16. iiALCTON. 



265 



«. Ad. sk. New Hebrides. 



b, c. Ad. sk. New Hebrides. 



d. (S imm. sk. Aneiteum, June 16 {J. Mac- 



giUivray). 



e. c? jur. sk. Aneiteum, Dec. 10. 

 /. S inini. sk. Aneiteum, Aug. 



//. $ ad. sk. EiTomango, Sept. 12. 



h. S juv. sk. Tanna, Dec. 5 (/. M.). 

 i. $ ad. sk. Havannali Harboiu-, Vat(5, April 



20 (G. E. Richards). 



J. MacgilllYi-ay [C.]. 

 Capt. J. Wickham 



Perrv [P.]. 

 Enon Coll. 



J. Macgilli-sTay [C.]. 

 J. Brencliley, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 J. Macgillivray [C.]. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Tweeddale CoU. 



35. Halcyon occipitalis. 



Todirhampbus coUaris {nee Swains.), Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. xv. 



pp. 23, 51, .369 (1846). 

 Todirhampbus occipitalis, Blyth, J. A. S. Benq. xv. p. 369 (1846) ; 



id. Cat. B. Mm. As. Soc. p. 48 (1849) ; Cass. U.S. Rxpl. Exped. 



p. 205, pi. 19. fig. 1 (1858). 

 Halcyon occipitalis, Ball, J. A. S. Beng. xxxix. p. 31 (1870) ; id. 



Sf'r. F. i. p. 58 (1873) ; id. Xests S,- Eggs Ind. B. p. 107 (1873) ; 



Rume, Str. F. ii. p. 171 (1874 : Nico'bars) : id. Str. F. viii. p. 86 



(1879); Davison, Ibis, 1885, p. 332 ; Oates, ed. Hume's Nests &• 



Eggs, iii. p. 19 (1890). 



Adult male. Very similar to H.jidice, and having the same broad 

 superciliary band of einnamou-bniJ, but this is much paler, and it 

 further differs in the ochreous-buff abdomen, flanks, and under 

 tail-coverts. Total length 9-5 inches, culmen 1-8, wing 4*1, tail 2-6, 

 tarsus 0-55. 



Adult female. Similar to the male, but apparently always whiter 

 below. Total length 9-5 inches, culmen 2-16, wing 4'1, tail 3, 

 tarsus 0'65. 



Hub. Xicobar Islands. 



a, b. Ad. et imm. 



sk. 

 c. Ad. sk. 

 d-f. d ad. ; g, h, 



i. 2 ad. sk. 

 k, I. 2 ad. sk. 



m-iv. (5 ad. et 

 imm.; .x-c' . 2 

 ad. et imm. sk. 



d',e'. S 5 ad. sk. 



/. cJ imm. ; g'. 2 

 ad. sk. 



/('. 2 ad. sk. 



i'. 2 ad. sk. 



k'. (5 ad. ; I', in'. 



2 imm. sk. 

 n, 0. (S 2 ad. sk. 



Nicobars (J?. J. Wimberley). 



Nicobars. 



Car Xicobar, :\larcb (.4. 0. H. : 



W. I).). 

 Tillauf^choung, Nicobars, March 



10 (A. O. H.). 

 Camorta, Nicobars, Feb., March 



( W. Davison). 



Camorta, Dec. (R. J. Witnberley). 

 Trinkut, Dec, Jan. {R. J. Wim- 

 berley). 

 Trinkut, March 1 (IF. Davison). 

 Naucowry, Dec. {R. J. IVimler- 



If'!/)- 

 Katchall, March (Tf. Davison). 



Tress Island, March 15 {W. 

 Davison). 



Sharpe Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 

 Tweeddale CoU. 



Hume Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



