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whitish, often tinged with rufous; lower parts whitish, with dusky 

 vermiculations. 

 Total length, 8*fi in. : wing, 5 in. : tail, 4*75 in. ; tarsus, 09 in. 

 Sab. : 1. 5 8, 7. v 9. 



FAMILY— CORACIID.E i Roli.i 



1U11 corvine in shape : culmen rounded ; nostrils placed near l»ase of upper 

 mandible and hidden by bristly feathers ; tail feathers twelve. 



SUK- FAMILY CORACIIN.K. 



Tarsus Less than half Length «>f middle toe. 

 Gnrus— EURYSTOMUS. -Bill as broad at gape as it is long. 



441. B« iliistr*ili>. Swainson (E pacificus, Lath.), Dollar-bird or Roller. 



Bead and ueck dark brown; upper surface sea-green ; spurious 

 wing, outer webs <>r basal part of secondaries, and middle part of 

 primaries and throat light blue ; base of primaries greenish-white, 

 tip dark brown ; tail green at base, dark brown at tips; under 

 Burface green ; iris dark brown ; bill, legs, and feet red. 



Total length, LO'5 in. ; bill, 1*1 in. ; wing, 775 in. 

 Hal,. : •_'. 3, 4, 6, (8). 



I AMILY— MEROPID^E. 



Bill long : culmen with sharply defined ridge; feet syndactyl. 



< .ims— ME FLOPS.— Centre tail feathers elongated. 



442. H. ornatiis. bath.. Bee-eater. 



Mantle green ; a broad black patch on the fore-neck ; tail black, 

 the centre feathers washed or ea ged with blue. 

 Hab. : 1 to 4, 6 to 9. 



Sub-order— Halcyones. 



Spinal feather tract well defined on the neck and not forked on the back. 

 No after shaft to the contour feathers of the body. 



FAMILY— ALCEDINIDiE. 

 Toes anisodactyl ; bill not serrated ; ca ca, none. 



Sri; FAMILY — Alckmimn i 



Hill long and slender, compressed and perceptibly keeled. Babits mainly 

 insectfr orous. 



1 - ALCYONE. Toes three; bill longer than tail, which is very 



short 



443. A. a/iinn. Lath, (includes A diemenensis, Gld. . Azure Kingfisher. 



Bead and back azi of body rufous, Like breast, or only 



,sli_dit lv w ashed with lilac. 

 Hah. : 2, 3, f. 5 



ill \. |miI<Iii*;i. < I 1 (sub-sp. of A. azurea, Lath.), Purple Kingfisher. 

 Bn ast ultramarine, continued from sides <>i apper bn 

 Bab. : I, 2, 8. 



\. pustlla. Temm , Little Kingfisher. 



Abdomen white ; nppej surface blue; lores and tufts behind ear 



bite. 

 Total length, 4*8 in. ; culmen, 1*1 in. ; wing, '2 m.; tail, 0*8 in.; 



n ib. : i, 2. 



