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Y 553a. Halcyon macleayii publa, subsp. n. 

 Melville Island Forest-Kingfisher. 



Differs from H. m. distinguendus in having the back and 

 numerals greenish-blue and in its smaller bill. 



Type, Melville Island, Northern Territory, No. 10,872. 



Range, Melville Island. 



Eggs, Clutch 5, white, 22.5 mm. by 20.5. Date, 9.11.11 



560a. Halcyon sordidus melvillensis, subsp. n. 

 Northern Mangrove Kingfisher. 



Differs from H. s. sordidus in its much paler upper- 

 surface and much smaller bill. 



Type, Melville Island, Northern Territory, No. 10,874. 

 Range, Melville Island. 



591a. Chrysococcyx minutillus perplexits, subsp. n. 

 Western Little Bronze Cuckoo. 



Differs from C. m. minutillus in having the head more 

 purplish-bronze and the back greener, and the bill more 

 slender. 



Type, Parry's Creek, North-west Australia. 



Range, North-west Australia. 



Note. — The egg descr-'bed by me (Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 23, 

 1911) as that of C. minutillus must belong to this subspecies. It was 

 included in the nest of Gerygone albigularis rogersi and resembles the 

 egg of C. plagosus, but is of a lighter colour and measures 19 mm. by 12 



603. The first description of this form was given 

 by Bonaparte, and the first reference should read : 

 Menura alberti Bonaparte, Consp. Gen. Av., Vol. I., 

 p. 215, 1850. Richmond River, N.S.W. 



619a. Petrochelidon nigricans rogersi, subsp. n. 

 Northern Tree-Martin. 



Differs from P. n. nigricans in having the rump dark 

 buff ; wing 104 mm. 



Type, Northern Territory (Darwin), No. 10,167. 

 Range, Northern Territory. 



