308 ALCEDINID^. 



(18G9); Shm-pe, P. Z. S. 1869, p. 631 ; id. Monogr. Alced. p. 281, 



pi. 110 (1S71); Salvad. A)in. Mua. Gmnv. vii. p. 76-'5 (1875), viii. 



p. 397 (1876) ; Salvad. t. c. pp. 127, 302 (1877) ; id. Atti R. Accad. 



Set. Tor. xiii. p. 319 (1878) ; Salvad. Orn. Papitasia etc. i. p. 439 



(1880) ; Nehrk. J. f. 0. 188.5, p. 31 (Waigiou) ; Guillem. P. Z. S. 



1885, p. 626 (Batauta, Audai, Waigiou); Salvad. Ar/q. Orn. 



Papiinsia, i. p. 54 (1889). 

 Tanysipteva rosenbergii, Kanp (ubi ?), teste Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 90, 



no. 1079 (1869), iii. p. 307 (1871). 

 Dacelo rosenbergii, Giehel, Thes. Orn. ii. p. 8 (1875). 



Adult. Head and uape brilliant ultramarine ; cheeks, ear-coverts, 

 sides of the neck, back, and scapulars deep blue-black ; upper 

 wing-coverts black, edged with dark blue, the interior ones bright 

 ultramarine ; quills black, the inner web white at the base, the 

 outer web plentifully washed with dark blue ; lower part of the 

 back, rump, and ujiper tail-coverts pure white ; tail-featliers white, 

 with a narrow edging of bliie on the outer web, the two middle 

 tail-feathers blue as far as the spatula, a white spot or two at the 

 base of the feathers, and a very narrow edging of white here and 

 tliere on the inner web ; entire under surface creamy white : bill 

 sealing-wax red; feet olive-brown. Total length 17"5 inches, of 

 bill from front 1"3, from gape I'S, wing 4'4, tail 4-0, middle rectrices 

 11, tarsus 0-4, middle toe 0-8, hind toe 0-35. 



Hah. New Guinea and Salawati. Islands of Biitanta, Waigiou, 

 and Guebeh. 



Tweeddale Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 



Wallace Coll. 



Wallace Coll. 

 Wallace Coll. 



Vallace). Gould Coll. 



15. Tanysiptera microrhyncha. 



Tanysiptera galatea (nee Gray), Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. 



Wales, i. p. 390 (1877 ; Port Moresby) ; id. op. cit. iii. p. 259 



(1879) ; id. op. cit. iv. p. 96 (1879) ; D' Albert. Ann. Mus. Genov. 



X. p. 19 (1877 ; Fly lliver). 

 Tanysiptera microrhyncha, Sharpe, Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. p. 429 



(1882 : Muroco district and East Cape) ; Finsch 8f Meyer, 



Zeitsclir. gas. Orn. iii. p. 13 (1886). 

 Tanysiptera galatea, var. minor, Salvad. S)- UAWert. Ann. Mus. 



Genov. vii. p. 815 (1875); Salvad. op. cit. ix. p. 21 (1876); id. 



P. Z. S. 1876, p. 752 ; I)\lllwrt. S,- Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. xiv. 



p. 49 (1879); Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. iv. p. 90 



(1879). 

 Tanysiptera microrhyncha, Sharpe, Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. pp. 311, 493 



(1878), xiv. pp. 629, 686 (1879) ; Finsch S,- Meyer, Zeifschr. yes. 



Orn. iii. p. 13 (1886); Sharpe in Gould's Ii. N. Guinea, iv. pi. 67 



(1888) ; Salvad. Ayy. Orn. Papuasia, i. p. 54 (1889). 



