LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Order CORACIIFOBMES. 
Family CORACIIDJE. 
CCLIII. Genus EURYSTOMUS. 
Eurystomus Vieillot, Analyse nouv. Omith., p. 37, April 14th, 1816. Type (by monotypy) : " Rolle des Indes 
Run. = Coracias orientalis Linn A 
Golaris Cuvier, Regne Anim., Vol. I., p. 401, Dee. 7th, 1816. Type (by subsequent designation) : C. orientalis 
Linne. 
Hirundolanius Buller, Hist. Birds New Zeal., 2nd ed„ Vol. I., p. 119, Oct. (Nov. 30), 1887, ex Clarke MS Type 
(by monotypy) : Eurystomus pacificus Latham. ' " 1 
301. EURYSTOMUS ORIENTALIS. ROLLER OR DOLLAR BIRD. 
[Coracias orientalis Linne, Syst. Nat., 12th ed., p. 159, (pref. May 24th) 1766 : India. Extra-limital.] 
Gould, Vol. II., pi. 17 (pt. xii.), Sept. 1st, 1843. Mathews, Vol. VII., pt. 1, pi. 331, March 
4th, 1918. 
Coracias pacifica Latham, Index Omith. Suppl., p. xxvii., after May 1801, based on Watling drawing No 64- 
New South Wales. 
Eurystomus australis Swainson, Anim. in Menag., p. 326, Dec. 1837 : New South Wales. 
Eurystomus orientalis bravi Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 285, Jan. 31st, 1912 : Parry’s Creek North-west 
Australia. 
Distribution. North-west Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria 
(Tasmania ?) 
Order ALCEDINIFORMES. 
Family ALCEDINIDA5. 
CCLIV. Genus ALCYONE. 
Aleyone Swainson, Classif. Birds, Vol. II., p. 336, July 1st, 1837. Type (by monotypy) : A. australis =Alcedo 
azurea Latham. 
302. ALCYONE AZUREA. BLUE KINGFISHER. 
Gould, Vol. II., pi. 25 (pt. xix.), June 1st, 1845. Mathews, Vol. VII., pt. 1, pi. 332, March 
4th, 1918. 
Alcedo azurea Latham, Index Ornith. Suppl., p. xxxii., after May 1801. “In Insula Norfolk ” error=New 
South Wales. 
Alcedo tribrachys Shaw and Nodder, Nat. Miscell., Vol. XVI., pi. 681, Aug. 1st, 1805 : New South Wales. 
Ceyx cyanea Lesson, Traits d’Orn., 4e livr., p. 241, Sept. 25th, 1830 : “ Timor ” error=New South Wales. 
Alcyone australis Swainson, Classif. Birds, Vol. II., p. 336, July 1st, 1837 : New South Wales. 
Alcyone diemenensis Gould, Proe. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1846, p. 19, May : Tasmania. 
Alcyone pulchra Gould, ib. : Port Essington, Northern Territory. 
Alcyone azurea victoria Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 285, Jan. 31st, 1912 : (Frankston), Victoria. 
Alcyone azurea mixta Mathews, ib. : (Cooktown), North Queensland. 
Alcyone azurea alisteri Mathews, Austral Av. Ree., Vol. I., pt. 2, p. 37, April 2nd, 1912; Parry’s Creek North-west 
Australia. ’ 
Distribution. Australia generally and Tasmania. 
CCLV. Genus MICRALCYONE. 
Micralcyone Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 5, p. 107, Dec. 24th, 1912. 
Alcyone pusilla halli Mathews. 
Type (by original designation) : 
303. MICRALCYONE PUSILLA. LITTLE KINGFISHER. 
[Ceyx pusilla Temminck et Laugier, Planch. Color. d’Ois., lOOe livr. (Vol. V.,pl. 595), (before August 30th) 1836 • 
Baie de Lobo, New Guinea. Extra-limital.] ' 
Gould, Vol. II., pi. 26 (pt. xi.), March 1st, 1843. Mathews, Vol. VII., pt. 1 , pi. 333, March 
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