THE BROAD-BELTED KINGFISHER. 75 



464, ALCEDO EURYZONA. 

 THE BROAD-BELTED KINGFISHER. 



Alcedo euryzona, Temm. PL Col livr. 86 j Sharpe, Mon. Alced. p. '29, pi. 8 ; 

 Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 95 ; Ticeedd. Ibis, 1877, p. 297 ; Hume, 8. F. viii. p. 49. 

 Alcedo nigricans, Bl. J.A. 8. B. xvi. p. 1180 ; Hume $ Dav. 8. F. vi. p. 81 ; 

 Hume, 8. F. viii. p. 80 ; Bingham, S. F. ix. p. 156. 



Description. Male. Forehead, crown and nape dull black barred with 

 greenish blue; back and rump silvery blue; upper tail-coverts a brighter 

 and deeper blue ; tail black with a bluish tinge ; lesser wing-coverts and 

 scapulars dull black tinged near the tips with dull blue ; median and greater 

 wing-coverts dull black margined with bright blue ; quills dark brown, edged 

 partially with blue ; lores ferruginous ; cheeks and ear-coverts black, the 

 feathers broadly terminated with dull blue ; a broad streak on either side 

 of the neck white, ending in pale orange ; chin and throat white ; breast dull 

 blue, the white bases of the feathers appearing in places ; sides of the 

 breast dusky black; sides of the body white streaked with brown; abdo- 

 men, vent, under wing-coverts and under tail- coverts white (varying to 

 buff according to Mr. Hume). 



The female has the chin and throat white, and the upper plumage and 

 head like the male ; but the whole under plumage is a bright ferruginous. 



A young female differs in having a good deal of ferruginous on the 

 cheeks and ear-coverts. 



Male : upper mandible black ; lower mandible very dark brown, almost 

 black, paler at base ; iris deep brown ; legs and feet vermilion. Female : 

 upper mandible black ; lower mandible pale red ; iris very dark brown ; 

 legs and feet pale vermilion ; claws pale orange. (Davison.) 



The young bird has the lower mandible red and the tips of both man- 

 dibles white. 



Length 8 inches, tail 1*6, wing 3'4, tarsus ! 5, bill from gape 2'2. The 

 female is of the same size. 



I have examined two males from the Indian archipelago in the British 

 Museum, and find them to be identical with a Tenasserim male both in 

 coloration and size. 



The Broad-belted Kingfisher occurs in Tenasserim from the extreme 

 south to about the latitude of Moulmein ; and Capt. Bingham observed it 

 in the Thoungyeen valley. My men obtained one specimen at Malewoon. 



It has been procured at Malacca, and in Sumatra, Java and Borneo. 



This Kingfisher, according to Mr. Davison, occurs in streams which flow 

 through deep forests, is shy, feeds entirely on fish, and is usually seen in pairs. 



A. beryllina from Java is of the same type of plumage as the present 

 species, but is very much smaller, the wing being 2*4 inches in length. 



