492 MB. E. B. SHARPE ON THE 



19. Cacomaitxis assimilis, Gray ; id. Hand-l. B. ii. p. 217. 



Log. Port Moresby, 



This specimen agrees with a specimen of C. assimilis from 

 My sol in nearly every particular. 



[20. ScTTHROPS NOYJE-HOLLANDijs, iaif/*. ; Salvad. Sf D' Albert. 

 t. e. p. 813 ; Bamsay, t. c. p. 39i. 



Log. Grenerally distributed.] 



Fam. Alcedinidje. 



21. Cetx solitaria, Temm. ; Sharpe, Monogr. Alced. pi. 38. 

 Log. "Island brusbes near Port Moresby." 



An adult specimen. The dimensions are as follows : — Total 

 length 4*7 inches, culmen 1*4, wing 2"15, tail 1"05, tarsus 0*3. 

 D'Albertis has not met with this species in South-eastern New 

 Gruinea. 



22. Alcyone lessoni, Cass. ; Sharpe, antea, p. 311. 

 Log. Laroki River. 



Count Salvadori refers D'Albertis's specimens from S.E. New 

 Guinea to this species ; and on comparison I find Mr. Stone's bird 

 agrees better with it than with A.pulchra. Total length 6'5 inches, 

 culmen 1*75, wing 3'05, tail 1'7, tarsus 0'45. As is the case with 

 the bird mentioned by Count Salvadori, the blue spot is confined 

 to the sides of the breast, and does not extend on to the flanks. 



23. A. pusiLLA, Gould; Sharpe, antea, p. 311. 

 Log. Laroki E-iver. 



An adult bird, agreeing with specimens from Gilolo {Wallace) 

 and Aru Islands {Wallace). Total length 4"2 inches, culmen 

 1-2, wing 2-1, tail 0-95, tarsus 0-3. 



[24. Halcyon sancttjs, V. Sf S.; Bamsay, t. g. p. 390. — Sau- 

 ropatis sancta, Salvad. Sf D' Albert, t. c. p. 814. 



Log. Port Moresby.] 



[25. H. macleati, J.SfS.; Bamsay, t. c. p. 390. — Cyanalcyon 

 macleayi, Salvad. ^ I)'Albe7't. t. c. p. 815. 



Log. Momile.] 



26. Syma toeotoro. Less. ; Salvad. op. cit. ix. p. 20 ; Bamsay, 

 t.c.-p. 390. 



Loc. "Inland brushes." 



Agrees best with an Aru-Island skin. The bill is perfectly 

 yellow, of the same deep tinge as is usual in Papuan skins. Total 

 length 7-5 inches, culmen 1-45, wing 3-05, tail 2-85, tarsus 05. 



