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ALCEDINIDiE. 



tannensis, p. 26G. 



tristrami, p. 267. 



sanctus, p. 267. 

 vctyans, p. 271. 



»'". Forehead -white ; sides of crown also 

 ■white, 

 o". Head white, -with a central patch of 



green 7Je«Z», p. 266. 



p*. Ilead blue, with a white forehead^ . . tutuilce, p. 266. 

 No broad superciliary band extending 

 round the nape ; a loral spot of bull or 

 white ; an occipital patch of white, and 

 sometimes a slightly indicated line of 

 white over the eye. 

 f. Under surface of body and under wing- 

 coverts orange-buff, as well as the 

 collar round the hiud neck *, 

 ^*. Occipital 'patch cinnamon - rufous ; 

 loral spot very large, deep orange- 

 buff, extending over the eye ; head 

 and ear-coverts blue, like the rest 



of the upper surface _. . 



r". Occipital patch orauge-buff or white 

 like the hind neck ; under surface 

 deep tawny buff. Size large : wing 



over 4 inches • . ■ 



s''. Occipital patch white ; hind neck 

 orange or sandy buff. Size smaller : 

 wing not exceeding 4 inches ...... 



r'". Under surface of body and under wing- 

 coverts white, sometimes witha slight 

 shade of tawny buff on the sides and 

 under wing-coverts. 

 tK With no fawn-colour on the breast 

 and flanks. 

 l\ Ear-coverts black, with a greenish 

 shade along the lower margin ; 

 a broad and distinct black collar 

 round the nape, connected with 

 the black ear-coverts. 



e". Occipital patch cinnamon cassini, p. 273. 



/". Occipital patch small, white. 

 a'. Under surface pure white 

 {adult) or with dusky fringes 

 to the feathers. 

 a'*. Head and back green or 



gTeenish blue chloris, p. 273. 



b^. Head and back dusky green 



or blackish sordidus, p. 277. 



v. Under surface white, thickly 

 banded with black like the 

 sides of the neck and cheeks, forsteni, p. 278. 

 m'. Ear-coverts green or greenish 

 blue ; ;, black collar round nape 

 very indistinct or obsolete. 

 </". No black on the mantle below 

 the collar. 



* A fulvous tinge is sometimes present on the underparts of some of the races 

 of H. chloris, but is never a strongly marked character as it is in the H.-sandus 

 group. 



