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31. H. chloris. A very wide-spread species, occurring in North-eastern Africa* and 

 over the whole of the Indian Region, and all over the Austro-Malayan subregion as far as 

 New Guinea, and even extends to the Solomon Islands. 



32. H. sordida. Replaces the foregoing species in North Australia, and is coexistent 

 with it in New Guinea and the Aru Islands. 



33. H.forsteni. Confined to the Island of Celebes. 



34. H. sancta. Spread over the greater part of the Australian Region, and ranging into 

 the Indo-Malayan subregion. 



35. H. vagans. Represents H. sancta in New Zealand. 



36. H. funebris. Confined to Gilolo. 



Genus 12. Todirhamphus. 



However exacting the claims of a recognizable classification may have been in our 

 previous chapter, it would be out of all question to separate Todirhamphus from Halcyon 

 in a consideration of the geographical relations of the two genera ; and I have therefore 

 transposed Dacelo and Todirhamphus in the present article, for the sake of a clearer 

 understanding. 



Range of the Genus. 



Restricted to Oceania. 



Range of the Species. 



1. T. veneratus. Confined to the Society Islands. 



2. T. recurvirostris. Confined to the Samoan Islands, where it appears to represent 

 Halcyon sancta. 



3. T. tutus. Confined to the Society and Marquesas Islands, where it appears to repre- 

 sent Halcyon sacra. 



Genus 13. Dacelo. 

 Range of the Genus. 



Over the continent of Australia, and northwards into the Austro-Malayan subregion. 

 There are two distinct groups of this genus: — the true Dacelo, of which the Laughing 

 Jackass is the type ; and a smaller group, which has been named Sauromarptis by Cabanis 

 and Heine. The former of these two groups is confined to Australia, the latter replacing 

 it in the Papuan Islands. 



Range of the Species. 



1. D. gigas. South-eastern Australia, from New South Wales as far north as Southern 

 Queensland. 



2. I), leachi. The representative of the foregoing species in Queensland. 



3. D. cervina. The representative of the foregoing in Northern Australia. 



* By an oversight I have omitted to includo this bird in my list of African Kingfishers (Ibis, 1869, p. 275), and, 

 again, have not referred to the very elaborate article in the 1 Vogel Ost-Afrika's,' by Drs. Finsch and Hartlaub, 

 p. 165. 



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