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IIALCYONin.E. 



Sp. 8. Ha. ehlorocephalus. — Alcedo chloroccjihala. — Shaw, v. viii. 



p. 77. — Africa and Asia. 

 •Sp. 9. Ha. Coromandus. — Alcedo Coromanda. Shaw, v. viii. 



p. 7i>. — Coromandel : Java. 

 Sp. 10. Ha. leucocephalus. — Alcedo Javanica. Sl/aiv, v. viii. p. 



67 . — Java. 

 Sp. li. Ha. Senegalensis. — Alcedo Senegalensis. Shatv, v. viii. 



p. 7 C 2. pi. 9. — Africa. 



Sp. 12. Ha. Cancrophagus. — Alcedo Cancrophaga. Sliaxv, v. viii. 

 p. 7l.pl. 8. — Senegal. 



Sp. 13. Ha. melanopterus. 



Ha. dor so, uropygio, ventrequc cyaneis; capite, scapulisque nigris ; 



rcmigibus lhalassinis ; apice et subtus fuscis interne latissime 



albofascialis. 

 Crab-eater with the back, rump, and belly cyancous ; the head 



and scapulars black ; the quills sea-green, with the tip and 



under part broadly barred with white within. 

 Alcedo melauoptera. Linn. Traits. (Horsf.) v. xiii. p. 174. — 



Alcedo omnicolor. Temm. PL Col. 135. 



Inhabits Java. Length ten inches : the throat 

 and collar on the neck smoky-chesnut : the tail sea- 

 green, beneath brownish. Called Tengke-urang by 

 the Javanese. 



GENUS LI.— DACELO, Leach. 



Rostrum mediocre, crassum, 

 tetragono-conicum, fauce 

 ad oculos hiante; mandi- 

 bula superior longior, api- 

 cem versus utrinque late 

 emarginata. 



Nares oblongae. 



Beak moderate, thick, four- 

 sided-conic ; the mouth 

 gaping to the eyes ; the 

 upper mandible longest, 

 towards its point on each 

 side broadly notched. 



Nostrils oblong. 



