﻿ALCEDO EURYZONA. 



(BROAD-BELTED KINGFISHER.) 



Alcedo euryzona . Temm. PI. Col. livr. 83, text only (1830). 



Alcedo nigricans •» Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1847, p. 1180. 



"Alcedo cyanocephala, Shaw " Eaffl. Trans. Linn. Soc. XIII, p. 293 (err.) 



A. torque pectorali lazulina : major : scapularibus nigris saturato beryllino lavatis. 

 Hab. in subregione Indo-Malayana. 



Adult. Head black, narrowly banded with dark berylline blue ; ear- coverts obscurely, 

 cheeks profusely striped with brighter blue ; a patch of feathers along the sides of the neck 

 orange ; scapulars black, washed with dark berylline-blue ; wing-coverts black, banded 

 with bright blue, each band having a brighter streak of blue down the centre ; quills 

 brownish black, pale orange at the base, externally washed with dark berylline-blue; entire 

 back rich silvery blue ; tail dark greenish blue above, black beneath ; a very small spot in 

 front of the eye pale orange ; throat and abdomen white, the latter tinged with orange ; a 

 broad band across the breast bright lazuli blue ; bill black ; feet red. Total length 8*0 

 inches, of bill from front 1*9, from gape 2 - 4, wing 3'4, tail 1*4, tarsus 0*4, middle toe 0*5. 



Young. Head brown, obscurely barred or rather specked with dull blue ; cheeks blackish 

 brown striped with bright berylline blue ; a spot between the bill and the eye deep sienna ; 

 a small tuft of feathers at the base of the lower mandible pale sienna ; a large longitudinal 

 patch of feathers at the side of the neck, white strongly tinged with deep sienna ; and in 

 consequence of the shortness of the crest feathers, these feathers on the side of the neck 

 nearly meet behind the neck and almost form a nuchal collar ; scapulars brown ; wing- 

 coverts brown spotted with bright blue, not banded as in the adult ; quills brownish black, 

 the secondaries narrowly edged with greenish blue ; entire back silvery blue, but not so 

 brilliant as in the adult; tail brownish black above, slightly glossed with green, dark brown 

 beneath ; throat white, tinged with pale sienna ; rest of the under surface of the body 

 chesnut, with no appearance of a breast-band, but a small patch of feathers on each side of 

 the upper part of the breast brownish black slightly glossed with blue ; upper mandible 

 dark brown, lower one yellowish ; feet red. Total length 65 inches, of bill from front 1*6, 

 from gape 2*0, wing 3*1, tail 13, tarsus 0*4, middle toe 05, hind toe 0*2. 



Additional references.— Alcedo euryzona, Gray, Gen. of Birds, I, p. 81 (1847), id. Cat. Fiss. Brit. Mus. p. 63 

 (1848), Kaup. Verh. Nat. Ver. Darmst. 1848, p. 77, Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av. I, p. 159 (1850\ Reich. Handb. 

 Alced. p. 4 (1851), Cass. Cat. Hale. Phil. Mus. p. 1 (1852). Bonap. Consp. Vol. Anis. p. 9 (1854), Horsf. & Moore. 

 Cat. Birds Mus. E. I. Co. I, p 129 (1854), Schl. Mus. Pays Bas. Alced. p. 10 (18G3), id. Vog. Ned. Ind. pp. 7. 

 45, pi. 1 (1864), Blyth, Ibis, 1865. p. 30 et 18G6, p. 348, Gray, Hand-list of Birds, p. 95 (1809). Alcedo nigri- 

 cans, Blyth, Cat. Birds Mus. As. Soc. Beng. p. 49 (1849). 



