218 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Granfc on Birds 



103 mm. The averao-e measurement of sixteen specimens is 

 106 mm. 



The small race, which has been named H. s. colonus Hartert, 

 inhabits the Louisiade Archipelago. In seven specimens the 

 wing-measm-ement varies from 86 to 93 mm., the average 

 being 9 1*5 mm. 



Halcyon sanctus. 



Halcyon sanctus Vig. & Horsf. ; Sharpe, Cat. xvii. p. 267 

 (1892) ; van Oort, p. 77 (1909) ; Ogilvie-Grant, P. & P. 

 p. 285 (1912) ; id. Ibis, 1913, p. 97 ; Roths. & Hartert, 

 N. Z. XX. p. 489 (1913). 



a-d. ? et (^ ? imm. Mouth of the Mimika River, 19th- 

 24th March, 1911. [Nos. 1199, 1213, 1236, 1276, 

 C.H.B.G.^ 



e. ? imm. Mimika River, 15th April, 1910. [No. 1131, 

 G. C. S.'\ 



f, g. (^ et ? imm. Parimau, Mimika River, 31st Aug. & 

 3rd Nov. 1910. [No. 60, C. H. B. G. ; & 1474, G. C. S.] 



h. ? . Tuaba River, 19th May, 1910. [No. 1161, G. 

 C.S.] 



i-l. cJ et (5" imm. Launch Camp, Setakwa River, 15th 

 & 18th Oct. 1912. {C.B.K.'] 



Iris brown ; bill black, base of the lower mandible whitish- 

 horn-colour ; feet sooty-brown or fleshy-brown. 



The youngest examples, such as specimens c and d in the 

 above series, have the collar round the hind-neck white and 

 all the wing-coverts edged with pale sandy. The dusky 

 bars on the hind-neck and under surface seem to be a very 

 variable character, and are almost wanting in some younger 

 individuals, in which all the wing-coverts are still edged 

 with pale sandy. In some younger birds the breast and 

 belly are washed with bright buff, in others these parts are 

 only slightly tinged with buff. 



Mr. Mathews recognises four subspecies in Australia ! 



Mr. Goodfellow tells us that this Kingfisher was un- 

 doubtedly the most conspicuous bird about the base-camp at 

 Wakatimi, where its harsh cry could be heard all through the 



