122 ALCEDINID-S. 



round the hiud neck ; breast deep rich chestnut ; under wing- and 

 tail-coverts with the lower part of the abdomen white : " bill black, 

 the lower mandible and base of upper one reddish grey ; feet yel- 

 lowish grey; claws black; iris dark brown " (.AZsAv). Total length 

 16-5 inches, culmen 3, wing 7'7, tail 4"5, tarsus 0-4. 



Adult female. Similar to the male, but having a broad slaty-blue 

 band across the chest, with a narrow white band below it ; aud with 

 the whole of the abdomen and under wing- and tail-coverts rich 

 chestnut. Total length lG-2 inches, culmen 3*6, wing 7'^, tail 5, 

 tarsus 0'55. 



Young female. Very similar to the old female, but the bill very 

 much shorter ; the stripes on the head very broad aud dark, so that 

 little of the grey edging is seen, the forehead especially being 

 nearly black ; wing-coverts more narrowly edged with grey than in 

 the old bird, so that the black bases to the feathers are more con- 

 spicuous, the whole of the coverts being also tinged with rusty 

 brown ; under wing-coverts whitish tinged with rufous, aud some 

 of the lower ones barred with slaty grey ; rest of the under surface 

 as in the old female, excepting the breast-band, which is dull grey 

 tinged with reddish, the shaft of each feather being very plainly 

 developed. 



Young male. Similar to the young female, but having the whole 

 of the outer edge of the wing-coverts and quills profusely marked 

 with good-sized spots of white ; under wing-coverts as in the young 

 female, as also the breast-band, which, however, is more distinctly 

 tinged with rufous in the centre, remaining grey on each side, 



Mab. The whole of Central America and the greater part of 

 South America, 



fl, b. 2 ad. sk. Nuevo Leon, Mexico, April, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



May {F. B. Artnstromj). 

 c-g. (S ad. ; h-I. $ Tampico, Feb., March, June Salvin-Godman Coll. 



ad. sk. ( W. B. Richardson) . 



7«. c? ad. sk. Eeal del Monte. J.Philipps, Esq. [P.]. 



n. (5 ad. sk. Vega del Casadero, near Vera Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Cruz, Dec. {M. Tmjillo). 

 o,p. (5 2 ad. sk. Santa Ana, Jalapa, Nov. Salvin-Godman CoU. 



[Ferrari-Perez). 

 q. $ juv. sk. Teapa, Feb. [Mrs. D. W. Salvin-CJodman Coll. 



8niith). 

 r. 2 ad. sk. Presidio, Mazatlan, Jan. 2o Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(A. Forrer). 

 s,t. c? 2 ad. sk. San Bias, Tepic, May ( TV. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



B. Richardson), 

 u. 2 ad. sk. Tehuautepec, Feb. 28 ( W. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



B.R.) 

 V, w. (S 2 inini. sk. Tonala, Chiapas, Feb. (F. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Sumichrast). 

 .r. cJ ad. sk. Lanquin, G uatemala, March Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(O. Salvin). 

 y,z. (S ad.; a'. 2 Cayo, Western British Hon- Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 ad. sk. duras, Dec, April, May (F. 



Blaiicatieaux). 

 a', cf ad. sk. Belize {F. Bluncaneaux). Salvin-Godman CoU. 



