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with white at the tips ; the primaries white for half the inner web 

 and at the base of the outer one ; back, rump, and upper tail-coverta 

 cobalt, the feathers of the upper back white washed with lilac, the 

 tips only being blue ; tail blue, tipped with white, the outer fea- 

 thers broadly notched with white for their entire extent, the ends 

 of these feathers being white barred across with blue ; crown of 

 head and nape white, broadly streaked with dark brown ; lores 

 white, with narrow brown shaft-streaks ; round the hind neck a 

 collar of pure white ; cheeks, sides of neck, and entire under sur- 

 face of the body pure white, the flanks and under wing- coverts 

 with a few obscure zigzag lines of brown ; thighs thickly barred 

 with brown. Total length 17 inches, culmen 3'2, wing 8*05, tail 

 3-25, tarsus 1-05. 



Another bird, marked by Dr. James as a male, but which I 

 shoiild take to be a young female, is more buff underneath, with 

 remains of dusky edgings to the feathers, the throat whiter ; on 

 the upper surface the brown colour of the back is paler, with re- 

 mains of dusky brown darker bars across the feathers ; the white 

 collar has also remains of brown edgings ; upper tail-coverta and 

 tail deep tawny red, barred across with blue, the ends of the tail- 

 feathers white, much broader on the outer ones. Total length 

 17*7 inches, culmen 2"75, wing 8'2, tail 5-75, tarsus 1. 



This species seems to be very fairly distinguishable from the 

 other Laughing Kingfishers, being uniform below. The other 

 characters mentioned by Count Salvador! in his original description 

 are not of great value, the size being very variable, and the breadth 

 of the stripes on the head depending upon age. 



18. Daoelo GAUDiCHAUDi. — Sauromarptis gaudichaudi, Salvad. 

 4f B' Albert, t. c. p. 816 ; Salvad. f. c. p. 15. 



a, cS . Nicura, December 1875. 



A male with blue tail. Total length 11-2 inches, culmen 1-95, 

 wing 5'15, tail 3*95, tarsus 0*55. 



19. Melidoea collakis, sp. n. 



M. similis M. macrorhinw, sed torque collari postico albo dis- 

 tinguendus. Long. tot. 10-3, culmen 1-85, alae 47, caud® 3-6, 

 tarsi 0-8. 



a, c? . Adult, no label, b, $ . Low Aleya, Feb. 1876. Iris dark 

 hazel ; bill black ; feet and tarsi pale yellow, c, $ . Mainland of 

 S.E. Papua, Feb. 29, 1876. 



G-eneral colour above black ; the feathers of the forehead rai- 



