AlCEDINIDa;. 29 



Eurystomus australis, Swains.- 



Coracias australis, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Vog. tab. xli. %. 10 (1845-54). 

 Eurystomus pacificus, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 119 (186-5) ; 



Buller, Birds New Zeal. 2nd ed. i. p. 118 (1888); North, Nests Sf 



Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 35, pi. xiv. %. 1 (1889). 

 Eurystomus australis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xvii. p. 36 (1892) ; Le 



Souef, Vict. Nat. xvi. p. 70 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 47 (1900) ; 



Campbell, Nests 8f Eggs Austr. Birds, ii. p. 544 (1901). 



'^he eggs of the Australian Broad-billed Roller measure from 

 1'31 to 1'38 in length, and from 1-05 to 1-13 in breadth. 



1. Australia. Gould Coll. 



1. New South Wales. Gould Coll. 



2. Dawson River, Queensland, Oct. Crowley Bequest. 



(North Coll.). 

 4. Dawson River, 5th Nov. (iVorttCoH.). Crowley Bequest. 



Eurystomus calonyx, Sharpe. 



Eurystomus calonyx, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xvii. p. 38 (1893) ; id. 



Hand-l. ii. p. 47 (1900). 

 Eurystomus orientalis, Dresser, Man. CoraciidtB, p. 67, part. (1893). 



The eggs of the Chinese Broad-billed Roller measure from 1-33 

 to 1-5 in length, and from 1"1 to 1-15 in breadth. 



1. South Chiua (-K. Swinhoe). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Foochow, China, 29th May. C. B. Rickett, Esq. 



4. Foochow, 29th May. C. B. Rickett, Esq. 



4. Foochow, 30th May. C. B. Rickett, Esq. 



3. Foochow, 3rd June. C. B. Rickett, Esq. 





Sub-Order HALCYONES. 



The eggs of the Kingfishers are pure white, spheroidal in shape, 

 and generally highly glossy. They do not require to be separately 

 described. 



Family ALCEDINID^. 



Sub-Family ALCEDININ^. 



Genus PELARGOPSIS, Ghger. 



Pelargopsis gurial {Pearson). 



Pelargopsis gurial, Sharpe, Man. Alcedinidee, p. 105 (1870) ; Legge, 

 Birds Ceyl. p. 295 (1878) ; Oates ed. Hume, Nests Sr Eggs Ind. 

 Birds, iii. p. 11 (1890) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xvii. p. 101 

 (1892); Blanf. Fauna Brit Ind., Birds, p. 129 {IWt) ;. Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. ii. p. 49 (1900). 



