812 MB. B. B. SHAKPE OX THE 



or less edged with blue towards the tip, the two long ceutre fea- 

 thers blue with a long white spatula, the base of these two plumes 

 irregularly white in the centre and along the inner edge, the next 

 two feathers with remains of blue near the base of the shaft ; 

 moustache and entire under surface of body pure white, the sides 

 of the upper breast black ; under wing-coverts white, the lesser 

 plumes on the upper band of the wing blue-black, shading into 

 brighter blue on the edge of the wing itself; bill red ; feet dusky. 

 Total length 15 '5 inches, culmen 13, wing 4, tail 3 "9, centre fea- 

 thers 97, tarsus 06. 



a, 5 ad. Mainland of S.E. New Gruinea, about eight miles from 

 Yule Island, Nov. 1875. 



h, 2 juv. in change, c, pull. Iris dark brown ; upper mandible 

 black, the lower one dirty white ; feet pale lead-colour, d. Main- 

 land of South-east Papua, Feb. 1876. 



Count Salvador! has already alluded to the smaller size of the 

 Tanysiptera of south-eastern New Guinea ; and this character 

 seems so well marked in the numerous specimens which I 

 have examined that I think the bird may well be specifically 

 separated. For comparison with the dimensions above re- 

 corded, 1 now give those of some skins of Tanysiptera galatea 

 in the Museum collected by Mr. Wallace. 



Total 

 length. 

 iu. 

 a, $ ad. WaAgio-Q. {Wallace) 13-7 

 h, <S ad. Waigiou (Wallace) 17-5 



17. Dacelo inteemedius. — D. intermedins, Salvad. Ann. Mus. 

 Civ. Genov. ix. p. 15. 



a, J . Mainland, South-eastern Papua, Jan. 1876. Total length 

 16 inches, culmen 2-8, wing 7"75, tail 5-3, tarsus 0-9. 



h, $ . Mainland, S.E. Papua, Jan. 1876. Total length 18 inches, 

 culmen 2*9, wing 81, tail 5^85, tarsus 0-95. 



c, $ . Port Moresby, November 1876. Total length 17-5 inches, 

 culmen 3"25, wing 8*2, tail 5*9, tarsus 1. 



Adult male. Back and scapulars brown ; the least wing-coverts 

 brown, slightly washed with blue ; median wing-coverts cobalt, 

 the greater series blackish brown, washed with blue at their ends ; 

 primary-coverts blackish on the inner webs, blue on the outer 

 quills, blackish externally ; the secondaries ultramarine blue, edged 



