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Ordo Insessores, Vigors. Tribus Fissirostres. Fam. 



ToDIDiE. 



Eurylaimics. Char, essent. — Rostrum capite brevius, va- 

 Jidum, depressum, basi postice dilatatum. Ricttis amplissi- 

 mus. Maxilla culmine obsolete, apice adunco, emarginato, 

 tomiis verticalibiis. Nares basales, subrotundce, apertee, nudce. 

 Pedes gressorii. Digiti compressi, medius fere longitudine 

 tarsi. Ala; cauda breviores. Rectrices 12. 



E. Javanicus. E. capite toto corporeque subtus vinaceis, 

 dorso alisque perfuscis flavo variis, cauda atra fascia subter- 

 niinali alba. 



This genus unites the Todidce with the Capriimdgidce. 



Calyptomena viridis. C. viridis nitens, macula utrinque ad 

 latus nucha? fasciis alarum tribus obliquis remigibusque praeter 

 marginem exteriorem aX.vis.—Btcrong Tampo Pinang, of the 

 Malays. Discovered by Sir Stamford Raffles in the retired 

 parts of the forests of Singapore, and the interior of Sumatra. 



Fam. HALCYONIDiE. 



Dacelo pulchella. D. supra thalassino atro alboque fasciata, 

 capite badio saturato, vertice occipiteque azureis, gula ju^ulo- 

 quealbidis, abdomine ferrugineo diluto. — Tciigke-'watu, of the 

 Javanese. Found once only by Dr. Horsfield, in a low range 

 of hills called the Hills of Prowoto, about twenty miles south- 

 east of Semarang. 



Alcedo Bine. A. subazurea nitore thalassino, remigibus in- 

 terne caudaque subtus fuscis, guhl jugulo abdomine macula 

 colli lateral! alisque subtus albis. — Mefiintitig-waiu, or Buning- 

 Birti, of the Javanese. Common in Java. 



Tribus Dentirostres. Fam. Muscicapid^. 



Muscicapa Banyumas. M. supra saturato cyaneo nigri- 

 cans, subtus badio rufescens, linea frontali alarumque flexura 

 azureis, macula laterali capitis collique aterrima antice orbitas 

 loraque complectente ad rostri basin extensa postice attenuata, 

 remigibus rectricibusque nigris. — Chiching-goleng, of the Ja- 

 vanese, in the province of Banyumas, where alone it occurs ; 

 Muscicapa cantatrix of Temminck; Banyumas Fly-catcher 

 of Latham. 



M. hirundinacea. M. vlridi-chalybco nigra, subtus uro- 

 pygioque albis. — Obscure Fly-catcher of Latham ; M.Jiinin- 

 dinacea Ileinw. Raiely observed in the central parts of Java. 



M. Indigo. M. obscure cajsia, remigibus rectricibusque 

 nigris, his basi axillis ventre crissoque albidis. Nil-7iilan, of 

 the Javanese. Lives solitarily on the most elevatetl mountain- 

 peaks of Java. 



R 2 Fam. 



