214 ALCEDINIDJE. 



d'. Crown uniform ashy -wliitisli ; lower Lack 

 brigbt blue. 

 e". Abdomen and under wing'-coverts chest- , ^,,,^i^^,.,^i^„g^ p. 282. 



„, "V*, j' ■ ■ J ■ \ I erythrogaster, p. 234. 



f. Abdomen and under wmg--co verts orange- ' . . . 



lauff pallidiventris, p. 235. 



e' . Cro-svu brown, very distinctly striped; bill 



shorter. 

 y" . Larger: wing 3'55-4 '2 inches ; scapulars 

 black. 

 c'". Breast and flanks distinctly streaked 



with black albiventris, p. 236. 



d'". Breast and flanks not streaked with 



brown, or very slightly so orientnUs, p. 233. 



A". Smaller: wing not exceeding 8 inches; 



scapulars brown chelicutensis, p. 239. 



/■', Crown of head ashy grey, washed with blue ; 



breast ashy ; centre of abdomen white .... irrovatus, p. 242. 



b. Upper mandible red ; lower mandible black. , aj.^gi, p. 242. 



g'. Scapulars bright greenish cobalt j cyanoleucus, p. 245. 



h'. Scapulars black torquatiis and allies, 



c. Bill black, or blackish with white or buff base [PP- 246-248. 



to lower mandible. 

 i' . Head white. 



■ i". Mantle green like the back. 

 e'". Flanks pure white. 



o '. A band of green from behind the eye 



encircling the nape albicilhis, p. 249. 



J^. No band of green encircling the nape. saiirojilKtyiis, p. 249. 



/'". Flanks tinged with buff admiralitatis, p. 251. 



k". Mantle white, contrasting with the green 



back godeffroyi, p. 251. 



k'. Crown of head deep ultramarine-blue. 



/". Mantle and back white albo7iotatus, p. 251. 



m" . Mantle blue. 



g'". No white loral spot; a white collar 

 round hind neck ; under tail-coverts 

 rufous washed with lilac. 

 c^. Lower back white, flanked with 



beautiful lilac Iciicopgf/ius cJ , p. 252. 



d^. Lower back blue like the mantle, 



with lilac on each side Icucopggius 2 j P- 252. 



h'". A white loral spot ; no rufous collar 

 round the hind neck, 

 f"*. Under tail-coverts blue like the abdo- 

 men ; no white collar on hind neck. 

 «'. Blue on underparts confined to 

 abdomen, and not extending up 



the breast laztdi c? , p. 252. 



b^. Blue on underparts occupying both 



breast and abdomen lazuli 2 > P- 252. 



'^^. Under tail-coverts white. 



c'. No white collar on hind neck. 



a''. A blue band across the breast . . diops 5 > P- 253. 

 ¥'. No blue band on the breast, 



which is entirely wliite macleayi $ , p. 254. 



