TROPICAL ISLANDS OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 5 



AlCEDINIDjE. 



Halcyon albicilla. 



Alcedo albicilla, Cuv. Dumont, Diet, des Sci, xxix. p. 2/3. 

 Dacelo albicilla, Less. Tr. d'Orn. p. 247. 

 Halcyon albicilla, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. i. p. 79. 

 Todiramphus albicilla, Pr. B. L'Ateneo Ital. 1854, p. 

 Ladrone or Marian Islands ; New Ireland (Port Praslin). 



Halcyon cinnamomina. B.M. 



Halcyon cinnamominus, Sw. Zool. Illustr. pi. 67. 



Dacelo ruficeps, Cuv. Less. Tr. d'Orn. i. p. 247. 



Todiramphus Reichenbachii, Hartl. Wiegm. Arch, fur Naturg. 

 1852, p. 131 ? 



Todiramphus cinnamominus, Cass. Expl. Exped. (1858) p. 220. 



Todiramphus ruficeps, Pr. B. L'Ateneo Ital. 1854, p. 



' Kiou kiou ' of the natives of New Ireland. 



Ladrone or Marian Islands ; New Caledonia ; New Hebrides ; 

 Solomon Islands ; New Ireland (Port Praslin). 



Halcyon vitiensis. B.M. 



Halcyon superciliosa, G. R. Gray, List of Fissir. B.M. p. 56. 



Alcedo collaris, var. I., Forst. Descr. &c. p. 1 63. 



Dacelo vitiensis, Peale, U. S. Expl. Exped. p. 156. 



Todiramphus vitiensis, Hartl. Wiegm. Arch, fur Naturg. 1852, 

 p. 130 ; Cass. U.S. Expl. Exped. (1858) pp. 195, 209. pi. 16. 



Todiramphus super ciliosus'!, Hartl. Wiegm. Arch, fur Naturg. 

 1852, p. 130. 



Tonga Islands (Tongatabu) ; Feejee Islands (Viti Levu or Am- 

 bow or Ambau, Ovolau, Venua Levu). 



Halcyon ? 



Alcedo collaris, var. II., Forst. Descr. &c. p. 163. 

 Todiramphus, sp.?, Hartl. Wiegm. Arch, fiir Naturg. 1852, p. 131. 

 Marquesas Islands (Insula S t,e Christinae or Christmia or St. 

 Christiana or Waitahoo or Tabouata or Ohitahoo ?) . 



Halcyon coronata. B.M. 



Dacelo coronata, Peale, U. S. Expl. Exped. p. 160. 



Todiramphus tuta, Cass. U. S. Expl. Exped. 1858, pp. 192, 206. 

 pi. 15. f. 1. 



Todiramphus coronatus, Hartl. Wiegm. Arch, fiir Naturg. 1852, 

 p. 130. 



Todiramphus sacer, pt., Cass. Cat. of Halcyon, p. 



' Nethug ' of the natives of New Hebrides. 



Samoau or Navigators' Islands (Tutuila orTootooillab or Maouna) ; 

 ? New Hebrides (Erromango or Koromango, Aneiteum or Annatom 

 or Annotam or Anattom). 



