MATHEWS— Birds of hortli and North- West Australia. 73 



No. 311— 9 . Length, 16 inches (13/9/86). 



Similar to the abor< . 



No. 341— $ . Length, 16.5 inches (18/9/86). 



Irides, white; upper mandible, brown, passing into yei 

 lowish white at the tip and on the cutting edges; lower man- 

 dible, white, with a brown patch on each side at the base; legs 

 and feet, yellowish olive. 



No. 343— $ . Length, 16.2 inches (18/9/86). 



Similar to the above. 



No. 390— $ . Length, 16.3 inches (11/10/86). 



148. Cyanalcyon Maclbayi Publa. Forest Kingfisher. 



Halcyon maclcayi publa (Mathews). Austral. Av. Rec, Vol. 

 I„ p. 38, 1912. Northern Territory. 

 No. 6—5. (8/5/86). Palmerston. 



149. Cyanalcyon Pyrrhopygius Obscurus. Northern Red- 



backed Kingfisher. 



Halcyon pyrrhopygius obscurus (Mathews). Nov. Zool., 

 Vol. XVIII., p. 288, 1912. Parry's Creek, North-West Aus- 

 tralia. 



No. 1— $ . Length, 8.6 inches (Palmerston, 8/5/86)7* 



Irides, black; upper mandible, black; lower, pearly white 

 »on the basal half, remainder, black; feet, olive brown. 



No. 2— $ . Length, 9. inches (Palmerston, 8/5/86). 



Irides, black; upper mandible, black; lower, pearly white 

 on the basal half, remainder black ; feet, olive-brown. 



No. 31—5. Length, 9^ inches (21/5/86). 



Irides, brown, upper mandible, black; lower, with basal 

 lalf, white; remainder, black; legs, olive. 



No. 34— 9 . Length, 9^ inches (21/5/86). 



No. 159— Length, 9.3 (21/6/86). 



No. 96— 9 . Length 9 inches (5/6/86). 



No. 274— Length, 9 3 (4/9/86). 



150. Cosmaerops Ornatus Shortridgbi. Western Bee-Eater. 

 Merops ornatus shortridgei (Mathews). Nov. Zool., Vol. 



XVIII., p. 290, 1912. Strelly River, West Australia. 



No. 4— Length, 10-| inches (Palmerston (18/5/86). 



