HALCYONIDJE. 



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not only a decided affinity to these birds, but also 

 with the Meropidae : thereby admirably uniting the 

 two conterminous fissirostral groups. 



Sp. 1. Ga. paradissea. Steph. v. iiL.p. 225. 



Sp. 2. Ga. viridis. Steph. v. i^.p. 223.pl. 39. 



Sp. 3. Ga. rubricollis. Steph. v. ix.p. 224. 



Sp. 4. Ga. albirostris. Steph. v. ix. p. 226. 



Sp. 5. Ga. ceycoides. Zool. Journ. {Such.) ii. 112. 



Ga? supra *oiridi-atra, subtusalba; capite, guldque nigrO-brunneis 



ochraceo-lineatis ; abdominis lateribus crissoque nigro-foscis ; 



pedibus tridactylis. 

 Jacamar ? above dark-green, beneath white ; with the head and 



throat black-brown striped with ochraceous ; the sides of the 



abdomen and the vent black-brown j the feet three-toed. 



Length, from the forehead to the tip of the tail 

 five inches and a half : head black-brown ; with the 

 frontal feathers ochraceous \ those of the crown and 

 cheeks black-brown dashed with ochraceous in the 

 middle : those of the throat ochraceous striped with 

 brown : the quills are greenish-brown, paler beneath, 

 with the inner webs whitish at the base : the tail- 

 feathers are dark green, brown beneath, margined 

 at the tip with a very narrow rufous band : beak and 

 legs black. This anomalous but interesting species 

 was discovered by Dr. Such in Brazil, and described 

 by him as above quoted. It beautifully unites the 

 Jacamar s with the Kingsfishers, and may probably 

 at some future period be elevated to the rank of a 

 distinct genus, with as much propriety as the pre- 

 ceding genus has been detached from the Kingsfishers. 



