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4 ZIETZ — Avifauna of Melville Island, 'Northern Territory. 



Much darker green throughout the whole of the 

 plumage, the red of the crown of the head is not so 

 vivid, and also a smaller bird in comparison to 

 specimens from the Fitzroy River, N.W. Australia. 

 Wing 114, N.W. A. specimens av. 125. 



*421b. Calyptorhyn chits banksii macrorhynchus? — Great-billed 

 Cockatoo. 



These birds have a much stronger bill than speci- 

 mens from N.W. Australia and may prove to be 

 identical with the above. 



(No Northern Territory specimens for comparison). 

 428a. Cacatoes galerita melvillensis- —Northern White Cocka 



too. 

 433a. Cacatoes sanguinea apsleyi — Melville Island Bare-eyed 

 Cockatoo. 



*451a. Aprosmictus erythropterus melvillensis subsp. n. — Mel 

 ville Island Red-winged Parrot. 

 Much darker green and longer in the wing than 

 specimens from the Northern Territory; crown of 

 head and nape strongly washed with blue. Wing 

 185, N.T. specimens 175 and 180. 



o468a. Platycercus venustus melvillensis— Melville Island 

 Smutty Parrot. 

 524a. Podargus strigoides melvillensis — Melville Island Frog 

 mouth. 



*540b. Alcyone pusilla ramsayil — Northern Little Kingfisher 

 (No Northern Territory specimens for comparison). 

 548a. Dacelo leachi nana- — Dwarf Fawn-breasted Kingfisher. 

 553a. Halcyon macleayii publa — Melville Island Forest King- 

 fisher. 



*556. Halcyon sanctus subsp.? (immature) — Sacred King- 

 fisher. 

 5P)0a. Halcyon sordidns melvillensis — Northern Mangrove 

 Kingfisher. 



*564a. Merops ornatus subsp.? — Bee-eater. 



(No Northern Territory specimens for comparison). 



569a. Caprimvlgus macrurus subsp.? — Large-tailed Nightjar. 



(No Northern Territory specimens for comparison). 



*581a. Guculus pyrrophamus dumetorum,? — Fan-tailed Cuckoo. 

 (No Northern Territory specimens for comparison). 

 f~ *591. Chrysococcyx miniitillns melvillensis subsp. n — Mel- 

 ville Island Bronze Cuckoo. 



Differs from C. minutillus in having the crown of 

 head dark green, also the darker colouration of the 



