y\ 6 ad. ; li\ $ 



imm. sk. 

 i^. Ad. sk. 

 A%Z3. ^ ad.; m^ 



$ ad. sk. 

 ra^. (J ad. sk. 

 o\ p\ 6 $ ad. 



sk. 

 9^ Ad. sk. 



?'3. Imm. sk. 



A"*. Imm. sk. 

 t^. 5 imm. sk. 



V?, S ad. sk. 

 v'. Skeleton. 



10. HALCYON. 



Boulu (A. R. Wallace). 



Amboiua. 



Timor Laut, Aug., Sept. 



N. Ceram {A. R. Wallace). 

 Banda. 



Banda {A. R. Wallace : Sharps 



Coll.). 

 Goram {A . R. Wallace : S/iarpe 



Coll.). 

 Mysol. 

 Gagie Island (A . R. Wallace : 



Sharpe Coll.). 

 Aru Islands {A. R. W.). 

 Java. 



277 



Twecddale Coll. 



Wallace Coll. 



H. 0. Forbes, Esq. 



[C.]. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Voy. of H.M.S. 



'Challenger.' 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



Wallace Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Subsp, a. Halcyon armstrongi. (Plate VII. fig. 1.) 



Halcyon collaris {nee Swains.), Gould, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 151 (Bang- 

 kok). 



Halcyon chloris {nee Bodd.), Hume, Sir. F. ii. p. 470 (1874) ; 

 Armstr. Sir. F. iv. p. 306 (1876 : Irrawady Delta) ; Hume ^- Davi- 

 son, Sir. F. vi. p. 78 (1878: Tenasserim) ; Hume, Sir. F. viii. 

 p. 86 (1879, pt.) ; Oates, Handb. B. Brit. Burm. ii. p. 85 (1883). 



Todirhaiupbus collaris {nee Swains.), Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 228 (1862). 



Todirbamphiis chloris {nee Bodd.), Hume, Ibis, 1870, p. 438 (Sun- 

 derbunds). 



Sam-opatis chloris {nee Bodd.), Blyth S,- Wcdd. B. Burm. p. 71 (1875) ; 

 Miill. J.f. 0. 1882, p. 398 (Salanga). 



Adult male. Similar to H. chloris, but witb green ear-coverts and 

 the black band round the nape obsolete. Total length 9 inches, 

 culmen 1-9, wing 4-2, tail 2-7, tarsus O'd. 



Adult female. Similar to the male in colour : " upper mandible 

 and tip of lower mandible black, whitish slate-colour at the base ; 

 feet purplish brown, claws black; iris light brown " (TF. Dc(vison). 

 Total length 8*5 inches, culmen 1-95, wing 4*1, tail 2-?, tarsus 0-5. 



Hub. From the Suuderbuuds to Burmah, Tenasserim, and Siam, 

 south to the Malayan Peninsula, Sumatra, and Northern Borneo. 



Sunderbunds, April, Sept. {V. Ball). Hume Coll. 



Elephant Point, Dec. 9 {J. Armstrong). Hume Coll. 



Syriam, Feb. 16 {J. Armstrong). Hume Coll, 



Irrawady Delta. Oates Coll. 



Thatone, Tenasserim. Hume Coll. 



Yea, April {W. Davison). Himie Coll. 



Wippitan, Dec. {J. Darling). Hume Coll. 



Amherst, Dec, Jan., March, July ( W. Hume Coll. 

 Davison\. 



Mergui, June, Xov. ( W. Davison). Hume Coll. 



Kolan Island, Mergui Arehip., Dec. Hume QoW. 

 ( TT'^, Davison). 



