ORDER PASSERES. 



411 



Varieties of this seem to be found in Java and 

 India. 



This is one of the two species distinguished by 

 Aristotle. 



Ternate, Kingfisher. Al. Dea. 116. 



Head, glossy blue ; back brown, margined with blue ; 

 underneath, rose white. Thirteen and a quarter inches. 

 Island of Ternate. 



M. Vigors makes this the type of his genus Tany- 



SIPTERA. 



Green-headed Kingfisher. Al. Chlorocephala. 'JSS. 



Head, green ; back, dusky black ; beneath, white. 

 Nine inches. The Molucca Islands. Probably allied 

 to the collared species. 



Coromandel Kingfisher. Al. Coromanda. Sonn. 218. 



Reddish lilac above ; throat and beneath, white and 

 rufous ; white spot on rump. Size of a blackbird. 

 Coromandel Coast. 



White-headed Kingfisher. Al. Leucocephala Java- 

 nica. Sh. 757- 



White above ; head, streaked with black ; wings and 

 tail, greenish blue. Twelve inches. Java. 



Senegal Kingfisher. Al. Senegalensis. 594 and 356. 



Back, blue ; head, grey ; black mark before the eye. 

 Nine inches. Senegal. 



Crab-eating Kingfisher. Al. Cancrophaga. Sh. 334. 

 Blue-green above ; black patch on wings ; pestocular 



