194 ALCEDINIDJ3. 



Cass. P)-oc. Philad. Acad. 1857, p. 37; Jard. Mem. Sfrickl. p. 331 

 (1858) ; DuChaillu, Equal. Afr. p. 472 (18G1) ; Grai/, Hand-l. B. 

 i. p. 96, no. 1169 (1869). 



Ispidina leucogastra, Eeichenb. Handh., Alced. p. 6, Taf. 395. fig. 3056 

 (1851); Cass. Cat. Halcyon. Phil. Mus. p. 13 (1852); Sharpc, 

 Monoqr. Alced. p. 139, pi. 50 (1868) ; Ussher, Ihis, 1874, p. 50 

 (Gold Coast) ; Biittik. Notes Lexjd. Mus. x. p. 71 (1888 : Liberia), 

 xi. p. 117 (1889). 



Corythornis leucogastra, Bi). Consp. Valuer. Anis. p. 10 (1854). 



Adult. General colour above rich ultramarine-blue ; head black, 

 barred with ultramarine ; wing-coverts black, washed with bhie on 

 the edges ; quills and tail black, washed with blue externally, the 

 first primary margined with rufous ; a large loral spot of bright fer- 

 ruginous, separated by a black lino on the forehead ; a narrow eye- 

 bi'ow ferruginous, washed wilh lilac posteriorly ; a band of white on 

 the sides of the neck ; entire throat, breast, and abdomen white ; 

 sides of face, cheeks, ear-coverts, sides of neck, and entire sides of 

 body bright ferruginous ; under tail-coverts white tinged with rusty ; 

 under wing-coverts, axillaries, and quill-lining ferruginous : " bill 

 and feet red ; iris black " {J. BiUtilryfer). Total length 4'o inches, 

 culmen 1"2, wing 2"2, tail 0'85, tarsus 0-3. 



Young. Differs from the adult in its entirely black bill, lighter 

 blue back, and in the colour of the crown, which is ferruginous, as 

 well as the hind neck, the hinder crown only being black, barred 

 with blue. 



In one specimen in the Museum the bill is red, but the head is 

 almost entirely ferruginous, as in the nestling. 



Hab. West Africa, from Sierra Leone to the Congo. 



a. Lnm. sk. Sierra Leone. Gould Coll. 



b, e. Juv. sk. Sierra Leone. H. C. Hart, Esq. [P.]. 



d. Ad. sk. Fantee {Governor Ussher). Shelley Coll. 



e. Ad. sk. Fantee {Governor Ussher). Sharpe Coll. 



/. Ad. sk. Ashantee. Tweeddale Coll. 



ff, h. Ad. sk. Gaboon. Gould Coll. 



i. Ad.sk. Gahoon {Walker). Sharpe Coll. 



k. Ad. sk. Fernando Po. L. Fraser [C.]. 



(Type of species.) 

 I. cS ad. sk. Landana, R. Congo (Z. Petit). Shelley Coll. 



4. Ispidina madagascariensis. 



Le Martin-pescheur de Madagascar, Briss. Orn. iv. p. 508, pi. 38. fig. 1 



(1760). 

 Alcedo madagascariensis, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 179 (1766) ; Gm. Syst. 



Nat. i. p. 449 (1788) ; Gratj, Gen. B. i. p. 81 (1847); Bp. Consp. 



i. p. 159 (1850) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 96, no. 1172 (1869). 

 Le Martin pecheur roux, Dauhent. PI. Enl. pi. 778. fig. 1 ; Buff. Hist. 



Nat. Ois. vii. p. 199 (1780). 

 Pviifuus Kingfisher, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. pt. 2, p. 630 (1782). 

 Dacelo rufulus, Lafr. Be v. Zool. 1838, p. 224. 

 Ispidina madagascarieusis, Cass. Cat. Htdc. Philad. Mus. p. 13 (1852); 



Bj}. Consp. Valuer. Anis. p. 9 (1854); Hartl. J.f. O, 1860, p. 86; 



