FAUNA OF THE MONTE BELLO ISLANDS. 633 
to be removed before any water collected at all, yet the damp 
sand was pitted and scored all over the surface by the beaks of 
birds. 
The distribution of this dove ranges from about Sharks Bay 
to the mouth of the Shaw River. 
3: wing 137 mm.; culmen 18; tarsus 21°. 
fe) 4 | WEBI mms 7G LS 20. 
Iris orange-red; bill dark slate-colour; feet salmon-pink, 
claws black. 
9. FIALCYON SANCTUS WESTRALASIANUS. 557. Western Sacred 
Kingfisher. 
Halcyon westralasianus Campbell, Emu, vol. i. p. 25, 1901. 
One specimen, not fully adult, agrees with specimens from 
S.W. Australia rather than with H. s. ramsayi Mathews, from 
the N.W. of the continent. The specimen was shot in its haunts 
among the mangroves, where it did not seem to beat all common. 
@ (immature): wing 90 mm. ; culmen 36; tarsus 12. 
Tris brown; bill slaty black, pale at base of lower mandible ; 
feet brown, claws black. 
3. Halcyon SORDIDUS MELVILLENSIS. 560A. Northern Man- 
grove Kingfisher. 
Mathews, Austral Avian Record, vol. 1. p. 38, 1912. 
Two immature examples agree in size and general appearance 
with birds from Melville Island. The specimens were obtained 
amongst the thick mangroves of Hermite. 
Q (immature): wing 97 mm.; culmen 49; tarsus 13. 
Tris brown ; bill slaty black, pale at base of lower mandible ; 
feet brown, claws black. 
4. CHRYsococcyx BASALIS WYNDHAMI. 586. Western Narrow- 
billed Bronze Cuckoo. 
Five examples of this bird, from the unbarred immature form 
to the fully adult, agree with the western bird described by 
Mathews. ‘The species was found only upon Hermite, where it 
is not uncommon, especially in the dense mangrove-forest at the 
head of the Large Lagoon. It is a shy bird, but usually betrays 
its presence by its shrill note—a clear whistle several times 
repeated. 
S (adult): wing 104 mm. ; culmen 12; tarsus 18. 
Q (adult): ,, O(joumy ES Pep betrays 
Tris dull orange-red ; culmen dark brown ; feet brown. 
Young : iris grey. 
5. PACHYCEPHALA RUFIVENTRIS COLLETTI. 698A. Northern 
Thickhead. 
Mathews, Austral Avian Record, vol. i. p. 41, 1912; Parry’s 
Creek, North-West Australia. 
