310 ALCEDINID^. 



head is uniform silvery blue, and the inner wing-coverts have the 

 same tint, while the shade on the centre tail-feathers is greenish 

 blue. Total length 15'5 inches, culmen 1'4, wing 4"15, tail 4, 

 centre feathers 9*5, tarsus 0-6. 



Hah. X.W. Xew Guinea and the interior of South-eastern New 

 Guinea. 



a. Ad. sk. Finsch Harbour, N.W. New Purchased. 



Guinea. 



b. Ad. sk. Inland from Port Moresby. K. Broadbent [C.]. 



18. Tanysiptera dea. 



P Martin-pecbeur a long brins, Valentyn, Amboina, p. SOI, Taf. iii. 

 Le Martin-pescbeur de Teruate, Briss. Orn. iv. p. 525, pi. 40. tig. 2 



(1700). 

 Alcedo dea, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 181 (1766) ; Gm. Syst. Nat. i. 



p. 458 (1788) ; Lath. Lnd. Orn. i. p. 256 (1790) ; 8haio, Gen. 



Zool. viii. p. 73 (1811); Ctiv. Rbyne Anim. i. p. 417 (1817); 



Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xix. p. 417 (1818) ; Wall. P. Z. S. 



1863, p. 24. 

 Martin-pecbeur de Ternate, Daiibent. PL Enl. pi. 116. 

 Tanvsiptera dea. Vigors, Tr. Linn. Soc. xiv. p. 433 (1825, pt.) ; 



G'ray, Gen. B. i. p. 78 (1846) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 157 (1850, pt.); 



Reichenb. Hanclh., Alced. p. 42, Taf. 405. fig. 3489 (1851); Bp. 



Consj}. Valuer. Anis. p. 9 (1854) ; Schl. Nederl. Tijdschr. Dierk. 



iii. p. 339 (1866); Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 90, no. 1069 (1869); 



Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, Alced. Revue, p. 34 (1874) ; Salvad. Ann. 



Mus. Genov. x. p. 303 (1877); id. Orn. Papuasia etc. i. p. 436 



(1880). 

 Tanysiptera nais, Gray, P. Z. S. 18C0, pp. 346, 347; Wall. P. Z. S. 



1863, p. 24; Schl. Nederl. Tijdschr. Dierk. iii. p. 273 (1866); 



Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 90, no. 1074 (1869) ; Sharjx, P. Z. S. 1809, 



p. 631 ; id. Monogr. Alced. p. 279, pi. 109 (1871) ; Cab.^- Reichen. 



J.f. O. 1876, p. 32.3. 

 Dacelo dea, pt., Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, Alced. p. 43 (1863) ; id. 



Vog. Nederl. lnd. pp. 33, 62, pi. 13. figs. 3, 4 (1864) ; Fiiisch, 



Neu-Guinea, p. 161 (1865). 



Aditlt. Head shining cobalt ; cheeks, ear-coverts, sides and back 

 of the neck, and ui)per portion of the back deep blue, distinctly 

 spotted with cobalt on the latter ; middle of the back and scapulars 

 deep blue ; wing-coverts bright cobalt, the outer ones deep blue ; 

 quills black, washed externally with bright blue ; lower portion of 

 the back and tail-coverts pure white ; tail-feathers white, narrowly 

 edged with blue on the outer web, the two middle feathers very 

 long, white at the base, the rest of the feather blue as far as the 

 spatula, which is white ; entire under surface white, with a tinge 

 of cream-colour : bill sealing-wax red ; feet olive-brown. Total 

 length 16 inches, bill from front 1-3, from gape 1-9, wing 4-2, tail 

 4-2, middle rectrices 10-2, tarsus 0-5, middle toe 0-7, hind toe 0-2o. 

 Young. Head deep cobalt, brighter over the eye ; cheeks, ear- 

 coverts, and back of neck deep blue-black, mottled with blue on the 

 latter as in the adult ; back and scapulars dark brown, slightly 



