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14. Halcyon sordida, v.ir. 



Rather larger in all its dimensions: length 10", wings 4" 2'", 

 bill from gape 2" 5"' ; but the colour of the back and rump are 

 brighter than in Halcyon sordidns, Gould, B. of Austr. ii. pi. 23. 



Hab. Aru Islands. <$ in British Museum. 



The Hope Isles' specimens measured, length 10", wings 4" 6'", 

 bill from gape 2" 9'" ; while a specimen from Louisiade Archipelago 

 is of the length of 8" 6'", wings 3" 9'", and bill from gape 2" 1'", 

 which is about the same size as H. sordidns, Gould, but is rather 

 brighter in its colours, and agrees best with the Aru specimen. 



15. Halcyon sancta. 



Halcyon sancta, Vig. & Horsf. 



Dacelo chlorocephalus, var. (d, Less. 



Hab. Aru Islands. $ in British Museum. 



16. Tanysiptera hydrocharis. 



Top of head blue ; eyebrows silvery blue ; cheeks, ear-coverts and 

 nape black ; back and wings deep blue ; rump and beneath the body 

 white ; middle tail-feathers silvery blue, margined at base, and the 

 tips white ; lateral tail-feathers black, margined outerly with deep 

 blue. Bill red, and feet fuscous. 



Length to end of middle tail-feathers 13" ; wings 3" 8"'. 



Juv. Rufous brown ; beneath fulvous ; feathers more or less mar- 

 gined with rufous brown. 



Hab. Aru Islands. S 2 and juv. in British Museum. 



17. Syma torotoro. 



Syma torotoro, Less. Voy. Coqu. t. 31 bis. f. 1. 

 Hab. Aru Islands, c? in Mr. Wallace's Collection. 

 Only differs from S.flavirostris, Gould, B. of Austr. Suppl. pi. , 

 in not having any black on the culmen near the tip. 



18. Ceyx pusilla. 



Ccyx pusilla, Temm. PI. Col. 595. f. 3 ; Goidd, B. of Austr. ii. 

 pi. 26. 



Hab. Aru Islands. 3 in British Museum. 



19. Ceyx solitaria. 



Ceyx solitaria, Temm. PI. Col. 595. f. 2. 

 Therosa solitaris, Mull. 



Ceyx Meninting, Less. Voy. Coqu. Zool. i. p. 691. 

 Hub. Aru Islands. $ in Mr. Wallace's Collection. 



20. Alcyone azurea, var. 



Ceyx azurea, Less. Voy. Coqu. Zool. i. p. 690. 



Alcyone azurea, var., Gould, B. of Austr. Introd. p. xxxi. 



Alcyone ]mlchra, Gould, Proc. Z. S. xiv. p. 19. 



Ceyx Lessonii, Cass. Journ. Acad. Philad. 1850, p. 69. 



Hab. Aru Islands. 6 in Mr. Wallace's Collection. 



