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16. HALCYON. 251 



18, Halcyon admiralitatis. 



^'feriTs?^')? Sr' GoM) S,i, p. z. S. 1877, p. 544 J iclBep. 

 yoij. M.M.^. Vhallenyer; Birds, p. 30 (1881). ' ^ ' ■' 



whftfoVff'- ^T^^''}'' ^^- t'''^^^''^ ^"* insbeadof the snowy 

 feah kTtth? T ^'Pg-'^'^^^^rts are pale orange-buff; the whit^e 

 'rfenlo L W 'T.f ^^'"^^^^^^^^ ^'"^^^ g^'^^^ tips, and the 



^d'p f ?!. '^ *'^' '^'^ '' ^'^^^ ^"<i ^^-^tends along the upper 



tZLtT'^tV^'l'- ^'^'^^ ^^"§t^ 10-5 inches, culmen ^Is 

 wing 4- /o, tail 3-05, tarsus 0-65. ' 



Hah. Admiralty Islands. 



«, h. d ad. sk. Admiralty Islands. Voy. H.M.S. ' Challenger.' 



19. Halcyon godeflEroyi. 



Halcyon godeffroyi, Finseh, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 408 (Marquesas Isl.). 



bact-"oiil?l'l'f'f 1- ^"?* '^^^^^ ^'^•^^'•^ ' ^i"g-coverts like the 

 wSte' risothe,:;!'^'" ^f''"^^^' ^^"^-^t Wue; head entirely 

 wmte, as also the neck, mantle, and centre of back • lores feithp/^ 



cX roun? th:t-T"r^ '^f '-' ^^^'^-^ -*'> gVet 'orLtr 

 col ar round the hmd neck ; under surface of body white with a 



distinct tinge of sandy buff on the flanks. Total lengTh 8 5 rnche^' 



culmen 1-7 wing 3-75, tail 2-6, tarsus 0-6. {Mus. mlnb.) ' 



like hfh..1 'k :'t' ^^"^ ^^' ^^' '-^^^"It' b^^t has the head green 

 he 1 V "* ^^' f '"^^' ^'^^^"^^^^^ ^^ite ; forehead white and 



LleTII.rS.T ""' ^^^^^-^^ ^'^^^^ ^^^^^-^- ^^"^"'^^^ 

 -ffa6. Marquesas Islands. 



20. Halcyon albonotatus. 



Adult male. The whole of the head rich dark blue, bri-hter and 



heaT f ^T ^^'^^ ^?^ '^'^^ ^^'«^™^^ -^ - t^^ des of the 

 head ; from the lores and mandible across the ear-coverts and round 

 the hind neck a narrow deep blue band, a small white spot in ?r^ 

 of the nostrils, and a rather large semilunar white spot oi the nape 

 the throat and all the under surface, a broad collar on the h d 

 neck, the interscapular region, the whole of the back and rump id 

 upper and under tail-coverts white; wings and tail dark ^^^^'001 

 cealed portions of the quills black, margined with white ^tth^ 

 base; under wing-coverts white, a black ''spot at their ^ at the 

 base of the primaries: bill black; feet and legs blackSh lev 

 Length 6-8 inches, w ng 3-3, tail 2-1, tarsus 0-45, bil from tie 

 head 1-4, from nostril M. (^. p, Bamscnj.) ' 



Hah. New Britain. "^ ^ 



