338 MR. A. R. WALLACE ON THE BIRDS [Dee. 9, 
SPILORNIS RUFIPECTUS. 
Spilornis rufipectus, Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1857, p. 222. 
Hab. Sula Islands and Celebes. 
HALCYON MELANORHYNCBA. 
Alcedo melanorhyncha, Temm. P1. Col. 391. 
Bill and feet dusky black ; base of bill reddish ; inside of bill and 
soles of the feet orange-red ; iris dark. 
Hab. Sula Islands and N. Celebes. 
HALCYON RUFA. 
Rufa, supra purpureo et violaceo micans ; gula pallidiore ; uro- 
pygio albo, violaceo tincto, plumarum apicibus plus minusve 
ceruleis ; rostro pedibusque rubris. 
Rufous, the whole of the upper parts tinged purplish violet ; be- 
neath with sometimes a faint violet gloss ; chin and throat paler; a 
broad stripe on the rump rosy violet, or blue, formed by white fea- 
thers tipped with blue; wings short; quills entirely rufous-brown ; 
bill and feet red; iris dark olive. 
Total length 11 inches; wing 42 inches ; bill, to gape, 23 inches. 
Haé. Sula Islands and Celebes. 
Remark.—This species differs from Halcyon coromanda major, 
Schleg. (A. schlegeli, Bp.), in the quite different proportions of the 
quill-feathers, as given in Bonaparte’s ‘ Conspectus ;’ in this respect 
it is more like the much smaller species from Sumatra, &c., H. coro- 
manda, Lath. (#1. lilacina, Bp.). 
ToDIRAMPHUS SANCTUS. 
Halcyon sancta, Vig. & Horsf. ; Gould, Austr. t. 21. 
Hab. Sula Islands and Java, to New Guinea. 
ToDIRAMPHUS COLLARIS. 
Alcedo collaris, Scop. 
Halcyon collaris, Sw. Zool. Il. pl. 27. 
Hab. Sula Islands, and from the Malay peninsula to New Guinea. 
CryYX LEPIDA. 
Ceyx lepida, Temm. Pl. Col. 591, fig. 1. 
Hab. Sula Islands and the Moluccas. 
MEROPS ORNATUS. 
Merops ornatus, Lath. ; Gould, Austr. ii. pl. 16. 
Hab. Sula Islands, Celebes, Timor, and New Guinea. 
Remark.—The specimens agree with those of Ternate in having 
more brown on the head, and less blue on the breast, than the Timor 
and Lombock specimens. 
