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The eggs of the Azure Kingfisher measure '85 by "74 ; -82 by -"2 ; 

 •8 by -69 ; -83 by -73 ; -89 by -75 ; So by -74 ; '83 by -73. 



1. New South Wales. Gould Coll. 



3. Liverpool, N.S.W., 18th Dec. Crowley Bequest. 



(A. J. North). 

 3. Murray River, N.S.W., Dec. W. Radclitie Sauuders, Esq. [P.]. 



Alcyone pulchra, GuuJd. 



Aloyoue pulchra, Gonlrl, H<mdh. Birds Anstr. i. p. 141 (18(:>o) ; S/iarpe, 

 Mon. Alcediiddce, p. 45 (1870) ; North, Nesls <<f Eyqa Ausfr. Birds, 

 p. 41 (1889) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xvii. p. "169 (1892) ; id. 

 Hand-l. ii. p. 52 (1900). 



Alcyone azurea pulchra, CatiipheU, Nests ^- Eggs Ausfr. Birds, ii. 

 p. 549 (1901). 



Two eggs of the Resplendeut Kingfisher measure resi;)ectivelv : 

 •81 by -72; -82 by -72. 



2. Port Essington, Australia. Gould Coll. 



Sub-Family DACELONIN/E. 

 Cenus CEYX, Loceji. 



Ceyx dillwynni, iSharpe. 



Ceyx dillwynui, Sharpe, 3Iov. Alcedi^iidce, p. 125(1870); id. F. Z. S. 

 1879, p. 3o0; id. Ibis, 1890, p. 19; id. Cat. Birds IJ. M. xvii. 

 p. 177 (1892) ; id. Hand-l. ii. p. 52 (1900). 



The eggs of Dillwyn's Kingfisher in the Collection are spheroidal 

 in shape, very glossy, and measure respectively : '77 by -6 ; 

 •75 by -61 ; '72 by '6 ; -72 by 'Q2. A specimen, taken by the 

 late Mr. Whitehead in Borneo, is much larger, measuring '87 by •71. 



1. Borneo. Crowley Bequest. 



3. Labuan, Borneo. Sir Hugh Low [C.]. 

 1, Lawas llivei', Borneo, 5tli April Crowley Piequest. 



(/. Whitehead). 



Genus SYMA, Less. 



Syma torotoro. Less. 



Syma torotoro, Sharpe, Mon. AlcedinidcB, p. 151 (18G9) ; id. Cat. Birds 

 B. M. xvii. p. 196 (1892) ; id. Hand-l. ii. p. 55 (1900). 



Four eggs of the Saw-billed Kingfisher in the Collection are 

 spheroidal in form and very glossy. They measure respectively : 

 •93 by -79 ; -92 by •S ; ^94 by -S ; -93 by -8. 



4. S.E. New Guinea. Herr AVeiske [C.]. 



