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2. Alcedo. 



The beak is scarlet ; the crest of a bright pale blue, striped across with 

 narrow bands of black ; head, back, wings, and tail, are of a brilliant 

 azure ; the throat is white, and the belly of a light-brown. 



A variety of the above had a crest of azure and black, and the sides of 

 the head were of a bright violet, but was in all other respects marked in 

 the same manner. The former is also found in great numbers, near the 

 salt pond, behind Cape Coast. 



3. Alcedo. . 



The upper mandible is scarlet, the lower black ; the head, throat, 

 breast, and belly, ash-coloured ; the back, upper pen feathers of the 

 tail, and the lower parts of the pens of the wings, of a beautiful dark 

 blue, mixed with a slight tinge of green ; outer scapularies black ; inner 

 scapularies white. 



4. Alcedo. 



The top of the head black, with small azure spots ; the cheeks of a warm 

 orange-brown. A few azure feathers descend from the commissure toward 

 the throat. Breast and throat, of the same colour as the cheeks ; back 

 black, spotted with the most brilliant azure ; tail black, slightly tinged 

 with azure; scapularies and tectrices black, spotted with azure ; remi- 

 ges black and brown ; the inner scapularies are of an orange-brown ; 

 legs red, 



Buceros, Lin. 



The prominence of the beak only reaches to a quarter of its length, 

 where it abruptly terminates ; the plumage is entirely black, except 

 under the wings, where it is white. 



Pious, Lin. 



The head is scarlet ; the back, wings, and tail, of a pale brown ; there 

 are a few scarlet feathers at the bottom of the back ; belly and throat 

 ash-coloured. 



