ALCEDINID^E. 29 



Eurystomus australis, Swains. 



Coracias australis, Thien. Fortpfanz. yes. Vog. tab. xli. fig. 10 (1845-54). 

 Eurystomus pacificus, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 119 (1865); 



Butter, Birds Neiv Zeal, 2nd ed. i. p. 118 (1888) ; North, Nests $ 



Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 35, pi. xiv. fig. 1 (1889). 

 Eurystomus australis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xvii. p. 36 (1892) ; Le 



Souef, Viet. Nat. xvi. p. 70 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 47 (1900) j 



Campbell, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, ii. p. 544 (1901). 



The eggs of the Australian Broad-billed Roller measure from 

 1*31 to 1'38 in length, and from 1/05 to 1*13 in breadth. 



1. Australia. Gould Coll. 



1. New South Wales. Gould Coll. 



2. Dawson River, Queensland, Oct. Crowley Bequest. 



(North Coll.}. 

 4. Dawson River, 5th Nov. (North Coll.}. Crowley Bequest. 



Eurystomus calonyx, Sharpe. 



Eurystomus calonyx, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xvii. p. 38 (1892) ; id. 



'Hand-l. ii. p. 47 (1900). 

 Eurystomus orientalis, Dresser, Mon. Coraciidce, p. 67, part. (1893). 



The eggs of the Chinese Broad-billed Roller measure from 1/33 

 to 1/5 in length, and from 1-1 to 1/15 in breadth. 



1. South Chiua (R. Swinlme). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Foochow, China, 29th May. C. B. Rickett, Esq. P.]. 



4. Foochow, 29th May. C. B. Rickett, Esq. P.). 



4. Foochow, 30th May. C. B. Rickett. Esq. P.t 



3. Foochow, 3rd June. C. B. Rickett; Esq. P. 



Sub-Order H ALCYONE S. 



The eggs of the Kingfishers are pure white, spheroidal in shape, 

 and generally highly glossy. They do not require to be separately 

 described. 



Family ALCEDINID^E. 

 Sub-Family ALCEDININ^E. 



Genus PELARGOPSIS, Gloger. 



Pelargopsis gurial (Pearson). 



Pelargopsis gurial, Sharpe, Mon. Alcedinidce, p. 105 (1870) ; Leqge, 

 Birds Ceyl. p. 295 (1878) ; Oates ed. Hume, Nests fy Eggs Ind. 

 Birds, iii. p. 11 (1890) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xvii! p. 101 

 (1892) ; Blanf. Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, p. 129 (1895) : Sharpe, 

 Hand-L ii. p. 49 (1900). 



