5. ALCYOXR. 167 



Corythornis cfevuleocephala, Bhjth, C'lt. B. 3fns. As. Soc. p 50 

 (1849) ; RiieheHb.Han(Ib.,Mced. p. 18,Taf. :3'J7. figs. 3063, 3003 6, 

 3387 (1851) ; Cass. Cat. Ilalcijon. Philad. Mus. p. 4 (1852) ; id. 

 Proc. Philad. Acad. 1859, p. 34; Ilartl. J.f. O. 1861, p. 105 ; 

 Bp. Consp. Voluar. Ants. p. 10 (1854) ; Dohrn, P. Z. S. 1866, 

 p. 325 ; S/iai-pe, Monoqr. Alced. p. 39, pi. 12 (1809) ; Souza, Jorn. 

 Lish. xlvii. p. 156 (1888) ; Socage, op. cit. xlviii. p. 211 (1888). 



Corvthornis nais, Bp. Consp. Volucr. Anis. p. 10 (1854) ; Hartl. 

 J.f. O. 18(il, p. 105. 



Coiythornis cyauocephala, Cab. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. Th. ii. p. 145 

 (i8G0). 



Corytliornis galerita, Sliarpe, Monogr. Alced., Intr. p. vii (1871). 



Adult. Head brilliant blue, with a long crest, each feather of which 

 is blue with a black shaft and crossed by two bhick bands near the 

 tip ; sides of the head and rest of the upper surface of the body 

 ultramarine; wiug-coverts black, spotted with ultramarine; quills 

 blackish, the inner webs pale rufous at the base, the secondaries 

 edged with ultramarine ; tail blackish, with a tinge of ultramarine 

 above ; throat and a patch of feathers along the sides of the neck 

 white ; lores, cheeks, and the rest of the under surface of the body 

 rich cinnamon-rufous, ])aler in very old f)irds : bill and feet coral- 

 red ; eyes dark brown. Total length 5 inches, culmen 1'3, wing 

 2-2, tail 0-9, tarsus 0-3. 



Hah. West Africa from Gaboon to Angola, as well as the islands 

 in the Bay of Benin. 



a. Ad. sk. Prince's Island {J. O. Keulemans). "N^'allace Coll. 



b, c. Ad. sk. Prince's Island (Dr. Dohrn). Sharpe Coll. 



d, e. Ad.sk. Prince's Island (J. 6'. A'e«/t /Haws). Tweeddale Coll. 



/. c? ad. sk. Loanda. Sbarpe Coll. 



g. Juv. sk. Gaboon ? Old (I'oll. 



(Type of Alcedo nai^.) 

 h. Skeleton. West Africa. Purchased. 



5. ALCYONE. 



Type. 

 Alcyone, Sicains. Classlf. B. ii. p. 336 (1837) A. azurea. 



lianr/e. Confined to Australia, the Papuan Islands, and the 

 Moluccas, 



Kei/ to (he »S^j(T?es. 



a. Abdomen rufous. 

 a'. Bill slender. 



a". Sides of body rufous like the breast, or only 



slightly washed with lilac azurea, p. 168. 



6". Sides of body bright ultramarine, continued 



from the sides of the upper breast pulchra, p. 169. 



b'. Bill stout. 



c". Above dull blue ; tip of bill white lessoni, p. ] 70. 



d". Above purplish blue : tip of bill reddish . . , . affinis, p. 171. 



b. Abdomen white ; size smaller. 



<•'. No blue pectoral collar pnsilla, p. 171. 



d'. A blue pectoral collar richanlxi, p. I 72. 



