COROMANDEL KINGFISHER. ^5 



part, as in the bird just mentioned. This, how- 

 ever, being merely conjecture, can only be ascer- 

 tained by a more complete knowledge of the bird. 



COROMANDEL KINGFISHER. 



Alcedo Coromanda. A. pallidc violaceo-rosea, subtvs rnfescens, 



uropygio txnia longitudinali coeruleo-alba , gula alba. Lath. ind. 



or tt. 

 Pale violaceous-rose-coloured Kingfisher, rufescent beneath ; with 



the rump marked by a longitudinal blueish- white band, and 



white throat. 

 Martin-pecheur violet de la cote de Coromandel. Sonner. voy. 



pi 218. 



SIZE of a Blackbird : bill and irides reddish: head, 

 hind part of neck, back, wings, and tail reddish 

 lilac-colour, glossed with violet: quills, externally, 

 the same, but within yellowish rufous: on the rump 

 a perpendicular blueish-white streak: throat white: 

 rest of the under parts light rufous : legs reddish. 

 Native of Coromandel, inhabiting the coasts: a 

 highly elegant species, first described and figured 

 by Sonner at. 



