130 ON THE CRESTED KINGFISHERS OF AFRIOA, 
bé, Nossi-falie, Tani-kely, Nossi-Bourrah and Madagascar. In 
this latter island it bears the name of ‘ Bintsi.’ 
Messrs. Roch and Newton state (/.c.) that in Madagascar this 
species was ‘‘ tolerably common along the coast, and observed up 
the country as for as Beforona,” and the latter gentleman ob- 
served it on his second visit tothe island, to be as ‘‘ common as 
it was last year.” 
The description and measurements, are taken from a beautiful 
male bird in my collection, procured from the ‘ Maison Verreaux.’ 
III.—Coryrnornis CyAnosticMa. 
(Malachite-Crested Kingfisher. ) 
Alcedo cristata - - - - Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 178 (1766). 
Corythornis cristata, - - - Kanp. Fam. Alced. p. 13 (1848.) 
Alcedo cyanostigma - - - Rupp. Neue Wirb. pl. 34 (1835). 
Corythornis cyanostigna - - Kaup. Fam. Alced. p. 13 (1848). 
Alcedo cyanostigmata, - - Des Murs, Voy. en Abyss, Zool. 
p. 81 (c. 1848). 
Petit Martin-pecheur de VIsle de Lucon, Buff. Enl. 756. 
C. vostro leté corallino: cristé longissima malachitacea. 
Hab. in tota regione Aithiopica. 
Adult Male. (South Africa). Head with a malachite-green 
crest, each feather being greenish-blue with a black shaft, and 
crossed by two black bands, the tip of the feather being black 
preceded by a band of blue ; the feathers at the sides of the crest 
elongated and broader; sides of the head and entire upper sur- 
face of the body, rich ultramarine ; wing-coverts blackish washed 
with blue; quills brownish black, the secondaries edged with 
faint ultramarine; tail blue above, black beneath; chin and 
longitudinal patch of feathers along the sides of the neck, white ; 
cheeks, earcoverts, and rest of the under-surface of the body, 
rich rufous ; bill and feet coral-red. 
Young Female. Head crested, dusky-greenish, with very broad 
black shafts and bands, the feathers on the nape with a slight 
silvery lustre ; back and scapularies light brown with light cobalt 
bars; back ultramarine washed with cobalt; tail ultramarine 
above, brown beneath; quills light brown, the inner web light 
