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Show 1877.] DUKE-OF-YORK ISLAND, ETC. 105 now engaged on the genus, is inclined to refer to C. enca1, but Salvadori to a smaller form of C. orru. If the former view be correct, this would be again a reappearance of a Celebesian form. 21. DENDROCHELIDON MYSTACEA. Cypselus mystaceus, Less. Voy. Coq. Zool. i. p. 647, Atl. t. 22. Dendrochelidon mystaceus, Gould, B. Asia, pt. xi. One male specimen, without exact locality. 22. ALCEDO MOLUCCENSIS, Blyth; Sharpe, Kingf. p. 21, pl. 4. Alcedo ispida, var. moluccana, Less. Voy. Coq. Zool. i. p. 343. One skin, without exact locality ; but Lesson obtained the species in New Ireland. 23. CEYX SOLITARIA, Temm. ; Sharpe, Kingf. p. 115, pl. 38. One skin, without exact locality. 24. HALCYON ALBICILLA (Dumont); Sharpe, Kingf. p. 197, pl. 73. One skin, without exact locality. 25. HALCYON CHLORIS (Bodd.) ; Sharpe, Kingf. p. 229, pl. 87. One skin, without exact locality. 26. HALCYON SANCTUS, Vig. et Horsf.; Sharpe, Kingf. p. 239 pl. 91. One skin, from Duke-of-York Island, Oct. 1875. 27- TANYSIPTERA NIGRICEPS, sp. nov. Supra nigra, plaga interscapulari magna et uropygio albis : alis nigris extus cceruleis : caudee rectricibus lateralibus cceruleo marginatis, medianis elongatis albis in margine externo limbo cceruleo ornatis, duabus quoque proximis in margine interno albis: subtus omnino cinnamomea unicolor : rostro coccineo ; pedibus fuscis : long, tota 11*5, alee 3*6, caudee rectr. med. 6*8, ext. 2*1. Hab. Duke of York Island (Oct. 1875). Obs. Species distinctissima, T. sylviee proxima, sed pileo nigro insignis. 28. M E R O P S ORNATUS, Lath.; Gould, B. Austr. ii. pl. 16. A young bird of this Bee-eater from Duke-of-York Island. I have also a skin from New Britain, obtained from Mr. Krefft in 1869 along with the birds from the Solomon Islands. 1 Mr. Sharpe writes : " Your Crow is nearest to C. enca. There are three races of this form :- " 1. C. enca: wing 10-8-12-5, tarsus 1*9-2-1. " 2 . C.orru: wing 12-5-13-1, tarsus 2*15-2*3. "3, C.violaceus: wing 9-5-9-8, tarsus 1*65-1*75. "Your bird measures 11 45, tarsus 1*9. It indicates a Celebesian affinity again." |