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Fam. HALCYONID^. 

 Genus, ALCEDQ. 

 Alcedo Natahnsis. 



A. fronte, verticc, nuchaque cceruleis, lineiis transversis viola- 

 ccit variegatis; latcrilus capitis subcinnajnomeis ; dorso caeruleo ; 

 pectore et ventre subcastaneis. 



Bill and legs bright scarlet; front, top of head and nape, 

 deep indiiro blue, variegated by pale blue or violet transverse 

 bands; sides of head and neck light reddish brown with tints 

 of purple; back fine bright blue ; shoulders blackish with a 

 shade of blue in addition to numerous spots of clear light blue. 

 Primary and secondary quill feathers dusky black, with the 

 inner vanes nearly all brownish red; chin and throat white; 

 hrt-ast, belly, and vent, pale chesnut; tail dusky blue. Length 

 from bill to tip of tail four inches; length of bill one inch. In- 

 habits tho banks of rivers, &c. to the eastward of CarTcrland. 



Fam, OTID.E. 

 Genus, OTIS. 

 Otis Afroidcs. 



O. fronte, supcrciliis, lateribus capitis, collo, gutture, pectore 

 et ventre nigris ; vertice et parte nuchce nigris albo variegatis, 

 dorso nigro li?ieis tiavsversis albis ant subi'ubris varugato; 

 rtmigibus albo et nigro notatis. 



Front, eyebrows, sides of head and neck, throat, breast,- 



belly, vent, and thighs, pure black; crown and part of nape, 



black, variegated with irregular waved transverse white lines; 



between the black eyebrows aud variegated crown a moderately 



distinct white line, which extends backwards and meets on the 



"nape the corresponding one of the opposite side, where they 



form an irregular white mark. Behind each eye and covering 



the openings of the ears, a large somewhat circular white 



blotch; between interscapulars and base of neck an irregular 



transverse white band. Interscapulars, scapulars, and anterior 



part of shoulders, black, variegated by narrow reddish white 



angular transverse bands; back and rump black, with narrow 



transverse waved white lines ; posterior part of shoulders white 



inside white blotched with black. Primary wing- coverts black 



more or less broadly tipt with white; secondary similarly 



colored, only the quantity of white is much greater. Primary 



quill feathers black, with a great portion of the inner vanes 



white; secondaries black, several of them blotched or striped 



longitudinally with white. Tail rounded, and finely rayed 



