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part, as in the bird just mentioned. This, how- 

 ever, being merely conjecture, can only be ascer- 

 tained by a more complete knowledge of the bird. 



COROMANDEL KINGFISHER. 



Alcedo Coromanda. A. fdllide 'violaceo-rosea, sub fits rufescens, 

 uropygio tcenia longitudinali coeruleo-alba, gula alba. Lath. ind. 

 orn. 



Pale violaceous-rose-coloured Kingfisher, rufescent beneath ; with 

 the rump marked by a longitudinal blueish-white band, and 

 white throat. 



Martin-pecheur violet de la cote de Coromandel. Sonner. voy. 

 pL 218. 



Size of a Blackbird : bill and irides reddish: head, 

 hind part of neck, back, wings, and tail reddish 

 lilac-colour, glossed with violet: quills, externally, 

 the same, but within yellowish rufous: on the rump 

 a perpendicular blueish-white streak: throat white: 

 rest of the under parts light rufous : legs reddish. 

 Native of Coromandel, inhabiting the coasts : a 

 highly elegant species, first described and figured 

 by Sonnerat. 



