ALCEDININZ. 101 
Genus, Ceyx, Lacepede. 
Bill, as in Halcyon, large, wide, barely grooved ; gonys inclined 
upwards ; culmen flattish; tail very short; feet with only three 
toes, two in front, one behind, the inner-toe being absent. 
Ceyx tridactylus, Pallas. 
133.—Jerdon’s Birds of India, Vol. I, p. 229; Butler, Deccan, 
Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 383. 
THE THREE-TOED PURPLE KINGFISHER. 
Length, 5 te 5°5; expanse, 8; wing, 2°25; tail, 0°75; bill at 
front, 1-25, 
Bill fine coral-red ; irides brown; legs and feet red. 
Head rufous, with a lilac gloss, a violet spot behind the ear, 
and a white patch below that; a small dark blue patch at the 
base of the bill; interscapulars and wings deep blue, the quills 
black ; back dark blue, with some lustrous blue streaks; lower 
back, rump, and upper tail-coverts, rich rufous, with a lilac shine 
on the middle; cheeks and lower parts ferruginous, paler on 
lower belly ; chin and throat white. 
The Three-toed Purple Kingfisher was observed by Major 
Butler at Khandalla, and has been recorded from other parts of 
the Deccan, but it is very rare, and only occurs along the banks of 
the mountain streams that issue from the more densely-wooded 
parts of the Sahyadri range. ; 
Sus-ramity, Alcedinine. 
Bill longer, more slender and compressed, acute, grooved near 
the culmen for the greater part of its length; gonys nearly 
straight. 
Genus, Alcedo, Lin. 
Bill long, slender, straight, compressed, tip acute; culmen 
sharp, carinated, not inclined; commissure straight, second and 
third quills sub-equal, third slightly the longest, first very little 
shorter ; tail very short, even; feet weak; inner-toe very short, 
equal to the hind-toe, both lateral toes syndactyle. 
Alcedo bengalensis, Gm. 
134.—Jerdon’s Birds of India, Vol. I, p. 230; Butler, Guzerat ; 
Stray Feathers, Vol. III, p. 456; Deccan, Stray Feathers, Vol. 
IX, p. 383; Murray’: Vertebrate Zoology of Sind, p. 111; 
Swinhoe and Barnes, Central India ; Ibis, 1885, p. 61. 
THE ComMMoN INDIAN KINGFISHER. 
Length, 6 to 6°5; expanse, 95 to 10; wing, 2°75 to 2°9; tail, 
11 to 13; tarsus, 0°43; bill from gape, 1°9; bill at front, 1°4. 
Bill blackish on culmen, orange beneath towards base; irides 
dark brown ; legs and feet orange-red. we 
