162 AT.CKDINIDiE. 



p. 81 (1847); Puchei: Tier. Zoul. 1853, p. 389; Bp. Cuiisp. Vol. 



Anis. p. 10 (1854) ; Ilartl. J.f. O. 1855, p. 423. 

 Aleedo biru, Ilorsf. Trans. Linn. Sue. xiii. p. 172 (1821); id. Zoul. 



Research. Java, p. 55 (1824) ; Temm. PI. Col. iv. pi. 239. fig. 1 



(1823) ; Bh/th, J. A. S. Bent/, xv. p. 12 (1846) ; Gray, Gen. B. i. 



p. 81 (1847) ; id. List Fissir. Brit. Mas. p. 03 (1848) ; Blyth, Cat. 



B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 50 (1849) ; Bj>. Consp. i. p. 158 (1850)*; Hor.'^f. 



cS- Moore, Cat. B. Mas. E.I. Co. i. p. 130 (1854) ; Wallace, P. Z. 'S. 



18G3, p. 484. 

 Alcyone beryUina, Tristr. Ibis, 1882, p. 135. 



Adult male. General colour above bright greenish blue, barred 

 with black on the head ; the entire hack rich silvery cobalt, some- 

 what deeper blue on the rump ; wing-coverts greenish blue, broadly 

 edged with greenish cobalt of a brighter tint, each margin with a 

 median streak of silvery blue ; quills blackish, externallj' greenish 

 blue ; tail blue above, whiter on the inner web and at the base ; 

 lores dull greenish blue, surmounted by a large spot of white ; ear- 

 coverts deep blue : cheeks lighter and more heryl-blue ; throat, 

 abdomen, and under tail-eoverts pure wliite, with a broad pectoral 

 band of bright greenish blue, this colour extending down the sides 

 of the body ; under wing-coverts and quill-lining white. Total 

 length 5 6 inches, culmen 1-4, wing 2-4, tail 1, tarsus 0'3. 



Adult female. Similar to the male in colour, but a trifle less blue, 

 and having a somewhat narrower pectoral band, broken on its upper 

 margin by white mottlings. Total length 5-2 inches, culmen 1-3, 

 wing 2-3.5, tail OOo, tarsus 0-3. 



Hah. Java : Lomboek. 



a. Ad. sk. Java (Dr. Ilorsjield). India Museum. 



(Type of ^. hii-ti.) 



h, r, d. Ad. sk. Soerabaya, Java ( W. T.Fraser: Tweeddale Coll. 



Sharpe Coll.). 



e. cS ad. sk. E. Java. Wallace Coll. 



f> ff- d ? ad. sk. Lomboek. Wallace Coll. 



h. Ad. St. Java. India Museum. 



4. CORYTHORNIS. 



Type. 

 Corythornis, Kaup, Fain. Eisv. p. 10 (1848) C. galerita. 



Bange. Africa and Madagascar. 



Keif to the Sjiecies. 



(I. Bill black cristata, p. 162. 



i. Bill coral-red. 



a'. Crest long and maliichite-green cyannstiyma, p. 163. 



b' . Crest short, ultramarine-blue galerita, p. 166. 



1. Corythornis cristata. 



The Crested Kingfisher, Edward.'^, Gleuninys, pt. iii. p. 264, pi. 336 

 (1764: Island of Joanna). 



