HALCYONIDiE. 



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Sp. 1. Eu. orientalis. 



Coracias orientalis. Shaw, v. vii. p. 403. — The East. 

 Sp. 2. Eu. Madagascariensis. 



Coracias Madagascariensis. Shaw, v. vii. p. 404. — Madagascar. 

 Sp. 3. Eu. Afra. 



Coracias Afra. Shaw, v. vii. p. 405. — Africa. 



GENUS XLIX— TODUS, Linne, &c. TODY. 



Rostrum longiusculum, basi 

 glabrura, rectum, supra 

 infraque depressum, ob- 

 tusum. 



Rictus ciliatus. 



Pedes longiusculse ; digitus 

 exterior medio basi con- 

 nexus. 



Beak elongated, glabrous at 

 the base, straight, de-. 

 pressed above and be- 

 neath, obtuse. 



Gape ciliated. 



Legs rather long; outer toe 

 connected at the base to 

 the middle one. 



Sp. 1. To. viridis. Shaw, v.vni. p. 129.^-16. — Inhabits North 

 America. The only species known. 



FAMILY V.— HALCYONID.E. 



Rostrum mediocre nut longissimum, rectum, tetragonale, basi de- 

 pressum ; rictus amplus ; pedes mediocres. 



Beak moderate or very long, straight, quadrangular, depressed 

 at the base ; gape wide; legs moderate. 



These birds delight, for the most part, in damp 

 situations, and feed upon fish, Crustacea, or insects, 

 which they capture, in common with the other fissi- 

 rostral birds, while flying : they occur in all climates, 

 but are most numerous within the tropics. They lay 

 their eggs on the bare ground. 



V. XIII. P. IT. 



