HALCYOX.- 



-TODIRAMPnUS. 41 



!j. Welliuptoii, N.S.W., SrdDec. (.4. Crowley Bequest. 

 J. North). 



1. Sydney, Oct. {£. P. Ramsay : Tris- Crowley Bequest. 



trnm Coll.). 



2. Albert Park, Victoria, lOtli Nov. Crowley Bequest. 



{A. J. North). 



Halcyon vagans (Less-.). 



Halcyon vagans, Potts, Trans. New Zeal. Inst. ii. p. 52 (1869) ; iii. p. 69 

 (1870); V. p. 172 (1872); Shar2)e, Mon. AlcedlnuUe, p. 237 (1871) ; 

 Buller, Birds Neio Zeal. 2ad ed. i. p. 121 (1888) ; Sharpc, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. xvii. p. 271 (1892) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 161 (1899) ; 

 Sharpe, Hund-l. ii. p. 60 (1900). 



The eggs of the New Zealand Kingfisher measure from 1-02 to 

 1-1 in length, and from -83 to -92 in breadth. 



1. Canterbury, New Zealand. Capt. R. Snow [1'.]. 



1. Canterbury, 17tli Oct. {E. P. Sey- Crowley Bequest. 



mour). 



2. Otago, New Zealand, 22nd Nov. Crowley Bequest. 



{E. P. S.). 



2. Norfolk Island {E. L. Layard : Tris- Crowley Bequest. 



tram Coll.). 



Halcyon chloris {BodcL). 



Ilalcvon chloris, Sharpe, 3Ion. Alcedinidcs, p. 229 (1870); id. P. Z. S. 



1879, p. 332 ; id. Cat. Birds B. M. xvii. p. 273 (18!)2) ; id. lland-l. ii. 



p. 60 (1900). 

 Sauropatis chloris, Blanf. Faun. Brit.Ind., Birds, iii. p. 135 (1895). 



Three eggs of the White-collared Kingfisher measure from 1*1 to 

 1-2 in length, and from '92 to -98 in breadth. 



3. Labuan, Borneo, 22nd March. Sir Hugh Low [C.]. 

 3. Akyab, Burma, 18th April {E. R. Crowley Bequest, 



Shopland). 

 2. Akyab, 10th May (E. R. S.). Crowley Bequest. 



1. Akyab, 9th July {E. R. S.). Crowley Bequest. 



Genus TODIRAMPHUS, Less. 



Todiramphus recurvirostris, Lafr. 



Todiramphus recurvirostris, Sharpe, Mon. Alcedinidcn, p. 247 (1870) ; id. 

 Cat. Birds B. M. xvii. p. 290 ( 1892) : id. Hand-l. ii. p. 61 (1900) ; 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 161 (1899). 



Halcyon recurvirostris, Whitmee, Ibis, 1875, p. 437. 



The egg of the Flat-billed Kingfisher in the Collection is sphe- 

 roidal in shape and destitute of gloss. It measures -OT by '8. 



1. Samoa, Jan. Rev. S. J. Whitmee [C.]. 



