108 Mr. D. A. Baniierman on the 



Evidently a straggler to the island, the Roller has been 

 taken once in St. Thomas by Weiss, and the specimen is said 

 by Count Salvadori to be in the Hamburg Museum. 



31. Halcyon dry as. 



Halcyon dnjas Hartl. ; Salvadori, Orn. Golfo d. Guinea, ii. 

 1903, p. 32; Bocage, Jorn. Sci. Lisboa, 1905, p. 73. 



This Wood-Kingfisher, so common in Prince's Island, is, 

 judging from the number of times it has been obtained, of 

 very rare occurrence in St. Thomas. There is a single 

 example in the British Museum from that island, and, 

 according to Salvadori, the Lisbon Museum possesses a skin 

 obtained there by Francisco Newton many years ago. 



32. *Corytlioriiis thomensis. 



Corythornis thomensis Salvadori, Ibis, 1902, p. 568, pi. xiii. ; 

 id. Orn. Golfo d, Guinea, ii. 1903, p. 32 ; Bocage, Jorn. 

 Sci. Lisboa, 1905, p. 74. 



a. S ad. (No. 35). Rio Grande. 27.i.09. 



h. S imm. (No. 36). „ „ „ 



c. S imm. (No. 37). „ „ „ 



d. ? ad. (No. 34). 



e. $ ad. (No. 54). „ „ 28. i. 09. 

 /. (J ad. (No. 119). Zalma. 5.ii.09. 

 g. S ad. (No. 118). „ 7. ii. 09. 

 h. $ ad. (No. 117). „ 7. ii.09. 



C. thomensis is a very distinct form, first described by 

 Couut Salvadori. From Corythornis galerita he distinguished 

 it as follows : — 



*' Corythornis, C. galerit(B similis, sed gastrseo castaneo, loris 

 nigris, regione malari castanea paulum nigro tincta, tseniis- 

 que transversis pilei caeruleo-viridibus, seu malachitaceis, 

 diversa. 



"Long. tot. mm. 145-147; al. 59; caud. 28; rostri 

 culm. 32. 



''Av. junior. Begione malari, loris, capitis lateribus, pectore 

 medio ej usque lateribus fusco-nigris ; dorso maculis cteruleo- 

 malachitaceis notato ; rostro nigro.^^ 



