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Clytoceyx rex Sharpe. 



Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. XVII p. 203. 



Ç, Sèkanto, June 5th, n°. 293. 



rf and Q, Tami, n°. 318, 337 (native coll.). 



The first mentioned bird had the mouth filled with mud when shot. The supposition 

 of Gould (Birds of N. Guinea. XII) that this kingfisher grubs for food on the ground is 

 very probable. 



Sauromarptis gaudichaud Q. G. 



Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. XVII p. 209. 



çf, sex?, Siari, February i2th, n°. 2, 3. 

 Ç? juv, Humboldt Bay, May iôth, n°. 256. 

 çf, Near Lake Sentani, April 5th, n°. 92. 

 sex? Môso, May nth, n°. 241. 

 cf, 9j Tami, n°. 323, 348 (native coll.). 

 Q, Wendèsi, July 3oth, n°. 666. 



The maie n°. 92 has a brown tail, spotted with blue at the base. Some of the outer 

 tailfeathers hâve a blue margin at the base of the outer web. The black bill shows it to 

 be a young bird. In the three spécimens from the Geelvink Bay the white patch behind the 

 eye is smaller than in the other ones. 



Halcyon saiirophagus Gould. 



Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. p. 249. 



Ç, Siari, February i2th, n°. 4. 

 Q, Xapan, March 6th, n°. 14. 



2 cfcf , Q, Supiori, July iôth, n°. 618, 620, 621. 

 çf, Mios Ajawi, July igth, n°. 657. 



We did not find this species on the .North coast, only along the Geelvink Bay and on 

 the islands north of it. 



Halcyon sanctus Vig. et Horsf. 



Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. XVII p. 267. 



3 cfcf > Humboldt Bay, April and June n°. 194, 360, 361. 

 cf, Tami River, May nth, n°. 247. 



Ç>, Tami, n°. 312 (native coll.). 

 rf, Supiori, July i6fh, n°. 619. 



Tanysiptera dea meyeri Salv. ? 

 Aggiunte Orn. Pap. p. 54. 

 9, Tawarin, June i8fh, n°. 603. 

 I hâve not seen T. d. meyeri, but my bird has a crown of a little lighter blue than 

 most T. dea from West N. Guinea, although it is almost matched by some birds from this 

 Nova Guinea. V. Zoologie, 52 



