192 CAIMPRELL, Birds of Grootc Eylandt. U^if^T 



Alcyone acurea pule lira. Purple Kingfisher. 



d 9 Both blackish above, some feathers only tipped with blue ; 

 flanks also blackish, not abundantly bluish, as is usual in the 

 species ; may be a phase of plumage. 



Alvcone piisilla. Little Kingfisher. 



9 This is another Gilbertian type-locality bird, which Mr. 

 McLennan did not procure when in Arnhem Land, fortune 

 favouring him on this occasion. The specimen is typical. 



Dacelo leachii cervina. Fawn-breasted Kingfisher. 



9 See former remarks, Emu, xviii., p. 180. 

 Halcyon macleayi. Forest Kingfisher. 



d* "Similar to both N.T. and Cape York examples except for 

 the feathers of the wing coverts, which are tipped with silvery 

 colour of pretty appearance against the blue. 

 Halcyon sanctus. Sacred Kingfisher. 



d Immature and slightly .smaller than same from New South 

 Wales (type locality). 

 Halcyon chloris. Mangrove Kingfisher. 



cf c? Fine skins, apparently typical. 

 Merops ornatus. Bee-Eater. 



d" In good plumage. Skin dated 3/7/21. Many of these birds 

 were seen on that date, denoting possibly that all Bee-eaters do 

 not migrate beyond Australia. 

 Burostopodus guttatus. Spotted Nightjar. 



d* 9 Hand.some pair; male more spotted on breast, not finely 

 freckled like female. Can hardly distinguish between a bird 

 from Victorian Mallee country and those from Northern Terri- 

 tory. The "H. L. White Collection" possesses a very reddish 

 example from Narromine, N.S.W. 



Cacomantis pyrrhophanus dumetorum. Northern Square-tailed 

 Cuckoo. 



d Typical. 

 Chalcites basalis. Narrow-billed Bronze Cuckoo. 9 



Lamprococcyx minutillus. Little Bronze Cuckoo, d" 

 Pitta iris. Rainbow Pitta. 



d 9 Examination of a good series in the National Museum 

 shows no difference in this insular pair. 



Hylochelidon nigricans. Tree Martin. 



9 Smaller and paler coloured than typical. See rogcrsi, 

 Mathews, Austral Avian Record, i., p. 38. 

 Microcca flaz'igaster. Yellow-breasted Flycatcher. 



d Similar to bird from the type locality (N.T.), which has 

 a buflfy olive upper surface, as against brighter coloration 

 (Citrine) of the North Queensland birds. The examination of 

 a larger .series has caused me to modify the views expressed in 

 Emu, xviii., p. 181. 



