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

 vermiculations. 



Total length, 8"5 in. ; wing, 5 in. ; tail, 415 in. ; tarsus, 0'9 in. 

 Hab. : 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. 



FAMILY— CORACIID^ : Rollers. 



Bill corvine in shape ; culmen rounded ; nostrils placed near base of upper 

 mandible and hidden by bristly feathers ; tail feathers twelve. 



Sub-family — Coraciin^. 



Tarsus less than half length of middle toe. 



Genus— EURYSTOMUS.— Bill as broad at gape as it is long. 



441. E. australis, Swainson (E. pacificus, Lath.), Dollar-bird or Roller. 



Head and neck dark hrown ; upper surface sea-green ; spurious 

 wing, outer webs of 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 

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



Total length, lOo in. ; bill, Tl in. ; wing, 775 in. 

 Hab. : 2, 3, 4, 6, (8). 



FAMILY— MEROPID^. 



Bill long ; culmen M'ith sharply defined ridge ; feet syndactyl. 



Genus — MEROPS. — Centre tail feathers elongated. 



442. M. OriiatUS, Lath., Bee-eater. 



Mantle green ; a broad black patch on the foi-eneck ; tail black, 

 the centre feathers washed or edged with blue. 

 Hab. : 1 to 4, 6 to 9. 



Sub-order — H alcy ones. 



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— ALCEDINID^. 



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



Sub-family — ALCEDiNiNiE. 



Bill long and slender, compressed and perceptibly keeled. Habits mainlj' 



insectivorous. 



Genus — ALCYONE. — Toes three; bill longer than tail, which is very 



short. 



443. A. azurea. Lath, (includes A diemenensis, Gld.), Azure Kingfisher. 



Head unci back azure ; sides of body rufous, like breast, or only 

 slightly washed with lilac. 

 Hab. : 2, 3, 4, 5. 



444. A. pillchra, Gld. (sub-sp. of A. azurea, Lath.), Purple Kingfisher. 



Breast ultramarine, continued from sides of upper breast. 

 Hab. : 1,2, 8. 



445. A. pusilla. Temm., Little Kingfisher. 



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

 coverts white. 



Total length, 4-8 in. ; culmen, Tl in. ; wing, 2 in. ; tail, O'S in. ; 

 tarsus, 2o in. 



Hab. : 1,2. 



