FAMILY ALCEDINID^E 



Male. Top and sides of head and middle of 

 throat dull grayish olive passing to tawny olive 

 on hindneck, a spot of whitish on sides of fore- 

 head and a patch of red on ear coverts ; remainder 

 of upper parts yellowish parrot green; wings 

 greenish blue, dark blue and green, the longer 

 quills black; middle tail feathers yellowish green 

 tipped with dark blue; remaining tail feathers 

 blackish; chin whitish; sides of neck dusky; 

 chest tawny olive, the upper part mixed with 

 red, forming a broken red collar; remaining 

 under parts light yellowish green. Bill dull 

 light buff. 



Female. Similar to male but duller. 



Young. Similar to adults but with no red on 

 ear coverts. 



A very small parrot with a short tail. Hallinan 

 reports a male from Las Guacas on the Chagres. 

 "In a cultivated plantation. There were several 

 flocks in this locality." 



33. Family ALCEDINID^ 

 The Kingfishers 



The appearance and actions of these birds 

 are too familiar to make any long introduc- 

 tion necessary. They constitute a moder- 

 ately large family, best represented in the 

 warmer parts of Asia, Africa and Australia, 

 but with only six American species, all of 

 which are found in the Canal Zone. King- 



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