3. ALCEDO. 



157 



breast rich iiltramariue : bill black ; feet red ; e3'e black. Total 

 length 6-5 inches, of bill from front 1-0, from gape 2-1, wing 2-9, 

 tail 1*3, tarsus 0-3, middle toe 0-3, hiud toe 0-35. 



Hob. West Africa, from the Congo to Gaboon and the Niger 

 district, as far as Lagos. 



7. Alcedo qiiadribrachys. (Plate IV. fig. 1.) 



Alcedo qiiadribrachys, Bp. Consp. i. p. lo8 (1850, descr. pess. ; ex 

 Guinea) ; Seichejib. Ilandh., Alced. p. 5 (1851) ; Up. Consp. Voliicr. 

 Anis. p. 10 (1854) ; Schl. Handl. Dierk. p. 305, pi. iv. fii:-. 43 

 (1857) ; Hartl. Orn. Westafr. p. 34 (1857, pt.) ; Schl. Mus. Paijs- 

 Bas, Alced. p. 5 (1863) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1869, p. 281 ; id. Monofp: 

 Alced. p. 25 (1870, pt.) ; B'dttik. Notes Leyden Miis. viii. p. 248 

 (1886), X. p. 71 (1888). 



Adult. Similar to A. guentJieri, but having the back uniform 

 purplish blue instead of shining cobalt. Total length 6'S inches, 

 culmen 1'9, wing 3'3, tail I'o, tarsus 04. 



Hab. West Africa, from Scnegambia to the Gold Coast. 



a. Ad. sk. 

 h, c. Ad. sk. 



d. Ad. sk. 



e. Ad. sk. 



Gold Coast (Kirby). 

 Gold Coast {A. Swanzy). 

 [Sierra Leone.] 

 River Gambia. 



Shelley Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Sir E. Sabine [P.]. 

 Sharpe Coll. 



8. Alcedo meninting. 



Alcedo meninting, Horsf. Trans. Linn. Sor. xiii. p. 172 (1821); 

 Temm. PL Col. iv. p. 2:39. fig. 2 (1823) ; B/yth, J. A. S. Beng. sv. 

 p. 12 (1846) ; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 81 (1847) ; Kaup, Fam. Alced. 

 p. 16 (1848) ; Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 49 (1849) ; Bp. 

 Comp. i. p. 158 (1850) ; Moore, P. Z. S. 1854, p. 269; Horsf. <^- 

 Moore, Cat. B. 3Ius. E.I. Co. i. p. 130 (1854) ; Peichenb. Handh., 

 Alced. p. 4, Taf. 394. tigs. 3050-51 (1851) ; Cu.%i. Cat. Hale. Philad. 

 Mus. p. 3 (1852) ; Bp. Consp. Volucr. Anis. p. 10 (1854) ; Cab. Sr 

 Heine, Mus. Ilein. Th. ii. p. 144 (1860) ; Wall. P. Z. S. 1863, 

 p. 484; Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, Alced. p. 9 (1863) ; id. Vog. Kederl. 

 Ind., Alced. pp. 6, 44, pi. 3 (1864); Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 95, 

 no. 1154 (1869) ; Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 93 (1874) : Sharpe, 



