l(j. HALcrox. 



283 



a-d. (j' ad. ; e, Little Coco Islands, March ( W. Davi- Hume Coll. 



/. 2 ad. sk. son), 



g. Ad. sk. Andaiuans, June {R. C. Beavan). Tweeddale Coll. 



h,i. cJ imm. ; South ADdamau.*, June, July, Aug-. Hume Coll. 



A-, /, m. 5 {R. J. Wimberley ^- W. Davison). 



imm. sk. 



n,o,p. (^ ad. ; South Andamans, Jan., Feb., March Tweeddale Coll. 



q. 9 ad. sk. {R. G. W. R.). 



r. 9 ad. sk. Sound Island, April 5 (W. Davison). Hume Coll. 



s. c? ad. sk. Ross Island, Dec. {R. G. W. R.). Tweeddale Coll. 



t. (S imm. sk. Viper Island, Dec. ( W. Davison). Hume Coll. 



u, V. Imm. sk. Port Blair, March. Hume Coll. 



w, X. (S ad. sk. Port Mouat, Jan., April ( W. Davison). Hiuue Coll. 



y-i'- (S $ ad. Hope Town, Dec. ( JF. Davison). Hume Coll. 



et imm. sk. 



c'-/. d' ad. ;^'. Aberdeen, Dec, March, April (Jr. Hume Coll. 



5 ad. sk. Davison: F. A. de Roepstorff). 



h', i'. (S ad. sk. Mount Harriet, Dec, March ( W. Davi- Hume Coll. 

 •sow). 



49. Halcyon funebris. 



Todirharaphus funebris, £j_i.Consp. i. p. 151 (1850 ; ex Forsten, MSS.) ; 



Reichenb. Kundh., Alced. p. 30 (1851) ; Cass. U. S. Eayl. Exped. 



p. 2:^5 (1858); Wald. i/^/s, 18C0, p. 198 ; id. Tram. Z. S. viii. 



p. 44 (1872). 

 Cyanalcyon funebris, Bp. Consp. Volucr. Anis. p. 9 (18.54). 

 Halcyon funebris, Gray, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 346 ; id. Hand-l. B. i. p. 93, 



no. 1126 (1869) ; Sharpe, Monogr. Alced. p. 243, pi. 92 (1870). 

 Dacelo funebris, Schl. Mns. P.-B. Alced. p. 40 (1803) ; id. Vog. 



Ned. Ind. Alced. pp. 29, 60, pi. xi. fig. 2 (It 64) ; Finsch, Neu- 



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



(1874). 

 Sauropatis funebris, Salvad. A7in. Mus. Genov. x. p. 306 (1877) ; id. 



Orn. Papuasia etc. i. p. 480 (1880). 



Adult. General colour above dark brown with greenish shades, 

 a little more distinct on the rump and upper tail-corerts ; wings 

 like the back, the quills and tail-feathers brown shaded externally 

 with green ; crown of head black, with scarcely any shade of green 

 excepting on the nape ; a loral spot of white, shot with blue : from 

 above the eye a broad white band encircling the nape and tinged 

 with blue ; sides of face and ear-coverts black, forming a band 

 which encircles the hind neck, and is separated from the mantle by 

 a broad white collar ; cheeks and entire under surface of body 

 white, with a patch of brown on the lower Hanks; on the white of 

 the underparts there is a distinct shade of green under certain 

 lights. Total length 11-5 inches, culmen 2-2, wing -l-Go, tail 3-.55, 

 tarsus 0'65. 



Young. Similar to the adult, but liaviiig the white feathers of the 

 collar on the neck and underparts edged with black ; bill black, 

 with a horny white tip to both mandibles. 



Hah. Islands of Halmahera and Ternate. 



