20. TANYSIPTERA. 309 



Taiiysiptera galatea, pt., Salmd. Orn. Papuasia etc. i. p. 438 (1880), 

 iii. p. 523 (1882) ; Finsch, Voff. der Siidsee, p. 24 (1884). 



Adult. Similar to T. r/alatea, and having the nmautle blue-bhick 

 as in that species, but easily distinguished by its much smaller 

 bill. Total length 12 inches, culmen 1-35, wing 4*1, tail 3-9, 

 central feathers 7, tarsus 0*6. 



flab. S.E. New Guinea. 



a, b. Juv. sk. Aleya, S.E. New Guinea, April. Ur. James [C.l. 



c. 5 ad. sk. Opposite Yule Island, Nov. Dr. James [C.J. 



(Type of species.) 



d, e. Ad. sk. Opposite Yule Island, Feb., Nov. Tweeddale Coll. 



(Dr. James), 

 f-k. Ad. ; /. Inland from Port Moresby {A. Tweeddale & 

 Juv.sk. Goldie). Gould Colls. 



7)1. Ad. St. Inland from Port Moresby {A. Sharpe Coll. 



Goldie). 



16. Tanysiptera rosseliana. 



Tanysiptera rosseliana, Tristr. Ibis, 1889, p. 557 (Rossel Island). 

 Tanysiptera galatea {nee Gray), De Vis, Brit. Neio Guinea, Report, 

 p." 108 (1890). 



Adult. General colour above deep blue, including the mantle and 

 scapulars ; the entire back from the mantle downwards, including 

 the upper tail-coverts and tail-feathers, white ; the two centre tail- 

 feathers with a long racket at the end, before which the narrow 

 elongated portion of the feathers is blue ; wing-coverts and quills 

 black, externally deep blue, with a shoulder-patch of brighter blue 

 on the lesser wing-coverts, which are of the same tint as the crown ; 

 entire crown, nape, and hind neck bright blue ; a line across the 

 base of the forehead, lores and eyelid black ; cheeks, ear-coverts, 

 and sides of neck deep blue ; entire under surface of body white, 

 with a patch of black feathers slightly washed with blue at the 

 sides of the chest ; thighs with a few blue feathers near the tibial 

 joint ; axillaries and under wing-coverts black with a slight wash 

 of deep blue, the blue brighter near the edge of the wing ; quills 

 black. Total length 15 inches, culmen 1-3, wing 4'35, tail -I'T, 

 central tail-feathers 10'3, tarsus 0'7. 



Hah. llossel Island, Louisiade Archipelago. 



a. Ad. sk. Pkossel Island. Salviu-Godraau Coll. 



17. Tanysiptera meyeri. 



Tanysiptera galatea {nee Gruij), Meyer, Zeitschr. yes. Orn. ii. p. 33 



(1886, Kafu). 

 Tanysiptera meyeri, Salvad. Ayg. Orn. Papuasia etc. i. p. 54 (1889) ; 



Meyer, Abhandl. k. Zool. Mm. Dresd. 1890-91, no. 4, p. 8. 



Adtdt. Similar to T. microrhjfncha and having the same small 

 bill, but the upper parts more distinctly shaded with purple. The 



