3. ALCEDO. 142^ 



c". Ear-coA-erts blue like the cheeks and 



rest of the side of the face. 



a"\ Scapulars biight blue ; head blue, 



barred with black ; streak on the side 



^ of the neck white or buffy white. 



a\ Under surface of body bay or lio-ht 



orange-brown ; length about 6-5 



inches . ispidoides, p. 1.52. 



6*. Under surface of body light orange- 



,,„ c; ^""^i' ^''"^th about 7 inches . ?. . semitorquata, p. 1.53. 



b . bcapulars black ; head dingy black, 



with narrow bars of dull green ; band 



on sides of neck deep orange-buff or 



b'. Under^'Turface- 'of' ' body deep 'chestnut: "'■^""" ^ ' P' ^''- 



rutous or maroon. 



d". Wing-coverts spotted with green or 



gi-eenish blue ; the cheeks and sides of 



face bluish green ; head and neck barred 



with green. Size large ; length about 



8 inches ,„.„„j- ^~a 



c". Wing-coverts spotted With " purple ' ^^ ^"'"^^*-' P- 1-^^- 

 purplish blue, not green ; sides of face 

 blue or purple ; head barred with blue 

 or purple. 

 c". Size larger; ^^^ng 2-9-3-.3 inches: , 



purple bars on head indistinct ' quadnbrachys, p. 157. 



d" . Size smaller; wing 2-.55-2-7 inches • ' 9^^theri, p. 156. 

 bars on head vivid and distinct. ' 

 c\ Spots on wing-coverts purple with- 



out cobalt lustre meninting,^.lo7. 



d . Spots on wmg-coverts distinctly 



A\ ith a complete pectoral band of greenish 



blue, mottled with white spots; sides of 



body dusky blackish; streak on sides of 



neck rutescent; scapulars black washed 



with green. Size large ; total length 7-5-8-0 



inches , _ 



With a complete p'ecioral'band'rf •o^ieenkh ''"'J~~'''"''^- l'^^" 



blue, like the sides of the body ; streak on 



sides of neck white ; upper surface greenish 



blue, lighter on the back. Size small; total 



length 0-5-5 inches j,,.^^^. ^^^ ^ ^^^ 



1. Alcedo ispida. 



^^pl. U*a7i3f'"' ^'■'^S'fi'^'^^r, Edwards, Nat. Hist. B. i. p. 11, 



Le Martiu-pescheur, Briss. Om. iv. p. 471 a760) 

 Le Martin-nescbpiir rlp P!o,io-..i„ n..L„ /-... ^ _• ^' 



V -n: irjT- \ \" 1 ■" ^'-^^su-^-i.smt. i. p. 435 (1811) ; Vivill 

 ; 4^3 180^: A>'-"'^:.P-^^*^ (lp8); tL.. Man.d:Or^\. 

 p. i-.J (1820;; :Saum. Voy. Dmtschl. v. p 480 Taf 1^ l^x■)i'^ 

 Uerner, Atlax, Alcmns, pis 9 3 (\H07\r ^ 1 j-^ rV^^^ ! 

 ti 148n8-31^. \f ■' ' 'y;''--'.^ y^-Oi Brehm, lor/. Deidsck. 

 p. 14» (1».,1) ; Metu'fr. Cat. Rais. Ciiuc n 46 r]P,'>M . v-:,,! i- ^ 

 J p. — , pi. _j. dg. 1 (lfc.^2) ,<^elby, Bnt. B. 1. p. Vid (1833; • 



