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The eggs of the Azure Kingfisher measure '85 by % 74 ; '82 by *72 ; 

 8 by -69 ; -83 by '73 ; -89 by -75 ; -85 by '74 ; -83 by -73. 



1. New South Wales. Gould Coll. 



3. Liverpool, N.S.W., 18th Dec. Crowley Bequest. 



(A. J. North). 

 3. Murray River, N.S.W., Dec. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. [P.]. 



Alcyone pulchra, Gould. 



Alcyone pulchra, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 141 (1865) ; Sharpe, 

 Mon. Alcedmidce, p. 45 (1870) ; North, Nests # Eggs Austr. Birds, 

 p. 41 (1889) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xvii. p. 169 (1892) ; id. 

 Hand-l. ii. p. 52 (1900). 



Alcyone azurea pulchra, Campbell, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, ii. 

 p. 549 (1901). 



Two eggs of the Resplendent Kingfisher measure respectively : 

 81 by '72 ; -82 by -72. 



2. Port Essington, Australia. Gould Coll. 



Sub-Family DACELONINJB. 

 Genus CEYX, Lacep. 



Ceyx dillwynni, Sharpe. 



Ceyx dillwynni, Sharpe, Mon. Alcedinidce, p. 125 (1870) ; id. P. Z. S. 

 1879, p. 330; id. Ibis, 1890, p. 19; id. Cat. Birds B. M. xvii. 

 p. 177 (1892) ; id. Hand-l. ii. p. 52 (1900). 



The eggs of Dillwyn's Kingfisher in the Collection are spheroidal 

 in shape, very glossy, and measure respectively : '77 by *6 ; 

 75 by *61 ; '72 by *6 ; *72 by '62. A specimen, taken by the 

 late Mr. Whitehead in Borneo, is much larger, measuring '87 by '71. 



1. Borneo. Crowley Bequest. 



3. Labuan, Borneo. Sir Hugh Low [C.]. 

 1. Lawas River, Borneo, 5th April Crowley Bequest. 



(J. Whitehead}. 



Genus SYMA, Less. 

 Syma torotoro, Less. 



Syma torotoro, Sharpe, Mon. Alcedinidee, p. 151 (1869) ; id. Cat. Birds 

 B. M. xvii. p. 196 (1892) ; id. Hand-l. ii. p. 55 (1900). 



Four eggs of the Saw-billed Kingfisher in the Collection are 

 spheroidal in form and very glossy. They measure respectively : 

 93 by -79 ; -92 by -8 ; -94 by -8 ; -93 by -8. 



4. S.E. New Guinea. Herr Weiske [C.]. 



