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The eggs of the Azure Kingfisher measure -85 by -74 ; -82 by -72 ; 

 •8 by -69 ; -83 by -73 ; -89 by -75 ; -85 by -74 ; -83 by -73. 



1. New South Wales.' Gould Coll. 



3. Liverpool, N.S.W., 18th Dec. Crowley Bequest. 



{A. J. North). 

 3. Murray River, N.S.W., Dec; W. Eadoliffe Saunders, Esq. [P.]. 



Alcyone pulchra, Gould. 



Alcyone pulchra, Gould, Handh. Birds Austr. i. p. 141 (186.5) ; Slmrpe, 

 Mon. Alcedinidts, p. 45 (1870) ; North, Nests S^ Eggs Austr. Birds, 

 p. 41 (1889) ; Sharps, Cat. Birds B. M. xvii. p. 169 (1892) ; id. 

 Hand-l. ii. p. 52 (1900). 



Alcyone azurea pulchra, Camphell, Nests 8f Eggs Austr. Birds, ii. 

 p. 549 (1901). 



Two eggs of the Resplendent Kingfisher measure respectively : 

 ■81 by -72 ; -82 by -72. 



2. Port Essington, Australia. Gould Coll. 



Sub-Family DACELONINiE. 

 Genus CEYX, Lacep. 



Ceyx dillwynni, Sharpe. 



Cejx dillwynni, Sharpe, Mon. Alcedinidce, p. 125 (1870) ; id, P. Z. S. 

 1879, p. 330; id. Ibis, 1890, p. 19; id. Cat. Birds B. M. xvii. 

 p. 177 (1892) ; id. Hand-l. ii. p. 52 (1900). 



The eggs of Dillwyn's Kingfisher in the Collection are spheroidal 

 in shape, very glossy, and measure respectively : "77 by '6 ; 

 •75 by '61 ; -72 by '6 ; "72 by "62. A specimen, taken by the 

 late Mr. Whitehead in Borneo, is much larger, measuring -87 by '71. 



1. Borneo. Crowley Bequest. 



3. Labuan, Borneo. Sir Hugh Low [C.]. 



1. Lawas River, Borneo, 6th April Crowley Bequest. 

 [J. WJiitehead). 



Genus SYMA, Less. 

 Syma torotoro, Less. 



Syma torotorO, Sharpe, Mon. Alcedinidce, p. 151 (1869) ; id. Cat. Birds' 

 B. M. xvii. p. 196 (1892) ; id. Hand-l. ii. p. 55 (1900). 



Four eggs of the Saw-billed Kingfisher in the Collection are 

 spheroidal in form and very glossy. They measure respectively : 

 •93 by -79 ; -92 by ^8 ; -94 by -8 ; ^93 by -8. 



4< ' S.E. New Guinea. Herr Weiske [C.]. 



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