r^- '• P- ^^^ (1**-^); «^- ^««- <i'Orn. ii. p. 94 

 [S^'' .n-y^ ^"■^- ^- ^^^" Guinea, p. 19 (1859); id. P.Z. S. 

 looy, p. 154. 



MeHdora eufrasije, Less. Traite d'Orn. p. 259 (1831) ; id. Compl. 



(Eim-es deBuffon Oiseau.c, p. 653 (1838) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 150 



(1850) ; Ftnsch, Neu-Guinea, p. 160 (1865). 

 Dacelp macrorhynchus, Less. Traite d'Orn. p. 249 (1831) ; Gra;/, Gen. 



B. 1. p /_8 (1846) ; td. P. Z. S. 1858, p. 189 ; id. Cat. Mamm. & B. 



J\'ew Guinea, p. 54 (1859) ; id. P. Z. S. 1861, p. 433. 

 Mehdora macroAyncha, Grai/, List Gen. B. i. p. 10 (1840) ; id. List 



Gen. B. p 14 (1841) ; id. Iland-l. B. i. p. 89, no. 1067 (1869) ; 



0879^' ""'■ ^'"'' '^' '^' " "^''*' '"• P" ^^^ ^^^^^^' '^- P- ^^ 



Melidora macrorhina, Eeichenb. Ilandb., Alced. p. 41, sp 99 Taf. 4''8 

 tigs. 3106-7 (1851); Sclafer, Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. p. 1,56 (1858) '■ 

 Sharpe, Mon. Alced. p. 303, pi. 120 (1869) ; Beccari, Ann. Mus Civ 

 Genov vii. p .08 (1875) ; Salvad. t. c. p. 766, viii. p. 398 (1876) \ 

 Cab. S>- lletchen J.f. Orn. 1876, p. 323; Salmd. Ann. Mus. Cir 

 Genm, -^•PP-,lf8. 303 (1877), xii. p. 319 (1878) ; id. Orn. Papuasia 

 Vr^",^',P" ' (^^^'■> ; i>harpe, Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. p. 429 (188-') • 

 Neh-h. J f O. 1885, p. 32 (Waigiou); Guillem. P.ZS. 1S85 

 1890 ' 415 ^^'^' ^"'' ^""P^"^^^' '^- P- ^0 (1889) ; 3Ieyer, Ibis, 



