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j iiv. sk. 

 M. 2 ad. sk. 

 V. (S imm. sk. 

 10. 2 imm. sk. 

 ■r, I/, z. Ad. sk. 

 "'. c? ad. sk. 

 //. luiiia. sk. 

 c'. 2 ad. sk. 

 f^') t^'j/'- c? imm. 



sk. 



Toug-atabu. 



Levuka, Auir. 15 (i?. L.Layard). 

 Ovalau, April '2'i {E. L. Lui/nrd). 

 Taviuui, Aug. 14 {E. L. L.). 

 Taviuni (Liardet). 

 Rewa, Jau. 7 (E. L. L.). 

 Ml)au Island, \\\g. 7. 

 Loma Loma, Dec. 3 {E. L. L.). 

 Kaudaru. 



Voy. II.M.S. 

 ienp-er.' 



Chal- 



Tweeddale Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Tweeddale CoU. 

 Salvin-Godmau Coll. 

 Tweeddale CoU. 

 .1. Bienchley, Esq. [P.]. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Voy. H.M.S. 'Chal- 

 lenger.' 



34. Halcyon juliae. 



Sauropatis jiilife, Heine, J. f. O. 1860, p. 184. 



Dncelo grayi, Scld. Mus. P.-B. Alced. p. 37 (1863). 



Halcyon julia?, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 93, no. 1124 (1869) ; Bharpe, 

 Monogr. Alced. p. 227, pi. 86 (1871); Tristr. Ibis, 1876, p. 260 

 (EiTomango, Aneiteuni, Amira) ; id. Ibis, 1878, p. 268, note ; id. 

 Ibis, 1879, p. 181 (New Caledonia), p. 191 (Vate) ; Mamsay, 

 Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. TV. iii. p. 337 (1879 : Havannah Harbour) ; 

 Layard, Ibis, 1880, p. 459 (Aneiteum, Tanna, Vate, S. Bartholomew, 

 in New Hebrides). 



Adult. Mantle, upper back, and scapulars green; lower back, 

 rump, and upper tail-coverts brighter greenish blue ; wing-coverts 

 bright greenish blue, the greater coverts and outer aspect of quills 

 ultramarine-blue, the inner secondaries greener ; inner aspect and 

 ends of quills black ; tail-feathers blue, blackish along the inner 

 edge and along the shafts : crown of head greenish blue, surrounded 

 by a broad band of cinnamon-buff, which extends from the base of 

 the nostril over the eye and surrounds the nape : lores and eyelid 

 black ; sides of face and ear-covcrts dark green, the hinder ear- 

 coverts black, which is continued in a band round the hind neck 

 and is followed by a broad white collar round the latter ; the mantle 

 separated from the white collar by a blackish shade ; cheeks and 

 under surface of body pure white, including the under wing-coverts, 

 the latter slightly dusted with fulvous ; quills blackish below, ashy 

 fulvous along the inner web. Total length 8-S inches, culmen 1-8, 

 wing 4-05, tail 2-~, tarsus 0-6. 



Adult female. Like its ally, U. sacer, this species appears to 

 undergo a similar change of plumage, the fully adult bird having a 

 white eyebrow and nuchal collar : " bill black, white at base ; feet 

 dark olive; iris dark'" {G. E. Richards). Total length 8"5 inches, 

 culmen 1-8, wing 3-8, tail '2-b, tarsus 0"55. 



Youiuj. Much duller in colour and more dusky green than the 

 adults, with sandy-buff margins to the wing-coverts, the frontal 

 feathers also edged with sandy buff: a broad ferruginous eyebrow 

 continued into a nuchal collar ; under surface of body white, the 

 sides of the body washed with tawny buff. 



Hah. New Hebrides. Mr. Layard states that he has also received 

 it from Ansevata, New Caledonia. 



