3SS MR. A. R. WALLACE ON THE BIRDS [DeC. 9, 



Spilornis RUFIPECTTJS. 



Spilornis rufipectus, Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1857, p. 222, 

 Had. Sula Islands and Celebes. 



Halcyon melanorhyncha. 



Alcedo melanorhyncha, Temm. PL CoL 391. 



Bill and feet dusky black ; base of bill reddish ; inside of bill and 

 soles of the feet orange-red ; iris dark. 

 Hah. Sula Islands and N. Celebes. 



Halcyon ri;fa» 



R«fa, supra purpurea et violaceo micccns ; gula pallidiore ; uro- 

 pygio albo, violaceo tincto, plumarum apicibus plus minusve 

 ceeruleis ; 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 j quills entirely rufous-brown j 

 bill and feet red j iris dark olive. 



Total length 1 1 inches ; wing 4-g- inches ; bill, to gape, 2|- inches. 



Hab. Sula Islands and Celebes. 



Remark. — This species differs from Halcyon coromanda major^ 

 Schleg. (H. 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. (JET. lilacina, Bp.). 



TODIRAMPHUS SANCTUS. 



Halcyon sancta, Vig. & Horsf. ; Gould, Austr. t. 21. 

 Hab. Sula Islands and Java, to New Guinea. 



TODIRAMPHTJS COLLARIS. 



Alcedo eollaris, Scop. 



Halcyon eollaris, Sw. Zool. 111. pi. 27. 



Hab. Sida Islands, and from the Malay peninsula to New Guinea. 



Ceyx lepida. 



Ceyx lepida, Temm. PI. Col. 591, fig. I. 

 Hab. Sula Islands and the Moluccas. 



Merops ornatus. 



Merops ornatus, Lath. ; Gould, Austr. ii. pi. 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. 



