290 ALCEDlNiD.15 



{J. Young). Total length 8 inches, culmeu ] --io, wing 4, tail 2-8, 

 tarsus 0*65. 



Hah. Island of Morea, Society group. 



a. Ad. sk. Morea. John Young, Esq. [P.]. 



b. Ad. sk. [Society Islands.] Old Coll. 



3. Todirhampliiis recurvirostris. 



Todirharaphns recurrirostris, Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1842, p. 134 ; Reichenb. 



Handb., Alced. p. 35 (1851)"; Cass. Cat. Halcyon. Philad. Mus. 



p. 11 (1852) ; id. U.S. Expl. Rrped., Birds, pp. 158, 216, pi. 17 



(1858) ; SJiarpe, Monogv. Alced. p. 247, pi. W (1870). 

 Halcyon platyrostris, Gould, P. Z. S. 1842, p. 72 ; Gray, Gen. B. i. 



p. 79 (1846) ; id. List Fissir. Brit. Mus. p. 58 (1848) ; id. Cat. B. 



Trop. Isl. Pacific Ocean, p. 6 (1859). 

 Dacelo luluima, Peak, U.S. Expl. Exped. p. 159, pi. 145 (1848); 



m.rtl. Arch.f. Naturg. 1852, p. lll._ 

 Todirhrmphus platyrostris, Bp. Consp. i. p. 156 (1850). 

 Coporhamphus recurvirostris, Cab. ^ Heine, Mus. Hein. Th, ii. 



p. 160 (1860). 

 Halcyon recurvirostris, Finsch S,- Hartl. Faun. Polyn. p. 41 (1867) ; 



Whitmee, Ibis, 1875, p. 487. 

 Halcyon platyrostra, Seebohm, Trans. Norf. <$• Norte. Soc. v. p. 126 



(1891). 



Adult male. General colour above greenish blue, a little brighter 

 blue on the wings, the quills with dusky blackish ends and inner 

 webs ; tail blue, with black shafts to the feathers ; crown of head 

 greenish blue, brighter blue along the sides of the crown above the 

 ear-coverts ; on the occiput a half-concealed spot of ochreous buff; 

 lores, eyelid, sides of face, and ear-coverts dark green, continued into 

 a band of black round the nape, which is followed by a broad collar 

 of ochreous buff, which is separated from the mantle by a slight 

 blackish shade on the upper part of the latter ; above the eye a 

 white spot ; at the base of the uostrils a supraloral spot of ochreous 

 buff; cheeks ochreous buff, as also the under surface of the body: 

 chest buff-colour, deeper on the sides of the body ; tliroat and 

 fo'-e-ncck white : " bill black, white at base of lower mandible ; feet 

 livid flesh-colour ; iris brown " {E. L. Layard). Total length 7 

 inches, culmen 1-55, wing 3-15, tail 2-1.5, tarsus 0-55. 



Young. Duller in colour than the adult, and inclining to cinna- 

 mon-buff on the lores, sides of neck, hind neck, and underparts, 

 the feathers of the breast and hind neck edged with dusky blackish 

 fringes. 



Hah. Samoan Islands. 



