16. HALCYON. 255 



Dacelo macleavi, Schl. Mus. P.-B. Alced. p. 41 (1863) ; Finsch, Neu- 

 Guinea, p. 161 (1865) ; Schl. Mus. P.-B. Alced., Revue, p. 30 

 (1874j._ 



Halcyon jacquiuoti, Hartl. ^- Finsch, Faun. Centvalpolyn. p. 269 

 (1867); Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 92, no. 1110 (1869). 



Halcyon sancta (««c V. Sf H.), Digyles, Orn. Austr. pi. only (1868). 



Dacelo lazuliua, Gicbel, Thes. Orn. ii. p. 6 (1874). 



Adult male. Above bright blue, inclining to ultramarine on the 

 mantle ; scapulars and back greenish cobalt, more blue on the 

 rump ; upper tail-coverts ultramarine ; tail blue-black ; wing- 

 coverts deep ultramarine ; quills black, externally ultramarine, with 

 a large white patch at the base of all but the outer primaries ; head 

 black, with a deep purplish-blue gloss ; the sides of face and ear- 

 coverts black ; a large white supraloral spot ; on the occiput a con- 

 cealed spot of white ; round the hind neck a broad white collar ; 

 cheeks and under surface of body pure white ; quills dusky blackish 

 below, white towards the base of the inner web : " bill black, the 

 basal portion of the under mandible yellowish white ; tarsi black, 

 inner side of feet and back of tarsi ashy grey ; iris very dark 

 brown" (/, Gould). Total length 7 inches, culmen 1-7, wing 3-7, 

 tail 2-3, tarsus 0-45. 



Adult female. Differs from the male in wanting the white collar 

 round the hind neck, this part being blue like the mantle. Total 

 length 7-7 inches, culmen 1-5, wing 3-7, tail 2-3, tarsus 0-55. 



Young male. Similar to the adult male, but having the white 

 collar washed with rusty ochre, the loral spot rusty, and the under 

 surface also washed with rusty; the blue feathers of the upper 

 surface also with rusty margins. 



Hah. Australia, islands of Torres Straits, and S.E. New Guinea. 



a. Ad. sk. Australia. Gould Coll. 



b-e. S § ad. sk. Australia (F. Stranye). Jardine Coll. 



/, ^. d" 5 ad. sk. Wide Bay, Queensland, Sept., Hume Coll. 



Oct. 



h. 5 ad. st. Gould Island, Queensland. J.B. Jukes, Esq. [P.]. 



i, k. (J 2 ad. sk. Queensland [J. Weston F. Nicholson, Esq. 



Browne). [P-]- 



l-n. (S ad. et j uv. ; Queensland {J. Cockerell : Tweeddale Coll. 



0, p. 5 ad. sk. Sharpe Coll.). 



q, r. Ad. sk. Cape York {J. Cockerell). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



s. c? ad. sk. Cape York. Voy. H.M.S. ' Chal- 



lenger.' 



<. c? ad. sk. Thursday Island, August Voy. H.M.S. 'Alert.' 



{Dr. Coppinyer). 



u. Ad. sk. Port Essingtou. J. B. Jukes, Esq. [P.J. 



V, lu. cJ $ ad. st. Port Essingtou. Capt. Chambers [P.]. 



25. Halcyon winchelli. 



Halcyon winchelli, Sharpe, Trans. Linn. <S'oc. 2nd ser. i. p. 318, pi. 47 

 (1876 : Basilan) ; Tiveedd. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 944 (Zamboanga) ; 

 Steere, List Birds ^- Mamm. Steere Kvjxd. Philipp. p. 11 (1890: 

 Basilau, Samar). 



