326 FRISTEDT, LIST OF BIRDS. 



Collocalia terrcB regince, Ramsay. 

 2 c^ Cardwell, Queensland. 



Merops ornatus, Lath. 

 1 $ Hull river, » 



Dacelo giffas, Bodd. (Gkay). 

 1 ? Cardwell, » 



D. Leachii, ViG. & HORSF. 



1 $ » » 



Cyanalcyon Mac Leayi, Jard. & Selb. (Cab. & Hein.). 



2 c/', 2 $ Cardwell, Queensland. 



These three kingfishers are all very common in the southern 

 part of Cape York-peninsula. I often saw D. gigas and D. 

 Leachii perching on the same brauch of a tree and I believe 

 the one is as common in tropical Australia as the other. They 

 are both closely allied to each other and as to the colouring I 

 have Seen many varieties standing between them both. 



Many specimens of D. gigas, which I shot near Cardwell, 

 had a tint of azureblue on the rump quite as D. Leachii and 

 ray examples of D. gigas are a good deal smaller than specimens 

 of the same bird from New South Wales. Of course the great 

 difference in the sizes of the bills Is quite enough to make them 

 separated species, but at the same ti me I am inclined to be- 

 lieve that there may be some varieties between them both. 



Artamus leucogaster, Gray. 

 1 cf^ Hinchinbrookisland, Queensland. 



Dicceum hirundinaceum, Schaw. & Nödd. (Gray). 

 1 (/> Cardwell, Queensland. 



Graucalus Swainsonii, Gould. 

 1 c^ Tully river, » 



G. mentalis. ViG. & HORSF. 

 1 c^, 1 $ Cardwell, » 



1 c^ Hull river, » 



Lalage leucomelcena, Vig. & HoRSF. (Sharpe). 

 1 o^ Cardwell, » 



