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ALCEDINID^. 



no. 1188 (18C9); Shurpe, Monoyr. Alced. p. 77 (1870); .s>/. S,- 

 Sale. Noweiicl. Ai\ Neotr. p. 108 (1878); tid. R Z. S. 1878, 

 p. 434; iid. Rep. Voy. ' Challenyei-; ii. Birds, p. 104 (1880); 

 Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 9 ; Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. ii. 

 p. 101 (18>U). 



Streptoeenle st-llata, Cab. ^ Heine, Mus. Hein. Th. ii. p. lol (1800). 



Chloioceryle steliata, Scl. Cat. Amer. Ii. p. 204 (1882). 



Adult. Above slaty blue, the feathers of the crest marked longi- 

 tudinally -svith broad black shaft-stripes ; back also marked with 

 dark stripes and profusely spotted with white; quills and tnil 

 black, externally margined with slaty blue and lianded with white ; 

 throat and sides of neck white, extending backwards and forming a 

 nuchal collar ; upper part of the breast slutj' blue, with rufous 

 markings on some of the feathers ; below this slaty band a narrow 

 one of white ; rest of the under surface of the body rufous, with 

 numerous grey and white barrings on the lower abdomen, flanks, 

 and under tail-coverts : bill and feet blackish. Total length 15"0 

 inches, culmen 2-15, wing 7"3, tail 4\3, tarsus 0-4. 



Hah. Chili, Bolivia, and Peru. 



South America. 



8outli America. 



South America {Sharj)e Coll.] 



Chili. 



a. $ imm. st. 



b. 5 imm. sk. 



c. cj fid. sk. 



d. (S ad.; e,f. 

 5 ad. sk. 



ff. 2 ad. sk. 

 h. c? imm. sk. 

 i. 2 imm. sk. 



k. Ad. sk. 



/. 2 ad. sk. 

 tn. 2 ad. sk. 



n. (S ad. sk. 



o. c? ad. sk. 



p. cf ad. sk. 



q. Sternum. 



Chili (i?. C. Heed). 



Chili. 



Eimac, E. Peru, Sept. (A. H. 

 Markham). 



Tom Bay, Straits of Magellan, 

 Jan. 23 {Dr. Coppinyer). 



Cockle Cove, Feb. 7. " 



Latitude Bay, Jan. 13 {Dr. 

 Coppinyer). 



Cove Harbour, Messier Chan- 

 nel. 



Port Otway, Dec. 31. 



Gray Harbour. 



Tom Bay, Straits of Magellan. 



Lieut. Maw [P.]. 

 Purchased. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 K. Vi. Sharpe, Esq., 



LL.D. [P.]. 

 S.ilvin-Godman Coll. 

 Sclater Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



H. M.S. 'Alert.' 



Tweeddale Coll. 



Voy. II.M.S. 'Chal- 

 lenger.' 



Toy. II.M.S. 'Chal- 

 lenger.' 



Voy. H.M.S. ' Chal- 

 lenger.' 



H.M.S. ' xilert.' 



Subsp. /3. Ceryle stictipennis, 



Cervle torquata («ec L.), Laivr. I'roc. U.S. Nat. Mus. i. pp. 469, 



487 (^lo79) ; Cory, B. W. hid. p. 19 (1885). 

 Cervle stictipennis, Laicr. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. viii. p. 623 (1805) ; 



Cory,AuJi,'iu.-p.SG7 {;1886), iv. p. 96 (1887); id. B. JV. Lid. 



2nd ed. p. 162 (18«9). 



Adult male. Similar to C. torquata, but differing, according to 

 Mr. Cory {I. c), in the white spotting of the wings and back, and 

 the rufous marking of the under wing-coverts. Total length 17^ 

 inches, wing 8, tail o], bill '3. 



Hub. Island of (iuadeloupe. West Indies. 



