— 15 — 



56.* Halcyon godefFroyi. 



Alcedo coUaris var. II Fornt. Descr. An. 1844, 163. — Todirhamphus sp. ? Hartl. Wiegni. Arch. 

 1852, 131; id. J. f. 0. 1854, 170. — Halcyon — ? Gray, B. Trop. Is. 5. — Halcyon godefFroyi Finsch, 

 P. Z. S. 1877, 408; Gan-ett. Ethn. Abtli. M. Godef. 1881, 238. „Pahi" (Garrett). 



?lat'que,sas -Iv.; Sta. Christina (Forst.J^ Hivaoa [Garrett). 



57.* Halcyon reichenbachi. 



Todiramphus cinnamominus ReiM. H. B. Alced. 1851, 32 t. 405 b, f. 3490-91, et t. 420, f. 3140. 

 — Todiramphus reichenbachii //«///. Wiegm. Arch. 1852, 131 (type examined). — Sauropatis reichenbachii 

 Heine, J. f. 0. 1860, 184. — Halcyon cinnamomina Sharpe, Mon. Alced. 1871, 213, pt. (specimen ex ins. 

 Marquesas); Finsch, Ibis 1881, 112 pt. (Ponape); Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. 1889, 92 ? (Ponapo). — Halcyon cinnamo- 

 minus Finsch. J. Mus. Godef. 1876 XII, 20, pt. (Ponape) ; id. J. f. 0. 1880, 285. pt. (Ponape) ; id. Mitth. Oni. 

 Ver. Wien. 1884, 124. pt. — Sauropatis cinnamomina Sahad. Orn. Pap. 1880 I, 481, pt.' — Halcyon mediocris 

 pt. Sharpe, Cat. B. 1892 XVII, (Ponape: specimens with white under parts). 



Ponape: Caroline Is. (Kuhary, Finsch). 



Halcyon reichenbachi was so named by Dr. Hartiaub from a specimen with white under- 

 side in the Dresden Museum, which was described and figured by Reichenbach (1. c.) as H. cinnamomina. 

 The label of E d. Verreaux, from whom it was obtained, gave the locality as „iles Marquises"; as was 

 also the case with a similar specimen from him in the British Museum. This locality was, however, as was 

 long ago pointed out by Dr. R. B. Sharpe (Mon. Alced. 1871, 214), a most improbable one; and, sub- 

 sequently, when specimens were received from the Pelew Islands corresponding with H. reichenbachi 

 in every particular as regards colouration, they were at once identified with that species (Hartl. et Fin sch 

 P. Z. S. 1868, 4, 118; Finsch, J. Mus. Godef. VJII 11). This identification is admitted by Dr. Sharpe 

 in his recent catalogue (Cat. B. Br. Jlus. XVII). There is, however, a larger race on Ponape with a rela- 

 tively shorter bill and longer tail ; and, as the following measurements show, this is the true H. reichenbachi 

 Hartl. Bill Wing TaU 



The tail of the type of H. reichenbachi is certainly shorter than in any of the specimens from 

 Ponape measured, but, at the same time, longer than in the largest specimens from Pelew. Its wing measurement 

 is much greater than in Pelew specimens, and both in wing and in relatively short bill it corresponds perfectly 

 well with the Ponape species, which should, therefore, be id^entitied with it. 



As is pointed out in the note page 16, Ponape has probably two species of Kingfisher — a white- 

 breasted , and a cinnamon -breasted one. These are united by Dr. Sharpe (Cat. B. XVII) as H. 

 mediocris. The first-named is the true H. reichenbachi: the name medi ocri s should consequently be 

 restricted to the cinnamon form. 



58.* Halcyon pelewensis. 



Halcyon reichenbachii //. et F. (nee Hartl. ex Reichh.).^ P. Z. S. 1868, 4, 118 (Pelew); Finsch. J. 

 Mus. Godef. 1875 VIII, 11 (Pelew); Sharpe, Cat. B. 1892 XVII, (Pelew). — Dacelo reichenbachii Schl. Revue 

 Alced. 1874, 29 (Pelew). — Sauropatis cinnamomina Salvad. Orn. Pap. 1880 I, 481, pt. (Pelew). „Kalid-matak" 

 (Kubary) or „Tramarrak" (Heinsohn). 



J*el€w lii-: (Heins., etc.) 



