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104 HALCYONID^. 



Al. capite nigro, Jhsciis transversis cyaneis, postice cristato; 

 auribus cyaneis; mento, guld, strigaqiie laterali colli albescen- 

 tibus ; dorso nitide cceruleo ; corpore subtus rufo» 



Kingsfisher with a black head, transversely banded with maza- 

 rine-blue, the hinder part crested ; ears bluish ; chin, throat, 

 and lateral stripe on each side the neck whitish ; back shining 

 light blue; body beneath rufous^ 



Much allied to the preceding bird, but rather 

 larger : length six inches \ of which the beak occu- 

 pies one and three quarters, and is black : the ears 

 and upper parts of the head and neck are bluish- 

 black, transversely banded with rich deep blue lu- 

 nules, which are broken into spots on the crest and 

 .ears : from the base of the under mandible is a black 

 stripe richly glossed with blue, and carried down on 

 each side the neck, between which and the upper 

 part is a whitish stripe just behind the ears : the 

 wing-covertSj scapulars, and lesser quills are blackish 

 glossed with blue, the two former having a bright 

 spot at the end of each feather : upper and greater 

 quills entirely dusky : down the middle of the back, 

 rump, and tail-coverts, light greenish-blue : chin and 

 throat cream-colour : line between the nostrils and 

 eyes, margin of the shoulders, under wing-coverts, 

 and all the lower parts of the body rufous : tail deep 

 obscure blue : legs red. Inhabits Java. 



Sp. 12. Al. caeruleoeephala. — Alcedo cyanocephala. *S;^atu, v. viii. 

 p. 100. /j^. 9. — Madagascar. 



Sp. 1 3. Al. purpurea. jS^ato, v. viii. p. 96. ph 11 — Madagascar. 



Sp. 14. Al. Madagascariensis. Skauo, v. viii, ^j. 97. — Mada- 

 gascar. 



Sp. 15. Al. cristata. Shaw, v. viii. p. 98. pi. 12. — The African 

 Islands. 



