36 ON BIRDS COLLECTED BY THE * CHALLENGER.' 



" No. 186, ? . Eyes red, feet and bill light yellow. Stomach con- 

 tained insects." Cape York, one specimen. 



3. MEEOPS OENATTJS, Lath. 



Merops ornatus, Grid. B. of Austr. ii. pi. 16 ; id. Handb. i. p. 117. 



In all four specimens of this common Australian species. Two females 

 from Booby Island (Nos. 199, 200), and a pair ( rf & ) from Cape 

 York (nos. 147 and 178). Of all the eyes are stated to be " red," and 

 the feet and legs black, except the female from Cape York, which is de- 

 scribed as having the legs " with violet tint." The three females differ 

 considerably from one another in the length of the produced middle tail- 

 feathers ; in the male the produced part is thinner and at least twice as 

 long as in the other sex. 



4. TODIBHAMPHUS SANCTUS (Yig. & Horsf.). 



Todirhamphus sanctus, Gld. Handb. B. Austr. i. p. 128 ; Sharpe, Alced. 

 pi. 91. 



One specimen from Booby Island. " No. 192, <$ . Eyes black ; 

 mandibles black, except base of lower one, which is whitish. Stomach 

 had remains of a crab." 



P ' Z 122 1878> 5 ' HALCTON MACLEATI, Jard. & Selby. 



Halcyon macleayi, Jard. & Selby, 111. Orn. vol. iii. pi. 101 ; Grid. B. of 

 Austr. ii. pi. 24 ; Sharpe, Ale. pi. 78. 



Cyandlcyon macleayi, Gld. Handb. B. Austral, i. p. 133. 



One male specimen from Cape York. " No. 161. Eyes, bill, and legs 

 black. Stomach contained insects." 



6. AETAMTJS LEUCOPYGIALIS, Gld. 



Artamus leucopygialis, Gld. B. of Austr. ii. pi. 33 ; id. Handb. i. p. 154. 

 One specimen from Cape York. "No. 177, rf. Bill blue tipped 

 with black, feet black. Stomach contained insects." 



7. GEATJCALUS HTPOLEUCUS, Gld. 



Graucalus hypoleucus, Gld. B. of Austr. ii. pi. 57 ; id. Handb. i. p. 196. 

 One skin of this species from Cape York. " No. 151, $ . Legs, bill, 

 and eyes black. Stomach contained insects." 



8. PACHTCEPHALA, sp. inc. 



" No. 196, c? . Pachycephala. Eyes brown, bill and legs horn-colour. 

 Stomach had insects." 



A single skin of a Pachycephala from Booby Island, immature, still 

 retaining some of the rufous feathers characteristic of immaturity in its 



