TOWNSKNI) AM) WK.TMuHK: IIIK MIHDS. \'M 



(Austr. a\ian n-cnnl, I'.ML'. 1. p 107) in re<"<>gnizinj{ tin- n<*nuH Sauro- 

 patis of ("almnis ami Hriiic In that sp<H'i(>s the tenth primary is 

 lon^'t-r than tho seventh and in llnlnum .srnigahii.si.s, which is also 

 fi>;iire(l hy Mathews, the tenth primary is eonsiderahly shorter than 

 the fifth. In the form of its hill Sauwpati^ .varra a^Tet^ elosclx with 

 •S. aatictus. 



4S. SaIHOPATIS sacra HAHtLATA, suhsp. !1«)V. 



Charocfcrs. — Similar to Sauropafi.i Jtacra .incra (Gmelinl hut darker, 

 less p"ecnish above, especially on head and rump. 



Tijp(.— V.S.S.M.-2\2,:U:i. Male. Polynesia: Tonga Islands; 

 Eua. 28 November, 1899. ('. H. Town.send. 



Description. — Crown and collar on hind neck dusky greenish l)lue; 

 back, scapulars, tertials. and inn»'r secondaries chessylite-blue; rump 

 near motmot-l)lue; lesser and middle wing ccjverts Blanc's blue, the 

 feathers edged more or less with Mathews's blue; first primary, tips 

 anil inner webs of other primaries, and under side of rectrices dull 

 i)lack; greater wing coverts, outer webs of primaries (except the 

 first) and upper side of revtrices dusky greenish blue; superciliary 

 stripe white mixed with cinnamon-bufT; behind the eye this stripe is 

 entirely cinnamon-butf, is broadened and unites with its fellow from 

 the opposite side; malar stripe, extending from gape to unite with blue 

 <tripe on hind neck, chessylite-blue, the feathers l)lack unflerneath 

 so that the two colors are mixed; lores and a narrow line under eye 

 black; a very narrow line of chessylite-blue over eye; spot on lower 

 eyelid, collar on hind neck, and entire under parts white; anterior side 

 of tibia blackish, with capri-blue tips on a few feathers. 



Measurements. — Males (two specimens), wing 1(X)-101; tail G9-70; 

 culmen from base 41-42.5; tarsus, 1.5-15.3. 



Female (one specimen) wing 104. tail 73.5, culmen from base 44, 

 tarsus 16.5. 



Range. — Island of Eua, Tonga Group. 



Remarks. — The superciliary stripe in fully adult birds is white 

 (as is shown by a female specimen) so that the type is not quite in 

 full plumage. Adults and young after their first molt seem to differ 

 in no other way. 



The Alcedo sacra of Gmelin (Syst. nat., 17sS, 1, pt. 1. p. 453) is 

 based upon the Sacred Kingfisher of Latham (Gen. syn. birds, 1782, 

 1, pt. 2, p. 621) who described the bird from the Leverian Museum. 



