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reichenbachi (//urtl.) ( = I. cinnamomina, Swains. Tristr. Cat. Birds, 
p. 92).. One. Q jr.? Ponape. 
This specimen agrees with the description of /7. mediocris, juv. Sharpe (Cat. Birds, 
Brit. Mus. xvii. p. 260). 
pelewensis, Viglesw. Aves. Polynes. pp. 15, 16 (1894). 
Halcyon reichenbachi, auct, (ea Pelew Islands). 
One. Pelew Islands. 
australasie (Vicill.). Two. Timor. [New Guinea. | 
A specimen said to be from New Guinea has the under surface very much paler than 
the Timor example. We have included Meyer’s subspecies minor, from Timor- 
laut, under this name. 
sacer (Gm.). Five. 3¢, 92. Friendly Islands (Tongatabu, February). 
Fiji Islands. 
julie (Heine). Twenty. 3¢, 39, juv. New Hebrides (Aneityum ; 
Aniwa, November; Tanna, December; Vate, Havannah Harbour, June, 
July). 
It seems possible that both this species and H. sacer are dimorphic, and that 
perfectly adult birds may occur either with the white or cinnamon superciliaries 
and occipital bands. The most reliable test of immaturity seems to be the 
cinnamon edgings on the wing-coverts, and the black tips to the feathers of the 
sides of the breast, which latter is the last to disappear. Two specimens from 
Aniwa which, judged by these standards, seem perfectly adult differ from the rest 
in having the blue of the upper surface much brighter, with less tinge of green, 
especially on the wings and tail ; the whole of the under surface, except the throat, 
is cinnamon buff, approaching HZ. tristrami. The stripe from the-nostril round 
the head is rich cinnamon; a third specimen, however, shot on the same day, 
resembles H. ju/ic from other localities. It is possible that Aniwa is inhabited 
by a slightly differentiated form of H. julie, which may also occur on the island 
in its typical form. 
occipitalis (Blyth). Two. 2¢. Nicobar Islands (Camorta, December ; 
Trialul, May). 
pealii, Finsch & Hartl. 
tutuile, Shurpe. One. Samoa Islands (Tutuila). 
‘tannensis, Sharpe. 
T tristrami, Layard. Two. 6, 9. New Britain (Blanche Bay, July). 
Types of the species, Ibis, 1880, p. 460, pl. xv. 4 er 
Dr. Reichenow has described (Ornith. Monatsber. vi., p. 48, 1898), under the name 
Halcyon pachyrhynchus, a kingfisher from New Britain in the following terms :— 
“Very closely allied to H. vayans, and, as in that species, having the feathers of 
the forehead with rusty yellow edges, but with the bill shorter, more depressed, 
and broader; streak above the lores, band round the neck, cheeks and under 
surface, with the exception of the pure white chin, tinged with rusty yellow or 
ochreous fulvous, darker than in H. vagans. Total length, 180; wing, 100-105 ; 
tail, 55; bill, 40; tarsus, 15mm.” (Reichenow). Habitat. New Britain. Except 
in dimensions this description agrees very well with H. tristrami, the Types of 
which are before us, the differences in the length of the bill might be accounted 
for by Dr. Reichenow’s birds being younger. 
sanctus (iy. & Horsf.) (= H. solomonis, Ramsay, spm. «, Tristr. Cat. Coll. 
Birds, p. 94). Forty-six. 16¢ (4 jr.) 119 (1 jr.). New Britain 
(Blanche Bay, June). Duke of York Islands (Mioko Island, August). 
Solomon Islands (Rendova, August ; Bugotu). New Caledonia (Noumea, 
February, March, May, June, July, September, October; Ansevata, 
April; Mar Point, August) |New Guinea (Fly River). Northern 
Australia (West Island, Torres Straits, September; Maryborough, May ; 
Port Stephens). New South Wales (Hunter R.; Botany Bay). West 
Australia (Swan R., November). 
T vagans, @.2.Gr. Fourteen. 24, 9,2 jr. New Zealand (Wellington, 
March, May). Norfolk Island, October. ; 
No.5, 6, from Norfolk Island is the Type of 1. norfolkensis, Tristr., Ibis, 1885, p. 49. 
