62 ON BIRDS FROM SEKRU, 



45. Alcyone Lessoni Cass. 



Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. M. XVII, p. 170. 

 Salvad. Orn. Pap. I, p. 410. 



One adult male (24 January) in full plumage; tip of 

 bill hornish white, agreeing with one specimen from Lobo 

 Bay (coll. by Dr. S. Muller, 1828). 



Al. 75 mm.; caud. 35 mm.; culm. 44 mm. 



46. Ceyx solitaria (Temm.). 



Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. M. XVII, p. 188. 

 Salvad. Orn. Pap. I, p. 420. 



Two adult specimens (10 December and 25 January) in 

 full plumage, alike with the type-specimen from Lobo Bay 

 (coll. by Dr. Ö. Muller, 1828). 



[Iris brown, bill black, feet red. Schadler]. 



47. Syma torotoro Less. 



Salvad. Orn. Pap. I, p. 482. 



S. torotoro et flavirostris (Gould), Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. M. XVII, pp. 

 196, 197. 



Two adult males (8 December and 15 February) in full 

 plumage; in one specimen the black spot on each side of 

 hindneck is very small, in the other one these spots are 

 considerably larger and form nearly a half collar. Bill in 

 both specimens uniform orange-yellow, showing therefore 

 the character of the North-Australian form {flavirostris), 

 but the colour of the bill is of no specific value. Speci- 

 mens shot by myself on the Cape York Peninsula (Somerset) 

 have the apical third of the bill dark brown, whereas spe- 

 cimens procured by me in New Guinea (Port Moresby 

 District) have the bill uniform orange-yellow (Fiusch: 

 Vogel der Südsee, 1884, pp. 25 and 32). 



[Iris brown, bill and feet yellow. Schadler]. 



48. Melidora macrorhina (Less.). 



Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. M. XVII, p. 201. 



r^otes from tlie Leyden IMuseuxn , Vol. X.XII. 



