250 ALCEDINID^. 



Todirhamplius albicill.a (?;ec Cuv.), Eeichenh. Handh., AJced. p. 30, 



Taf. 418. figs. 3134-35 (1851). 

 Sauropatis albicilla (nee Cuv.), Cab. ^- Heine, Mus. Jlein. Th. ii. 



p. 159 (1860) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. x. pp. 126, 305 (1877, 



pt.). 

 Sauropatis saurophaga, Salvad. Ibis, 18/9, p. 322; id. Orn. Papuasia, 



i. p. 468 (1880) ; Nehrk. J.f. O. 1885, p. 32 (Waigiou) ; Guillem. 



P. Z. S. 1885,;p.;568 (Weda Isl.),^p.G27 (Waigiou, Mysol,Dorey) ; 



Salvad. A(j(j. Orn. Papuasia, i. p. 57 (1889). 



Adult male. General colour above bright blue, rather duller on 

 the mantle and scapulars ; the back and wing-coverts of the same 

 tint ; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and outer aspect of quills 

 rather more purplish blue, the latter otherwise blackish ; tail- 

 feathers deep blue, blackish aloug the inner web, and with blackish 

 shafts ; entire under surface as well as the whole head aud neck 

 snowy white, overspreading the mantle, the feathers of which are 

 mostly white with blue ends ; from behind the eye above the ear- 

 coverts runs a streak of blue ; a loral spot and eyelid black ; under 

 wing-coverts and axillaries pure white: "feet and eyes black" 

 {D" Alhertis). Total length 11 inches, culmen 2-3, wing 4-9, tail 3-1, 

 tarsus 0'7. 



Adult female. Similar to the male in colour. Total length 11"5 

 inches, culmen 2-5, wing 5'1, tail 3"3, tarsus 0-65. 



Young birds are apparently like //. cMoris, with a green head, 

 and it is evident that the immature birds must have green on the 

 crown by reason of the green feathers which are sometimes seen 

 interspersed on the white heads of the adults. In the Hamburg 

 Museum is a specimeu from the Pelew Islands, which is apparently 

 the young of H. saurophagus, and is exactly like H. chloris, but has 

 the wing 4-7 inches, and a large amount of white on the lores and 

 base of forehead. I consider this to be the young of the present 

 species with some hesitation, as it completely lacks the pale edgings 

 to the wing-coverts which are characteristic of the immature indi- 

 viduals of these green Kingfishers. 



Hah. Molucca Islands to New Guinea and the Papuan Islands, 

 the Louisiades, Solomon Archipelago, and New Ireland. 



a. Ad. sk. Morty Island {A. R. Wallace). Gould Coll. 



b. Ad. sk. Gilolo. Wallace Coll. 

 e, d. Ad. sk. Dorey, N. Guinea. Wallace Coll. 



e. Ad. sk. New Guinea. J. Gould, Esq. [P.]. 



(Type of species.) 

 /. 2 ad. sk. Louisiade Islands. J. Macgillivray [C' 



(J, h. Ad. sk. Teste Island, Loui.siade Group. J. Ingram, Esq. [P. 



/. Ad. sk. Solomon Islands. Gould Coll. 



A-. S ad. sk. Wanga, S. Cristoval, Aug. J. Breiichley, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 I, m. S 2 fid. sk. Fauro. C. M. Woodford, 



Esq. [C.]. 

 n. Ad. sk. New Ireland. P. L. Sclater, Esq 



[P.]. 

 0. Ad. sk. Duke of York Island. Rev. G. Brown [C.]. 



