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Australia, is about the same size, but far more 

 brilliantly coloured : the head and scapularies are 

 green, the throat, neck, and abdomen buff, abundantly 

 flecked with brown spots. The wings and tail are 

 greenish-blue, and the ear-coverts and a line round 

 the back of the head are very dark green. Treat- 

 ment the same as for the preceding species. 



THE TERNATE KINGFISHER, Tanysiptera dea, is a 

 magnificent bird from New Guinea, as yet of very 

 infrequent occurrence here, but one that will doubtless 

 be imported freely by-and-bye, when its native land 

 has been more fully opened up to commerce. It is 

 chiefly distinguishable for the great length of the 

 central pair of tail feathers, which have each a racket- 

 like expansion at the extremity. 



All the Kingfishers that, like the foregoing, live in 

 dry forests far from water, are susceptible of being 

 kept in confinement without much difficulty. 



