20 t:ATAL()(iUr. OF HIUUI? FROM N'KW GUINKA. 



IlAf.C YON AI.BICIl.T.A. 



lldlcijon nihicilla, Less. Tr. irUrii. p. 2-47. 



Halr'ijon .murophapa, Gould, Voy. Sulphur, Zool. pi. 19. 



a. New (luiiiea (north eoast). Presented hy J. Gould, Esq. 



h. Louisiade Arclii])elago. Presented hy J. Maegillivra)'. Eso. 



Halcyon sancta. 



Hnlcyon sancta, Ws:,. & Horsf. Linn. Trans, xv. p. 206. 

 Dacelo chlorocephalus, var. p. Less. //a^ p/ i 



a. Aru Islands. Procured from Mr. Wallace. i)^<f , {ir^H ■} 



Halcyon cinnamomina. 



Halcyon cinnamominus. Swains. Zool. 111. pi. Cu ■ 

 Hah. New Guinea ; Ilavre-Dorey (Lessov). 



Halcyon sordida, var. 



Halcyon sordida, var., G. R. Gray, Pioc. Z. S. 1858, p. 172. 



Rather larger in all its dimensions: length 10", wings 4" 2'", 

 hill from gajie 2" ;V" ; hut the colour of the hack and rump is 

 hrighter than in Halcyon sordidus, Gould, B. of Austr. ii. pi. 23. 



a. Aru Islands. Procured from Mr. Wallace. 



The Hope Isles' specimens measured, length 10", wings 4" 6'", 

 bill from eJ^pe 2" 9'" ; while a specimen from Louisiade Archipelago 

 is of the 'length of 8" fi'", wings 3" !)'", and bill from gape 2" 1'", 

 which is about the same size as //. sordidus, Gould, but is rather, 

 brighter in its colours, and agrees best with the Aru specimen. 



Halcyon torotoro. 



Syma torotoro. Less. Voy. de la Coqu. t. 31*. f. 1. v^ 

 Halcyon torotoro, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. i. p. 79. 

 Hah. New Guinea ; Havre-Dorey (/.('««ow) ; 'Loho (Midler) ; Aru 

 Islands {JVallace). 



Tanysiptera ^^^^a£xU^/ f ^•^- '^•/^- ^^^■/'■^^■ 

 Alcedo Dea, Linn. S. N. i. p. 181. 

 Tanysiptera Dea, Vigors, Linn. Trans, xiv. p. 433. 

 a. New Guinea (Havre-Dorey). Procured from Baron Laugier's 

 Collection. O^'^^^J 



h. New Guinea. Procured from Mr. Turner. 



Tanysiptera Hydrocharis. 



Tanysiptera Hydrocharis, G. R.Gray, Proc. Z. S. lf^58, p. 172. 



Top of head blue ; eyebrows silvery blue ; cheeks, ear-coverts and 

 nape black ; hack and wings deep blue ; rump and beneath the body 

 white ; middle tail-feathers silvery blue, margined at base, and the 

 tips white; lateral tail feathers black, margined externally with deep 

 blue. r>in red, and ft>t fuscous. 



Length to end of middle tail-feathers 13" ; wings 3" 8'". 



