322 Prof. T. Salvador! on the 



In P. macrwus, Gould, from Cape York (called melanurus, 

 Gould, by Mr. Ramsay), the wings and the tail-feathers are 

 not blackish, as in my P. nigricans, but reddish banded 

 with black. 



Alcedinid^. 

 Of the ten species mentioned by Mr. Ramsay the follow- 

 ing deserve notice : — 



Alcyone affinis. Gray, apud Ramsay, /. c. p. 258. 



This name belongs to the species from the Halmahera 

 group, which is sufficiently distinct from that of New Guinea. 

 The latter ought to stand as A. lessoni, Cass. 



Tanysiptera. salvadoriana, Ramsay, sp. nov., I. c. p. 259. 



Mr. Ramsay has done me the honour of naming after me 

 the Tanysiptera from the south of New Guinea, allied to 

 T. Sylvia from Cape York. I have already pointed out (Ann. 

 Mus. Civ. Gen. viii. p. 815) the chief differences; but my 

 specimens were not in very good plumage ; so I did not 

 venture to describe them as belonging to a new species. 

 But no doubt Mr. Ramsay, who most likely has specimens 

 in good condition, has been able to judge better than I. 



Halcyon albicilla, Cuv., apud Ramsay, I. c. p. 261. 



I have examined Cuvier^s type ; and I am quite convinced 

 that the Marianne-Islands bird is a peculiar species, and that 

 the bird from New Guinea and the surrounding islands ought 

 to stand as Sauropatis saurophaga (Gould) . 



Dacelo leachi, var., Ramsay, /. c. p. 261. 



This is D. intermedins, Salvad. et D^Alb., which I still 

 think sufficiently distinct from any of the Australian forms. 

 At any rate the New-Guinea bird is more like the bird from 

 Cape York {D. cervimts, Gould) than that of Queensland 

 (D. leachi, Vig. et Horsf.) . 



PODARGID^. 



PoDARGUs MARMORATus, Gould, Ramsay, /. c. p. 264. 



The only specimen described by Mr. Ramsay is, according 

 to me, P. oceUatus, Q. et G., which varies a good deal, and 

 with which I think that P. marmoratus is identical. 



