﻿TANYSIPTEEA ELLIOTI. 



(ELLIOT'S KINGFISHER.) 



Tanysiptera ellioti Sharpe, P.Z.S. 1869, p. G30. 



T. supra saturate ultramarina : capite toto cum tectricibus alarum superioribus betissime cyaueis : dorso 

 postico cum uropygio et rectricibus omnibus purissime albis : rectricibus duabis mediis haud spatulatis, apice 

 tantum paullo dilatatis : subtus pure alba, tibiis ultramarmis ; bypochondriis striis idtramarinis longitudinaliter 

 notatis. 



Hah. in insula " My sol" dicta. 



Adult. Head uniform brilliant cobalt ; cheeks, ear-coverts, and the whole of the back 

 rich ultramarine ; lesser and least coverts brilliant cobalt, the second series bright 

 ultramarine, the cubital and primary coverts ultramarine, uniform with the back ; quills 

 entirely black, the outer web broadly washed with deep ultramarine ; lower part of the back, 

 rump, and upper tail-coverts pure white ; tail-feathers all pure white, the middle ones with 

 no attenuated end and no perceptible spatula, these feathers when observed from a distance 

 and placed on a level with the eye having a faint blue lustre ; entire under surface white, 

 thio-hs ultramarine, and the flanks longitudinally marked with this colour also; bill 

 vermilion ; feet olive-brown. Total length 13'5 inches, of bill from front 1*4, from gape 

 1*7, wing 4*5, tail 4*5, middle rectrices 8*0, tarsus 0*5, middle toe 7, hind toe 0*35. 



Another specimen is precisely similar to the foregoing, but has the middle tail-feathers 

 marked with blue for about a quarter of their length. 



Young. Similar to the adult, but has the wing-coverts somewhat edged with ochre, 

 and some of the quills dull rusty-brown ; the upper tail-coverts are broadly edged with 

 blue and tinged with ochre, and the entire under-surface of the body is also tinged with the 

 last named colour, the flanks being marked with brown ; the tail also is entirely blue. 



Hah Koffiau, Mysol, (von Rosenherg) 



This elegant species was first described by me from a specimen in Count Turati'a 

 Museum, but the exact locality was at that time unknown. On visiting the Leiden 



