8. ISPIDINA. 193 



2, Ispidiua natalensis. 



Alcedo natalensis, Smith, S. Afr. Q. Journ. no. 5, p. 1-4 (1831); 



Zai/ard, B. S. Afr. p. 66 (1867). 

 Ispidiua nitida, Kaup, Fam. Eisv. p. 13 (1848) ; Eeichenb. Haiidb., 



Alced. p. 6 (1851). 

 Alcedo nitida, Grm/, Cat. Fissiv. Brit. Mus. p. 65 (1848) ; id. Gen. 



B. iii. App. p. 5 (1819) ; Hartl. J.f. 0. 1854, p. 4; id. Orn. W.- 



Afr. p. 36 (1857). 

 Corythoniis nitida, Bp. Consp. Valuer. Anis. p. 10 (1854). 

 Alcedo picta {nee Bodd.), Jard. Edinb. Neto Philos. Journ. new ser. 



iii. p. 242 (1856); Hartl. ^ Finsch, Voff. Ostafr. p. 171 (1870). 

 Alcedo piclurata, Schl. Miis. Pays-Bas, Alced. p'. 16 (1863). 

 Ispidiua picta {nee Bodd.), Cass. Cat. Hale. Philad. Mus. p. 12 (1852, 



pt.) ; Gurney, Ibis, 1859, p. 246. 

 Alcedo mutaus {nee V.), Biane. Spec. Zool. Mosamb. fasc. xviii. 



p. 320 (1867). 

 Halcyon cyanotis {nee Swains.), Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 64 (1867). 

 Ispidiua natalensis, Sharpe, Ibis, 1869, pp. 281, 283; id. Monogr. 



Alced. p. 145, pi. 52 (1869) ; Gurney, Ibis, 1873, p. 2-59 (Natal) ; 



S/ieUei/, Ibis, 1875, p. 69 (Natal) ; Sharpe, ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. 



pp. 113, 807 (1875-84) ; Butler, Feilden, S/- Beid, Zool. 1882, 



p. 207. 

 Alcedo coronata. Smith (ubi?), teste Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 96, 



no. 1171 (1869). 



Achilt. Similar to /. picta, but distinguished by a spot o£ bright 

 blue beliind the ear-coverts ; the orange-rufous collar rouud the 

 hind neck is more extended, and the cap on the crown much more 

 confined, not reaching beyond the occiput. Total length 4-5 inches, 

 culmen I'Oo, wing 2*05, tail O'O, tarsus OSo. 



Young. Similar to the adults, but distinguished by its black bill, 

 and the cobalt-bluo on the back, crown, and wing-coverts. 



Hah. S.E. Africa from Natal to the Zambesi, and thence to the 

 Zanzibar district in Eastern Africa. 



a, b. Imm. sk. S.E. Africa. Sharpe CoU. 



c. Juv. sk. S.E. Africa. Old Coll. 



(Type of 7. nitida.) 



<Z, e. Ad. etimm. Natal. Gould Coll. 



sk. 



/. Ad. sk. Natal {Sharpe Coll.). Tweeddale CoU. 



g,h,i,k. Ad. et Durban (Go;-<A/e). Shelley Coll. 



juv. sk. 



I, m. Ad. sk. Zambesi {Sharpe Coll.). Tweeddale Coll. 



n. Ad. sk. Dar-es-Salaam (<SV/- J. Kirk). Shelley Coll. 



3. Ispidina leucogaster. 



Halcvon leucogaster. Eraser, P. Z. S. 1846, p. 4 ; Gray, Gen. B. i. 

 p. 79 (1846) ; Alle7i c^- Thompson, E.rpcd. Niger, ii. p. 503 (1848). 



Alcedo leucogaster, Kaup, Verh. nat. Yer. Darmst. 1848, p. 75 ; id. 

 Earn. Eisv. p. 13 (1848); Gray, Cat. Eissir. Brit. Mm. p. 64 

 (1848) ; Eraser, Zool. Ti/p. p. 32 (1849) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 159 

 (1850) ; Striehi. Contr. Orn. 1851, p. 134 ; Terr. Per. Zool. 1851, 

 p. 208 ; Hartl. J.f. 0. 1854, p. 4; id. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 35 (1857) ; 



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