208 Mr. Vicors’s and Dr. Horsriezn’s Description of the 
exceeds seven inches. Of all the alleged varieties of the sacred 
Kingsfisher the bird before us comes nearest to the description of 
those which are said to be found in New Zealand. 
Genus. Ceyx. Lacepede. 
1. AzUREA. C. saturaté azurea, corpore subtus lorisque flaves- 
centibus, lateribus colli maculá obliquá albá. Lath. 
Alcedo azurea. Lath. Ind. Orn. Supp. p. xxxii. 
Alcedo azurea. Swains. Zool. Illust. pl. 26. Lewin, Birds of 
N. Holl. p. 5. pl. 1. 
Mr. Caley thus observes upon this bird in his manuscripts. 
“ I have never noticed this species leaving the salt water beyond 
the distance of two hundred yards, and seldom so far. It in- 
habits the harbour of Port J ackson, particularly the upper parts 
of the branches or creeks. Some birds have the breast con- 
siderably more red than others. I have met with what I con- 
sidered to be the same species in a brushy creek at Western 
Port. I never saw it alight in trees." 
Fam. Mznmorripzx. 
| Genus. Merops. Linn. ECNS 
1. Mzrawvumvus. M. viridis, teniá ante postque oculos lunulá 
pectorali remigum apicibus caudáque nigris, occipite remigi- 
busque castaneis, gulá flava, teniá suboculari uropygio crisso- 
que ceruleis. 
Rostrum nigrum. Remieum externarum pogonia extima viridia. 
Cauda nigra, rectricibus duabus mediis longissimis ; harum 
pogoniis utrinque, primæque pogonio externo viridi-margi- 
natis. Longitudo corporis ab apice rostri ad apicem medie 
rectricis, 10, ad apicem rectricis extima, 8; ale a carpo ad 
remigem primam, 411; caude, 5; rostri ad frontem, 11, 
ad rictum, Ir; tarsi, 3. : ; - 
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