be ALCEDINIDAE 385 
Sub-fam. 1. Haleyoninae.—Tanysiptera sabrina of the Moluc- 
cas, one of the members of 
a large and very beautiful 
genus, is white, except for 
the crown and wing-coverts, 
which are bright blue, and 
the cheeks, nape, remiges, 
upper back and scapulars, 
which are bluish - black. 
The two median rectrices 
have bluish shafts with 
white racquet-tips; the bill 
is red. 7. nympha of New 
Guinea differs in its blue 
tail, vermilion rump and 
under parts.  Cittura cya- 
notis of Celebes has a rufous 
head and chestnut tail, a 
brown back with partially 
buff scapulars, bluish-black 
wings with blue coverts, 
a blue eye-streak (black in 
the female), a hlac under 
surface, and a dark red. bill. 
Halcyon  coromandus — of 
Eastern Asia is brown with 
a lovely lilac tinge above 
and a sky-blue rump, the 
lower parts being orange- 
rufous, and the bill red. 
Hf. cyaniventris of Java is 
rich blue above; the head 
and wing-coverts are mainly 
black, the lower parts ultra- 
marine, the throat and 
cheeks rufous, extending as 
acolar tothe nape; the bill — Poe on eee 
c : Fic. 80.—Racquet-tailed Kingfisher. Tanysiptera 
is dark red. H. semicaeruleus dea. xX. (From Malay Archipelago.) 
of Arabia, West and East 
Africa, has a whitish head and under parts, with a chestnut 
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