44 The South Australian Ornithological Association. 



Syma torotoro flavirostris — From North Queensland, has a 

 rufous crown. This was considered a good subspecies. 



Dacelo gigas — The brown kingfisher, or laughing jackass, 

 is the only member of the genus that laughs. No subspecies 

 shown. 



Dacelo leachi cervina — The fawn-breasted kingfisher. It 

 was noticed that the male has a blue tail, while the female has 

 a rufous tail. 



Dacelo leachi nana — No Melville Island bird shown. 



Dacelo leachi occidentalis — The western fawn-breasted 

 kingfisher from Derby was smaller than the dominant species, 

 otherwise no essential difference was noticed. 



A bird from Derby, in the north-west of Western Aus- 

 tralia, presumed to be Dacelo cliftoni, is also smaller than the 

 Dacelo leachi cervina. It also has a larger bill, and is very pale 

 in colour. 



Cyanalcyon macleayi — The forest kingfisher, from New 

 South Wales. It was noticed that the male has a white 

 collar; the female has not. 



Cyanalcyon, macleayi distinguendus — The western forest 

 kingfisher, from the Northern Territory, and Cyanalcyon 

 macleayi publa, the Melville Island forest kingfisher, could not 

 be separated. 



Sauropatis sancta — The sacred kingfisher. — Two sub- 

 species available, westralasiana and ramsayi. These could 

 only be distinguished from the dominant species by their 

 labels. 



Sauropatis sordida — The mangrove kingfisher. — Is a larger 

 bird than $. sancta; also it is duller in colour and has more 

 white. 



Sauropatis sordida melvillensis — Seemed to be the same as 

 the dominant species. 



November 27th, 1914. The birds exhibited were all 

 foreign, being kingfishers and bee eaters from the Soudan, 

 North America, India, and the East Indian Archipelago. 



December ISth, 1914. An interesting account of the do- 

 ings of the fourteenth annual congress of the Royal Aus- 

 tralasian Ornithologists' Union, and the camp at Mallaeoota 

 Inlet, by the President (Mr. J. W. Mellor). The birds met 

 with have been published in "The Emu," vol. XIV., part 3. 



