22 KINGSFISHER. 



15— BIRU KINGSFISHER. 



Alcedo Biru, Lin. Trans, xiii. p. 172. 



LENGTH five inches and a quarter. General colour pale azure ; 

 quills brown within ; chin, throat, and all beneath white. 

 Inhabits Java ; called by the natives Meningting-watu. 



16.— WHITE-HEADED KINGSFISHER. 



Alcedo leucocephala, Ind. Orn.i. 248. Gm. Lin.i. 456. Nat. Misc. pi. 798. Lin. 



Trails, xiii. p. 174. 

 Martin-pescheur a tete et Cou couleur de paille, Svf. vii. 190. PI. enl. 757. 

 Javan Kingsfisher, Shaw's Zool. viii. p. 67. 

 White-headed Kingsfisher, Gen. Syn. ii. 617. 



LENGTH twelve inches. Bill near three inches long, and red; 

 head, neck, and under parts of the body white, with a tinge of straw 

 colour; chin white; top of the head streaked with black ; wings and 

 tail deep greenish blue ; back blue green ; quills brown, edged with 

 blue. 



Inhabits the Island of Java, called there Tingke-buto. 



17.— TENROU-JOULON KINGSFISHER. 



Alcedo flavicans, Ltd. Orn.i. 248. Gm. Lin.i. 456. 



Ten-rou-joulon, Hist. gen. des Voy. x. 459. Buf. vii. 191. Gen. Syn. ii. 617.8. Sect. ii. 



Flavescent Kingsfisher, Shaw's Zool. viii. p. 82. 



SIZE of a Lark. Bill red ; head and back green ; belly yellowish ; 

 tail of the finest blue imaginable. 



Inhabits the Island of Celebes, and there called Ten-rou-joulon. 



