8^ f'LAVESCENT KINGFISHER. \ 



the lower mandible white; the upper parts of the \ 



body olive-green: over the eye a white streak: • 



round the neck a collar of greenish black: the j 



under parts of the body white: tail longish; legs j 



black. Native of Otaheitee, where it is held a sa- | 



cred bird* \ 



Alcedo flavescens. A. supra xnridis, subtus Jlavescens, rostro rubra, ■ 

 Cauda cctrulea. 



Green Kingfisher, yellowish beneath, with red bill and blue tail. ; 



Alcedo flavicans. A. subtus flavicans, capite dorsoque viridibuSf " | 



rostro rubro, cauda ccerulea. Lath. ind. orn. ; 



Ten-rou-joulon, Hist, gen, d. xioy, 10./?. 149. Buff, ois, ' 



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This species, which is slightly described by ! 



voyagers, is a native of the island of Celebes, | 



where it is named Ten-rou-joulon. It is said to ; 



be of the size of a Lark, with the bill red, the \ 



head and back green, the belly yellowish, and the i 

 tail of a most beautiful blue. 



