collected in Dutch New Guinea. 211 



Three males from the Setakwa Biver in the Tring Museum 

 vary from 73-78 mm. 



S. t. tentelare Hartert. 



Male- Aru Islands. A. R. Wallace 76 mm. 



Male. Silbattabatta, Aru. W. Goodfellow 76 mm. 



Male. Wanumbai^ Aru. W. Goodfellow 76 mm, 



S. t. meeki Hartert* 



Male. Kumusi Riter, S.E. New Guiuea. A. S. Meek. , 74 mm. 



Male. Milne Bay, S.E. New Guinea. A. S. Meek 73 mm. 



Female. „ „ ,,.... 75 mnid 



"The Saw-hilled Kingfisher was not a common species, 

 though tolerably plentiful near the coast. It was usually 

 observed in pairs and was by no means wild- In its habits 

 and actions it resembles Halcyon sanctus.'^ — ^C. II. B. G. 



Syma megarhyncha. 



Syma megarhyncha Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Grenov. xxxvL 

 p. 70 (1896) [Moroka, Owen Stanley Mts.] ; Roths. '& 

 Hartert, N. Z. viii. p. 149 (1901). 



Syma weiskei Reichenov\'_, Orn^ Monatsb. 1900, p. 18G 

 [Astrolabe Mts.] . 



a. (^ imm. Camp 6 c, Utakwa River, 5500 ft., 24th Feb, 

 1913. [C.B.K.] 



b, c. (^ ^ . Camp 9, Utakwa River, 5500 ft., 28th Jan* 

 1913. [C.B.K.] 



The British Museum now possesses eight examples of this 

 highly interesting alpine form. Besides the above there are 

 the type-specimeti of S. weiskei, an adult female, marked as 

 a male, from the Astrolabe Mountains, 3000 ft., and an adult 

 male from Aroa River, 5000 ft., both obtained by E. Weiske ; 

 a male and female from the Taora District, Owen Stanley 

 Mountains, 4000-6000 ft., collected by Mr. W. Goodfellow ; 

 and an adult female from the same range of mountains, 

 purchased. 



All adult specimens have the ridge of the culmen black, 

 while in immature birds nearly the whole bill is black. 



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