94 COUNT T. SALVADORI ON THE [Jan. 15, 



9. Sauropatis chloris (Bodd.). 



Halcyon sordida, var., G. R. Gr. P. Z. S. 1858, p. 1/2 (Aru). 



[No. 244. Female, Dobbo : legs slate, with slightly bluish tinge; 

 eyes black. Shot on Dobbo on the 20th September, 1874. — /. M.] 



This bird has the upper parts very dark, and in that respect ap- 

 proaches S. sordida (Gould), to which Mr. Gray thought that the 

 Aru birds should be referred ; but I have seen other specimens from 

 the Aru Islands with the upper parts of a much brighter colour, 

 exactly like others from Amboyna, Bouru, and other localities. 



The true S. sordida (Gould) is a much larger bird. 



10. Sauropatis sancta (Vig. & Horsf.). 



Halcyon sanctus, Sharpe, Mon. Alced. pi. 91 (1868-18/1). 



Sauropatis sancta, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. x. p. 306, sp. 33 

 (1877). 



[No. 219. Male (young), Wokan : eyes black; upper mandible 

 and edge of lower black, under base of lower light-coloured ; feet 

 brown. — J. M.~] 



11. Sauromarptis gaudichaudi (Q. & Q.). 



Dacelo gaudichaudii, Quoy & Gaim. Voy. Uran. Zool. p. 112, 

 pi. 25 (1824), Waigiou, Guebe (type examined); Sharpe, Mon. 

 Alced. pi. 116 (1868-1871). 



Sauromarptis gaudichaudi, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. x. p. 306. 

 sp. 35 (1877). 



[203. Male ; 204. Female, Wokan : eyes black ; legs greenish, 

 vellow tinge ; stomach contained insects and portions of leaves. — 

 J.M.] 



The male has the tail blue; and the female has the tail chestnut. 



12. Sauromarptis tyro (G. R. Gr.). 



Dacelo tyro, G. R. Gr. P. Z. S. 1858, p. 171, pi. 133, Aru (type 

 examined); Sharpe, Mon. Alced. pi. 117 (1868-1871). 



Sauromarptis tyro, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. x. p. 307. sp. 36 

 (1877). 



[No. 205. Young male? Wokan: eyes black; legs greenish- 

 yellow tinge ; stomach contained insects and portions of leaves. — 

 J. M.] 



This bird differs from the adult in having the underparts entirely 

 reddish, and in the blue of the wings inclining to greenish. 



13. jEgotheles wallacei, G. R. Gr. 



^gotheles wallacei, G. R. Gr. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 154, Dorey, 

 (type examined) ; Schleg. Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. iii. p. 340 (1866), 

 Aru; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. x. p. 310. sp. 7 (1877). 



Caprimulgus brachyurus, Rosenb. Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. xxix. 

 p. 143 (1867), Aru (type examined). 



[No. 259. Female, Wanumbai.— J. M.} 



I have compared this specimen with the type in the British Mu- 



