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teutlon of the naturalist, presenting as it does a connecting link be- 

 tween those families of which Australia is the metropolis, and the 

 forms of the Old World. The ornithology of Australia is distin- 

 guished by the number of species belonging to the family Melipha- 

 gidce which it produces, and we find from the present catalogue and 

 that above-mentioned, that the Indian islands and the Malay penin- 

 sula also possess a greater number of species belonging to this family 

 than any other portion of the world excepting Australia. This trans- 

 ition may also be traced through the marsupial animals, and man, 

 the Malay variety of the human species approaching nearer to the 

 Australian than any other in the form of the cranium. 



" The present collection contains eighty-nine species, of which se- 

 veral are new to science ; there are also some entirely new genera : 

 it is singularly deficient in Raptorial and Natatorial birds, nut pos- 

 sessing one of either order ; but this perhaps may be owing to the col- 

 lection having been made chiefly in the interior." 



Podargns Javanicus, Horsf. Native name, Burong Saiang. 



Harpades Duvaiicelii, Gould. Native name, Burong Mass. 



HarpacLes Diardii, Gould. Native name the same as the pre- 

 ceding. 



Eurystomus cyanocollis, Vieill. Native name, Tihong Lampay. 

 The collection contains both male and female ; the latter is merely 

 distinguished from the former by its more obscure colouring. 



Eurylahuus Corydon, Temm. 



Cymbyrhynchiis cucullatus. Eurylaimus cuadlaliis, Temm. 



Native name, Tamplana Lil'in. 



Cymbyrhynchus nasutus, Vig. Native name, Burong Ujuu. 



Halcyon Capensis, Sw. Native name, Burong Kaha. 



Halcyon varia. H. pectore, guld, ventre, strigdque oculos cin- 

 gente ferrugineis ; capife, nuchd, et strigd a mandibuld inferiore 

 nd capistrum. brunneis, singulis pennis teeniis cceruleis ornatis : 

 primariis, dor so, scapularibusque, brunneis, his externe fiavo mar- 

 ginatis, illis maculatis ; rostro flavo, culmine obscure. 

 Long. tot. 85 unc; rostri, l-j-i- unc; tarsi, 1-iV. 

 Native name, Kaing Kaing. 



Halcyon pulchella. Dacelo pulchella, Horsf. 

 Native name, Kai?ig Kaing Kimba. 



Alcedo Smyrnensis, Lath. See Kaing Kaing. 

 Alcedo ccerulea, Linn. Native name, Raja Ulang. 



Nyctiornis amictus, Sw. Merops amictus, Temm. 

 Native name, Kay Chua. 



Merops Javanicus, Horsf. Native name, Berray Berray. 



Cinnyris Javanicus, Steph. Native name, Clichap. 



Cinnyris affinis, Horsf. Native name, Major. 



