FOREST KINGFISHER. 
insularis, writing : '' H. H. macleayi dicto valde affinis sed minor, aiis 
imprimis brevioribus, necnon dorso coeruleo-cyaneo, nec viridescente coeruleo 
lavato distinguendus.” It should be noted that Berlepsch cited as the type 
locality of Jardine and Selby’s Halcyon macleayii. Port Essington, North 
Australia, the specimen being stated as “ Coll. A. Macleay in Linnean Society 
Coll.” There seems to be no valid reason for this selection, as the species was 
described in 1830, some years before the settlement of Port Essington, and 
Gould has told us it was not uncommon around Moreton Bay, an e?^;sily 
accessible locality. 
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