ALCEDINIDJS. 57 



Dacelo chlorocephala var. . Less. Tr. d" Orn. p. 246. 



Phill Bot Bay, pi. in p. 156.; Jard. and Selby, HI. Orn. pi. 96, 

 97.; Gould, B. of Austr. ii, pi. 21. 



a. Australia. Presented by A. Cunningham. Esq. 



b d. Port Essington. Presented by Capt. W. Chambers, 



R.N. 



e, f. South Australia. Presented by His Excell. Capt. Sir G. 



Grey. 



g. Australia. From Mr, Warwick's Collection. 

 h. Interior of South Australia. Presented by Capt. Sturt. 

 i. Australia. Presented by Mr. F. G. Moore. 

 j. Sunday Island. Presented by J. B. Jukes, Esq. 

 k. Sternum, South Australia. Presented by His Excell. Capt. 



Sir G. Grey. 



21. HALCYON VAGANS. The New Zealand Kingfisher. 



Alcedo sacra var. . F. Lath. 2nd. Orn. i. p. 251. 

 Alcedo cyanea Forst. Descr. Mamm. p. 76. 

 Alcedo vagans Less. Voy. de la Coqu. Zool. p. 694. 

 Dacelo chlorocephala var. y Less. Tr. d'Orn. p. 246. 

 Halcyon vagans G. R. Gray, Voy. of Ereb. and Terr. pi. i. 

 ? Halcyon cinnamominus Swains. Zool. Illustr. pi. 67. 



a. New Zealand. Presented by the New Zealand Company. 



b. Bay of Islands, New Zealand (Antarctic Expedition). 



Presented by the Admiralty. 



c. d. New Zealand. From Mr. Earl's Collection. 



e,f. New Zealand. Presented by His Excell. Capt. Sir G. 

 Grey. 



g. Sternum, New Zealand. 



h. Sternum, New Zealand. 



i. Upper mandible, New Zealand. Presented by the Ad- 

 miralty. 



22. HALCYON PYRRHOPYGIA. The red-backed Halcyon. 



Halcyon pyrrhopygia Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (1840) p. 113. 

 Gould, B. of Austr. ii. pi. 22. 



a. South Australia, male. Presented by His Excell. Capt. 



Sir G. Grey. 



b. South Australia, female. Presented by His Excell. Capt. 



Sir G. Grey. 



c. River Darling, South Australia. Presented by Capt. 



Sturt. 



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