HALCYONID^. 



105 



Sp. 16. Alcedo semitorquata. Swain. Zool. Illust.pl. 151. 



Al. ccBruleo-viridis , infra ochracea, capite cyaneo, lineis nigris 



transversis ornato; dorso nitide caeruleo; pectore, torque cceru- 



leo-viridi interrupto insigni. 

 Bluish-green Kingsfisher, beneath bulF-colour; with the head 



blue^ with transverse black lines ; back shining light blue ; 



breast with an interrupted blue-green collar. . 



Inhabits Southern Africa. Length eight inches 

 and a half: head blue, the crown crossed by dusky 

 black lines : occiput slightly crested : the sides of the 

 head deep and rich mazarine-blue : ears and sides of 

 the neck greenish-blue, the latter having a stripe of 

 white : the blue on the sides of the neck advances on 

 the breast in the shape of a half collar: wings and 

 scapulars bluish-green, with lighter spots on the tip of 

 each of the wing-coverts : down the back is a stripe of 

 vivid light blue : tail dark blue, edged with greenish, 

 the base black : the plumage beneath, from the chin 

 to the end of the throat, white 5 changing on the breast 

 to pale fawn-colour, which deepens to ferruginous on 

 the body, under tail-coverts, and thighs : legs red : 

 between the beak and eye a dusky white line. 



GENUS LIIL— TANYSYPTERA, Vigors. , 



Rostrum sub-breve, subcras- 



sum, rectum, acutum. 

 Nares ovales. 



Cauda gradata, rectricibus 



duabus longissimis. 

 Pedes zygodactyli ? 



BeaTc rather short, somewhat 



thick, straight, acute. 

 Nostrils oval. 



Tail quadrated, with two 



very long feathers. 

 Feet with the toes disposed in 



pairs ? 



Sp. 1. Ta. Dea. Linn, Trans. {Vigors.) v. xiv 433. — Alcedo 

 Dea. Shavo, v, viii. p, 73. — Inhabits the Moluccas. 



