E. D. VAN OORT. BIRDS. TJ 



Alcedinidae. 



Alcyone pusilla (Temminck). 



Ceyx pusilla Temminck, PI. Col. 595, f. 3 (1836). 



Alcyone pusilla, Salvadori, Orn. Pap. I, 1880, p. 414. — Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. M. XVII, 1892, p. 171. 



Coll. LORENTZ: 



N°. 164, (not sexed), Van Weel's kamp, 28 May 1907. Iris dark brown, bill and feet black. 



Ceyx solitaria Temminck. 



Ceyx solitaria Temminck, PL Col. 595, f. 2 (1836). — Salvadori, Orn. Pap. I, 1880, p. 420. — 

 Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. M. XVII, 1892, p. 188. 



Coll. LORENTZ: 



N°. 202, Q, Van Weel's kamp, 6 June 1907. Iris dark brown, bill black, feet orange. 

 N°. 207, Q, Van Weel's kamp, 7 June 1907. Iris dark brown, bill black, feet orange. 

 N°. 208, rf, Van Weel's kamp, 7 June 1907. Iris dark brown, bill black, feet orange. 

 N°. 222, Q, Van Weel's kamp, 9 June 1907. Iris dark brown, bill black, feet orange-yellow. 



Syma torotoro tentelare Hartert. 



Syma torotoro tentelare Hartert, Nov. Zool. III, 1896, p. 534. — Rothschild & Hartert, Nov. 

 Zool. VIII, 1901, p. 146. 



Coll. LORENTZ: 



N°. 325, 9; Sabang, 9 July 1907. Iris dark brown, bill and feet yellow. 



This spécimen cornes nearest to the form from the Aru Islands. It measures : wing 74, 

 tail 58, bill 36, tarso-met. 13 mm. The black patch on the head is away from the base of 

 the bill for about 8 mm. The coloration of the upper and under parts is the same as in 

 Syma torotoro, not paler as is the case in Syma torotoro meeki from southeastern New Guinea. 



H alcyon macleayi Jardine & Selby. 



Halcyon macleayi Jardine & Selby, 111. Orn. 1825-39, pi. 101. — Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. M. XVII, 



1892, p. 254. 

 Cyanalcyon macleayi, Salvadori, Orn. Pap. I, 1880, p. 465. 



Coll. KOCH : 



One spécimen, apparently Q, Merauke, 29 June 1904. Iris dark brown. 



Halcyon sanctus Vigors & Horsfield. 



Halcyon sanctus Vigors & Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, XV, 1826, p. 206. — Sharpe, 



Cat. B. Br. M. XVII, 1892, p. 267. 

 Sauropatis sancta, Salvadori, Orn. Pap. I, 1880, p. 476. 



Coll. KOCH : 



4 spécimens without locality or date, only one labelled : westcoast, 6 May. 



