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5. Wellington, N.S.W., 3rd Dec. (A. Crowley Bequest. 

 J. North}. 



1. Sydney, Oct. (E. P. Ramsay : Tris- Crowley Bequest. 



tram Coll.). 



2. Albert Park, Victoria, 10th Nov. Crowley Bequest. 



(A. J. North). 



Halcyon vagans (Less.). 



Halcyon vagans, Potts, Trans. New Zeal Inst. ii. p. 52 (1869) ; iii. p. 69 

 (1870) ; v. p. 172 (1872) ; Sharpe, Man. Alcedinidce, p. 237 (1871) ; 

 Buller, Birds New Zeal. 2nd ed. i. p. 121 (1888) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. xvii. p. 271 (1892) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 161 (1899) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 60 (1900). 



The eggs of the New Zealand Kingfisher measure from 1'02 to 

 !! in length, and from '83 to *92 in breadth. 



1. Canterbury, New Zealand. Capt. R. Snow [P.], 



1. Canterbury, 17th Oct. (E. P. Sey- Crowley Bequest. 



mour). 



2. Otago, New Zealand. 22nd Nov. Crowley Bequest. 



(E. P. S.). 



2. Norfolk Island (E. L. Layard: Tris- Crowley Bequest. 



tram Coll.). 



Halcyon chloris (Bodd.\ 



Halcyon chloris, Sharpe, Man. Alcedinida, p. 229 (1870) ; id. P. Z. S. 



1879, p. 332 ; id. Cat. Birds B. M. xvii. p. 273 (1892) ; id. Hand-l. ii. 



p. 60 (1900). 

 Sauropatis chloris, Blanf. Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 135 (1895). 



Three eggs of the White-collared Kingfisher measure from 1-1 to 

 1-2 in length, and from *92 to '98 in breadth. 



3. Labuan, Borneo, 22nd March. Sir Hugh Low [C.]. 

 3. Akyab, Burma, 18th April (E. R. Crowley Bequest. 



Shopland). 



2. Akyab, 10th May (E. R. S.). Crowley Bequest. 



1. Akyab, 9th July (E. R. S.). Crowley Bequest. 



Genus TODIRAMPHUS, Less. 



Todiramphus recurvirostris, Lafr. 



Todiramphus recurvirostris, Sharpe, Mon. Alcedinidce, p. 247 (1870) ; id. 



Cat. Birds B. M. xvii. p. 290 (1892) ; id. Hand-l. ii. p. 61 (1900) ; 



Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 161 (1899). 

 Halcyon recurvirostris, Whitmee, Ibis, 1875, p. 437. 



The egg of the Flat-billed Kingfisher in the Collection is sphe- 

 roidal in shape and destitute of gloss. It measures '97 by '8. 



1. Samoa, Jan. Rev. S. J. Whitmee [C.]. 



