All the upper surface deep blue, becoming more vivid on the rump and upper tail-coverts; wings black washed with blue; throat buff; under surface of the body and wings ferruginous orange; on each side of the chest a patch of bluish black; lores and a small patch behind the ears buff; crown of the head indistinctly barred with black; irides and bill black; feet orange. Total length 6½ inches; bill, 2; wing, 3⅛; tail, 1¾; tarsi, ½. Inhabits Van Diemen’s Land. More robust than _Alcyone azurea_, or _A. pulchra_, and differing from both in the blue of the upper surface being tinged with green. 66. Alcyone pulchra, _Gould_. _Alcyone pulchra_, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., Part XIV. p. 19. All the upper surface shining purplish blue; wings brownish black; lores, tuft behind the ear, and throat buff; under surface deep ferruginous orange; sides of the chest fine purplish blue, passing into a rich vinous tint on the flanks; irides and bill black; feet orange. Total length 6 inches; bill, 2; wing, 2⅞; tail, 1½; tarsi ½. Inhabits the north coast of Australia. This is the finest coloured species of the Australian _Alcyones_, and is distinguished by the beautiful vinous colouring of the flanks. 67. Alcyone pusilla Vol. II. Pl. 26. Family ——? Genus ARTAMUS, _Vieill._ The members of this singular genus are distributed over New Guinea, Ceram, the Indian Islands and the continent of India, but are more numerous in Australia than elsewhere, its fauna comprising no less than seven well-defined species. 68. Artamus sordidus Vol. II. Pl. 27. 69. Artamus minor, _Vieill._ Vol. II. Pl. 28. Mr. Gilbert found this species breeding in the interior of the country during Dr. Leichardt’s overland journey to Port Essington. 70. Artamus cinereus, _Vieill._ Vol. II. Pl. 29. 71. Artamus albiventris, _Gould_ Vol. II. Pl. 30. 72. Artamus personatus, _Gould_ Vol. II. Pl. 31. 73. Artamus superciliosus, _Gould_ Vol. II. Pl. 32. 74. Artamus leucopygialis, _Gould_ Vol. II. Pl. 33. Family ——? Genus DICÆUM, _Cuv._ The continent of India, the Indian Islands and New Guinea are the countries in which the members of this genus abound; as yet only a single species has been found in Australia. 75. Dicæum hirundinaceum Vol. II. Pl. 34. Family PIPRIDÆ, _Vig._ Genus PARDALOTUS, _Vieill._