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DACELONIDiE. 
Tanysiptera hydrocharis hydrocharis Gray. (17-310.) 
Tanysiptera hydrocharis Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1858, p. 172: 
Aru Islands. (Fig. Sharpe, pi. 106.) 
Distr. —Aru Islands. 
Tanysiptera hydrocharis nais Gray. (17-310, pt.) 
Tanysiptera nais Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1860, p. 346: Am¬ 
boy na, Moluccas. (Fig- Sharpe, pi. 109.) 
Alcedo dea Linn<$ (not id. p. 116, 1758), Syst. Nat. ed. 12, p. 181, 1766: 
Surinam, error=Amboyna. 
Distr . —Amboy na, Ceram, and Goram. 
Tanysiptera hydrocharis acis Wall. (17-305.) 
Tanysiptera act's Wallace, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1863, p. 23: Buru, 
Moluccas. 
Distr. —Buru. 
Tanysiptera hydrocharis obiensis Salvad. (17-307.) 
Tanysiptera obiensis Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. vol. x. p. 302, 
1877 : Obi Island, Moluccas. 
Distr. —Obi Island. 
Tanysiptera hydrocharis margarethae Heine. (17-306.) 
Tanysiptera margarethxe Heine, Journ. fur Ornith. 1859, p. 406: 
(New Guinea, error)=Batjan, Gilolo. (Fig. Sharpe, pi. 108.) 
Tanysiptera isis Gray, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 347 : Batjan and Gilolo. 
Distr .—Halmahera and Batjan. 
Tanysiptera hydrocharis galatea Gray. (17-307.) 
Tanysiptera galatea Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1859, p. 154: 
l)orey. (Fig. Sharpe, p. 110.) 
Tanysiptera rosenbergii Sharpe, Cat. Birds, vol. xvii. p. 308, 1892 (as synonymy 
of above), 
Tanysiptera galeata rubiensis Meyer, Abh. Kgl. Mub. Dresd. 1890-1, no. 4, 
p. 8, 1891: Kubi. 
Distr .—N.W. New Guinea, Salwatti, Batanta, and Waigou. 
Tanysiptera hydrocharis minor Salvadori. (17-308.) 
Tanysiptera galatea var. minor Salvadori A D’Albertis, Ann. Mus. 
Civ. Gen. vol. vii. p. 815, 1S75 : Mt. Epa, Yule Isl-, New Guinea. 
(Fig. Gould, N. G. iv. pi. 57.) 
Tanysiptera mici-orhyncha Sharpe, Journ. Linn, Soc. vol. xvi. p. 429, 1882 : 
Morocco District and East Cape (New Guinea, S.E.). 
Distr. —New Guinea (S.E.). 
Tanysiptera hydrocharis meyeri Salvad. (17-309.) 
Tanysiptera meyeri Salvadori, Ornit. Pap. e Mol. Agg. p. 54, 1889: 
Kafu, New Guinea. 
Distr.- —New Guinea (north coast) and Dampier Island. 
