20 catalogue of birds from new guinea. 



Halcyon albicilla. 



Halcyon albicilla, Less. Tr. d'Orn. p. 247. 



Halcyon saurophaga, Gould, Voy. Sulphur, Zool. pi. 1 9. 



a. New Guinea (north coast). Presented hy J. Gould, Esq. 



b. Louisiade Archipelago. Presented by J. Macgillivray, Esq. 



Halcyon sancta. 



Halcyon sancta,\ig. & Horsf. Linn. Trans, xv. p. 206. 



Dacelo chlorocephalus, var. ji, Less. 



a. Aru Islands. Procured from Mr. Wallace. 



Halcyon cinnamomina. 



Halcyon cinnamominus, Swains. Zool. 111. pi. 67. 



Hob. New Guinea ; Havre-Dorey {Lesson). 



Halcyon sordida, var. 



Halcyon sordida, var., G. R, Gray, Proc. Z. S. 1858, p. 172. 



Rather larger in all its dimensions: length 10", wings 4" 2'", 

 bill from gape 2" 5"' ; but the colour of the back and rump is 

 brighter than in Halcyon sordidus, Gould, B. of Austr. ii. pi. 23. 



a. Aru Islands. Procured from Mr. Wallace. 



The Hope Isles' specimens measured, length 10", wings 4" 6'", 

 bill from gape 2" 9'" ; while a specimen from Louisiade Archipelago 

 is of the length of 8" 6'", wings 3" 9'", and bill from gape 2" 1'", 

 "which is about the same size as H. sordidus, Gould, but is rather 

 brighter in its colours, and agrees best with the. Aru specimen. 



Halcyon torotoro. 



Syma torotoro, Less. Voy. de la Coqu. t. 31^. f. 1. 

 Halcyon torotoro, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. i. p. 79. 

 Hab. New Guinea;- Havre-Dorey {Lesson) ; Lobo {Miiller) ; Aru 

 Islands {Wallace). 



Tanysiptera Dea. 



Alcedo Dea, Linn. S. N. i. p. 181. 



Tanysiptera Dea, Vigors, Linn. Trans, xiv. p. 433. 



a. New Guinea (Havre-Dorey). Procured from Baron Laugier's 

 Collection. 



b. New Guinea. Procured from Mr. Turner. 



Tanysiptera Hydrocharis. 



Tanysiptera Hydrocharis, G. R.Gray, Proc. Z. S. 1858, p. 172. 



Top of head blue ; eyebrows silvery blue ; cheeks, ear-coverts and 

 nape black ; back and wings deep blue ; rump and beneath the body 

 white ; middle tail-feathers silvery blue, margined at base, and the 

 tips white; lateral tail- feathers black, margined externally with deep 

 blue. Bill red, and feet fuscous. 



Length to end of middle tail-feathers 13" ; wings 3" 8'". 



