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21. Halcyon leucopygius. 



Cyanalcj'on leucopygius, Ven: licv. et Mag. de Zool. 1858, p. 885 ; 

 Salva'd. Ann. 3Iiis. Civic. Genuv. x. p. 305 (1877) ; id. Orn. Papu- 

 asia etc. i. p. 45G (1880) ; id. Agg. Orn. Pcqmasia, i. p. 55 (1889). 



Halcyon leucopygia, Gray, Cat. £. Trop. Isl. Pacific Ocean, p. 7 

 (1850) ; ScIatPr, P. Z. S. 1869, p. 119; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 92, 

 uo. 1109 (18G9) ; Sharpe, Munocp: Alced. p. 199, pi. 74 (1871) ; 

 Pammy, Proc. Linn. 8oc. N. S. TV. iv. p. 67 (1879) ; Salvad. Ibis, 

 1880, p. 127 ; Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. vii. p. 20 (1883: 

 Guadalcanal-) ; Tristr. Ibis, 1882, p. 143 ; Sharpe in Gould's B. 

 New Guinea, iv. pi. 55 (1884) ; Grant, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 193. 



Todirliamphus leucopygius, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1869, p. 124. 



Dacelo leucopygia, Giehel, Thes. Orn. ii. p. 6 (1874). 



Adult male. Head, scapulars and •wing-coverts, and upper part of 

 the back rich ultramarine ; a collar round the neck, the entire hack 

 except the interscapulary portion, and the under surface of the body 

 pure white ; cheeks black ; upper tail-coverts ultramarine ; lower 

 part of the flanks bordering the rump and vent lilac shaded with 

 purple ; quills and tail black, washed with blue above, greyish black 

 underneath : bill entirely black ; feet olive-brown. Total length 

 8-2 inches, of bill from front 1*6, from gape 2-1, wing 3-3, tail 2-5, 

 tarsus 0-5. 



Adult female. Similar to the male, but having the lower back 

 blue instead of white. Total length 7"5 inches, wing 3-3, tail 2-3, 

 tarsus 0*5. 



ffab. Solomon Islands. 



a. Ad. sk. Solomou Islauds. Maison Verreaux. (Type 



of species.) 



b, c. Ad. sk. Solomon Islands. Mr. J. T. Cockerell [C.]. 

 d. cjimm.sk. Aola,Guadalcanar,Mayl2. C. M. Woodford, Esq. [C.]. 



22. Halcyon lazuli. 



Alcedo lazuli, Temm. PL Col. iv. pi. 508 (1830) ; Cass. U.S. Sxpl. 



Exped. p. 227 (1858). 

 Dacelo lazuli, Less. Compl. Buff., Ois. p. 655 (1838) ; Sehl. Mus. 



Pays-Bas, Alced. p. 42 (1863) ; id. Voq. Nederl Ind. pp. 31, 61, 



pi. xii. figs. 1, 2 (1864) ; Tiiisch, Neu-Guinea, p. 101 (1865) ; Schl. 



Mus. P.-B., lievue, Alced. p. 31 (1874). 

 Halcyon lazuli. Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 79 (1846) ; Cass. Cat. Hale. 



Philad. Mus. p. 6 (1852) ; Gray, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 346 : id. Hand-l. 



B. i. p. 92, uo. 1108 (1869) ; Sharpe, Monogr. Alced. p. 203, pi. 76 



(1870). 

 Todirliamphus lazuli, Bp. Consp. i. p. 157 (1850) ; Reichenh. Handh., 



Alced. p. 30, Taf 416. fig. 3126 (1851). 

 Cyaualcyou lazuli, Bp. Consp. Valuer. Anis. p. 9 (1854) ; Cab. Sr 



Heine, Miis. Hein. Th. ii. p. 158 (1860) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. 



X. p. 304 (1877) ; id. Orn. Papuasia etc. i. p. 461 (1880) ; Bias. u. 



Nehrk. Verh. z.-b. Ges. Wien, xxxii. p. 420 (1882 : Amboina) ; 



Blasius, P. Z. S. 1882, p. 704 (Geram) ; Salvad. Agg. Orn. Papu- 

 asia, i. p. 66 (1889). 



