266 ALCEDlNID.i:. 



36. Halcyon pealii. 



Darelo albifrons, Penh, U.S. Expl. E.rped. p. 162 (1848, descr. nulla). 

 Todiilmniphus tuta (72ec Gm.), Cassin, U.S. E.i[pl. E.vjjed., Birds, 



pp. li)2, 20(i, pi. 15. fig. 1 (1858). 

 Halcyon sacra {iiec Gm.), Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. TV. ii. 



p. 141 (1S78 : Tutuila). 

 Halcyon pealei, Finsch i)- Hartl. Faun. Centralpolyn. p. 40 (1867). 



Adult. General colour above green ; the lower back, rump, and 

 upper tail-coverts lighter and more greenish blue, the lateral tail- 

 coverts edged with white on the inner web ; wing-coverts also greenish 

 blue, the greater coverts and outer aspect of quills more ultra- 

 marine ; tail blue, with black shafts, the inner webs blackish, and 

 the outer feathers fringed with white at the end of their inner 

 webs ; crown of head green in the centre ; forehead, eyebrow, and 

 sides of crown pure white, encircling the nape ; lores black ; eyelid 

 white ; ear-coverts dark green ; below the nape a band of black, 

 followed by a white collar round the hind neck ; cheeks and entire 

 under surface of body pure white. Total length 8'o inches, culmen 

 1-75, wing 3*95, tail 2-8, tarsus 0*55. 



Hah. Island of Tutuila, Samoa group. 



a. Ad. sk. [Tutmla.l Gould Coll. 



b. 2 <ic^- sl^'- Tutuila, July. J. Brenehley, Esq. [P.]. 



37. Halcyon tutuilae. 



Ilalcvon coronata (»ec <S'. J///7/.), Pe«Ze, U.S. E.rpl. F.iped. p. 1.56, 

 pi.' 160 (1848) ; Hartl. Arch. Natitrg. 1852, p. 111. 



Todirliamplius tuta, Cass. U.S. Expl. Exped., Birds, pi. 15. fig. 1 

 (1858). 



Halcyon sacra {nee Gm.), Salvin, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 129 (Tutuila). 



Adidt. Similar to H. sacer, but having a broad white frontal 

 band which is continued into the white eyebrow and surrounds the 

 hinder nape in a band. Total length 8"5 inches, culmen 1"8, wing 

 3-85, tail 2-7, tarsus 0-5. 



Hab. Island of Tutuila, Samoa group. 



a. Ad. sk. Tutuila (Bei\ J. Powell). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



38. Halcyon tannensis. 



Adult male. Similar to H. tristrami from the Fiji Islands {vide 

 p. 267), but differing in the wider extent of the orange-buff supraloral 

 spot ; the collar on the hinder nape cinnamon ; the cheeks and under 

 surface being also fulvous, paler on the throat, but deepening to 

 orange-buff on the lower abdomen, flanks, and under tail-coverts ; 

 under wing-covcrts deep orange-buff. Total length 8-5 inches, 

 culmen 1-85, wing 3-9, tail 2-8, tarsus 0-55. 



Hah. Island of Tanna, New Hebrides. 



a. 6 ad. sk. Tanna, Dec. 4 [Dr. F. M. Voy. H.M.S. ' Herald. 



Pat/iier). 



