﻿possesses two species of this genus, and may therefore be looked upon as its metropolis, 

 and as more likely than any other part of the world to produce new forms of Kingfishers, 

 connecting this isolated group with the rest of the family" 



The figure in the accompanying plate is drawn from Mr. Wallace's specimen, from 

 which I have also taken the description. The measurements of the tail are taken from the 

 type specimen in the British Museum, as in Mr. Wallace's bird the tail-feathers have 

 not attained their full length. 



