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HALCYONIDiE. 



and the middle of the belly are pure white: the 

 breast, the sides, and the vent are yellowish-red : the 

 beak is fine lake : and the legs are brown. 



Sp. 3. Da. cyanotis. Temm. PI. CoL 262. 



Da. supra sericeo'Cyanea ; infra albida; vertice riifo ; gulaalbd; 



collo antice lateribusque rosaceo'-rufo; nucha, dorso, scapulari- 



busquefuscis ; cauddrufd. 

 Dacelo^ above silken blue ; beneath whitish ; with the crown rufous; 



the throat white j the neck in front and its sides rosy-red 3 



the nape, back^ and scapulars brown ; the tail red. 



Inhabits Sumatra. The plumage is of a fine silky 

 texture \ and the feathers consist of long and decom- 

 posed webs : the top of the head is fine red : behind 

 the eyes a bunch of long feathers arises ; this, and 

 the feathers of the wing-coverts, are of a fine royal 

 blue : the sides of the neck are rosy-red : the fore part 

 of the neck is bright rose-colour : the throat is white : 

 the rest of the under parts is dirty-white, slightly 

 shaded with dusky : the nape is earthy-brown, the 

 back and scapulars the same, the feathers of the latter 

 being externally white : the tail is red, rather elon- 

 gated and much wedged : the beak is coral -red, and 

 the legs are brown. 



GENUS LIL— ALCEDO Auctorum. KINGSFISHER. 



Rostrum crassum, tetrago- 

 num, acutum, longum, la- 

 teratim compressum, rec- 

 tum, marginibus subden- 

 ticulatis. 



Cauda mediocris, aut brevis. 



Pedes tetradactyli. 



Beak thick, tetragonal, acute, 

 long, laterally compressed, 

 straight, its margins some- 

 what denticulated. 



l^ail moderate, or short. 

 Feet four-toed. 



