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Micralcyone pusilla pusilla (Temm.). (17-171.) 
Ceyx pusilla Temminek et Laugier, Planch. Color. d’Ois. lOOe livr. 
a J r vol. X- pi. 595, (before Aug. 30th) 1836: I3aie de Lobo, New 
Guinea. (Fig. Gould, ii. pi. 26; Sharpe, Monogr. pi. 16.) 
Distr. —New Guinea and Western Papuan Islands. 
Micralcyone pusilla halli (Mathews). 
Alcyone pusilla halli Mathews, Nov. Zool. vol. xviii. p. 286, Jan. 31st, 
1912: Cairns, Queensland. (Fig. Math. vii. pi. 333.) 
Micralcyone pusilla yorki Mathews. Birds Austr. vol. vii. p. 103, March 4th, 
1918 : Cape York, North Queensland. 
Distr. —North Queensland. 
Micralcyone pusilla ramsayi (North). 
Alci/one ramsayi North, Ibis, Feb. 7th, 1912, p. 119 : Port Essington, 
Northern Territory. 
Distr .— Northern Territory. 
Micralcyone pusilla richardsi (Tristr.). (17-172.) 
Alcyone richardsi Tristram, Ibis, 1882, p. 134, pi. 4 : Kendova, 
Solomon Islands. 
Distr .—Solomon Islands (Rendova). 
Micralcyone pusilla aolae (O.-G.). 
Alcyone aolce Ogilvie-Grant, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. xxxv. p. 13, 
1914: Guadalcanal Solomon Islands. 
Distr .—Solomon Islands (Guadalcanar). 
Micralcyone pusilla bougainvillei (O.-G.). 
Alcyone pusilla bougainvillei Ogilvie-Grant, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, 
vol. xxxv. p. 13, 1914 : Bougainville and Kulambangra Islands. 
Distr. —Bougainville and Kulambangra Islands. 
Micralcyone pusilla assimilis (Dig-gles). 
Alcyone assimilis Diggles, Trans. Phil. Soc. Q*land, vol. ii. p. 6, 
1873 : Queensland, error=Aru Islands. 
Distr .—Aru Islands. 
Micralcyone pusilla masauji Math. 
Micralcyone pusilla masauji Mathews, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, 
vol. xlvii. p. 90, Feb. 1927: New Ireland. 
Distr. —New Ireland. 
Genus CEYX Lac. 
Ceyx Lacepede, Tabl. Ois. p. 10, 1799, Species added by Daudin, 
* Buff on, Hist. Nat. (Didot), vol. xiv. p. 287, 1802. Type (by 
monotvpy) : Alcedo tridactyla Pallas. 
