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HALCYONID.l',. 



and the middle of the belly are pure white : the 

 breast, the sides, and the vent are yellowish-red : the 

 beak is fine lake : and the legs are brown. 



Sp. 3. Da. cyanotis. Temm. PL Col. 26*2. 



Da. supra sericeo-cyanea ; infra albida ; verticc riifo ; gtdaalbd; 



collo antice lateribusque rosaceo-riifo ; nucha, dorso, scapidari- 



busquefuscis ; cauda rufd. 

 Dacelo, above silken blue ; beneath whitish ; with the crown rufous; 



the throat white ; the neck in front and its sides rosy-red ; 



the nape, back, and scapulars brown ; the tail red. 



Inhabits Sumatra. The plumage is of a fine silky 

 texture ; and the feathers consist of long and decom- 

 posed webs : the top of the head is fine red : behind 

 the eyes a bunch of long feathers arises ; this, and 

 the feathers of the wing-coverts, are of a fine royal 

 blue : the sides of the neck are rosy-red : the fore part 

 of the neck is bright rose-colour : the throat is white : 

 the rest of the under parts is dirty-white, slightly 

 shaded with dusky : the nape is earthy-brown, the 

 back and scapulars the same, the feathers of the latter 

 being externally white : the tail is red, rather elon- 

 gated and much wedged : the beak is coral -red, and 

 the legs are brown. 



GENUS LII— ALCEDO Auctorum. KINGSFISHER. 



Rostrwn crassum, tetrago- 

 num, acutum, longum, la- 

 teratim compressum, rec- 

 tum, marginibus subden- 

 ticulatis. 



Cauda mediums, aut brcvis. 



Pedes tetradactvli. 



Beak thick, tetragonal, acute, 

 long, laterally compressed, 

 straight, its margins some- 

 what denticulated. 



Tail moderate, or short. 

 Feel four-toed. 



