15. SAUROJIAEPTIS. 209 



A(hiU male. General colour above very deep brown, darker than 

 in D. leachii and D. cervina ; the blue of the wings and tail much 

 brighter ; the head very broadly streaked with dark brown, the 

 feathers being of this colour narrowly streaked with white ; collar 

 round the hind neck and under surface of body white, with only a 

 little dusky freckling on the lower flanks. Total length 17'5 inches, 

 culmen 3"1, wing 8, tail 5, tarsus 0'95. 



Adah female. Differs from the male in having the tail rufous, 

 barred with blue. Total length 17 inches, culmen 3*1, wing 8, 

 tail 5, tarsus 1. 



Hab. S.E. 'New Guinea. 



1, b. Ad. et imm. Mainland of S.E. New Guinea, Jan. Gould Coll. 

 sk. {Dr. James). 



c. (S ad. sk. Mainland of S.E. Nuw Gmnea, Dec. Tweeddale Coll. 



(Dr. James). 



d. Imm. sk. Port Moresby, Nov. {Dr. James). Tweeddale Coll. 

 «,/. d ? ad. sk. Port Moresby. K. Broadbent 



[0.]. 

 g. Ad. sk. Port Moresby. Gould Coll. 



15. SAUROMAEPTIS. „ 



iype. 



Sauromarptis, Cab. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. Th. ii. p. 163 



(18G0) S. gaudichaudi. 



liange. New Guinea and Salawati ; islands of Batanta, Waigiou, 

 Guebch, Miosnom, Jobi ; Mysol, and the Aru group. 



Kei/ to tlie Species. 



r, 1 1 1 1 1 J 1 1 1 i nauclichaudi, p. 209. 



a. Scapulars black ; head blacli \kubartii u 211 



b. Scapulars black, edged with black ; head black, ' ./ ) P- -" 



mottled with ochre tyro, p. 212. 



1. Sauromarptis gaudichaudi. 



Dacelo gaudichaudi, Quoy et Gaim. Voy. CT/rm/e, Zoo/, p. 112, pi. 25 



(1824) ; Cuv. Be;/ne Anim. i. p. 444 (1829). 

 Choncalcvon gaudichaudi, Less. Traite, p. 248 (1831) ; id. Compl. 



Buff., bis. p. 054 (1838); Bp. Consp. J'olucr. Anis. p. 9 (18.54). 

 Dacelo gaudichaudi, 8. Midi. Verh. Land- en Volkenk. p. 22 (1839- 



44) ; Gray, Gem. B. i. p. 78 (1846) ; id. List Fissir. Brit. Mus. 



p. o2 (1848); Bp. Consp. i. p. 154 (1850); Cass. Cat. Hale. 



Fhilad. Mus. p. 14 (1852) ; Set. Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. p. 155 (1858) ; 



Grai/. P. Z.S. 1858, p. 171, 1859, p. 154; id. Cat. Mamm. S^- B. 



Neio Gziinea, pp. 29, 54 (1859); id. P. Z. -S'. 1861, p. 433 ; Schl. 



Mas. Bays-Bas, Alced. p. 20 (1863, pt.) ; id. Voy. Nederl. Ind., 



Alced. pp. 13, 49, pi. 4. tigs. 2, 3 (1864) : Eoseid>. Nat. rijdschr. 



Nederl. hid. xxv. p. 230 (1863) ; id. J.f. O. 1864, p. US; Finsch, 



Neu-Guinea, p. 160 (1865, pt.) ; Schl. Nederl. Tijdsehr. Dierk. iii. 



p. 339 (1866) ; Bosenh. Beis naar Zuidoostereil. p. 35 (1867) ; 



Sharpe, Monoyr. Alced. p. 295, pi. 116 (1869) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. 



i. p. 89, no. 1063 (1869) ; Sehl. Mus. Bays-Bas, Alced. Bevuv, 

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