DACELONIDiE. 
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Genus SAUROPATIS C. & H. 
Sauropatis Cabanis & Heine, Mus. Hein. vol. ii. p. 158, (after 
Jan. 20th) 1860. Type (by subsequent designation, Sharpe, Mon. 
Alced. p. xiv, Jan. 1st, 1871): Halcyon sanctus Vigors & 
Horsfield. 
Sauropatis juliae H. (17-264.) 
Sauropatis julice Heine, Journ. fiir Orn. I860, p. 184 : New Hebrides. 
(Fig. Sharpe, Mon. pi. 86.) 
Dacelo grayi Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas, Alced. p. 37, 1863 : New Hebrides. 
Distr. —New Hebrides, 
Sauropatis sancta (Vigors & Horsfield). 
Distr. —Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Kermadec, Lord 
Howe and Norfolk Islands, and New Caledonia. New 
Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon and Moluccas 
Islands, Celebes. 
Sauropatis sancta sancta (Vigors & Horsfield). (17-267.) 
Halcyon sanctus Vigors & Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. vol. xv. 
p. 206, Feb. 17th, 1827: New South Wales. (Fig. Gould ii 
pi. 21.) 6 
Distr .—Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, 
and South Australia. (In winter to New Guinea, Bismarck 
Archipelago, Solomon and Moluccan Islands.) 
Sauropatis sancta ruficollaris (Bankier). 
Alcyone ru ficollaris Bankier, Ann. Sc Mag. Nat. Hist. vol. vi. p. 394, 
Jan. 1841: Fort Essington, Northern Territory. (Fig. Math' 
vii. pi. 339.) 
Halcyon sanctus ramsayi Mathews, Nov. Zool. vol. xviii. p. 289, Jan. 31st 1912 • 
Parry’s Creek, North-West Australia. 
Distr. —North-West Australia and Northern Territory. 
Sauropatis sancta westralasiana (Campbell). 
Halcyon westralasianus Campbell, Emu, vol. i. p. 25, Oct. 1st 1901: 
Vasse, South-West Australia. 
Distr. —South-West Australia. 
Sauropatis sancta confusa (Mathews). 
Halcyon sanctus confusus Mathews, Nov. Zool. vol. xviii. p. 289 
Jan. 31st, 1912: Cooktown, Queensland. 
Distr. —North Queensland. 
Sauropatis sancta vagans (Lesson). 
Alcedo vagans Lesson, Voy. de la ‘ Coqaille,’ Zool. vol. i. p. 604 
April 3rd, 1830 : Bay of Islands, North Island, New Zealand ('Fio-' 
liuller, 2nd ed. pi. 13 ; Ereb. & Terr. pi. 1 a.) 
