DACELO PULCHEL LA. 
Ord. IV? Les Passereaux Ctimer. 2^ Division. Les Syndactyles. 
Ord, VIIT Alciones, Temminck. 
Ord. IT. Pic^e, Linn. By si. Sect. III. Pedibns gressoriis. 
Ord. IT. Ambulatores, liiiger. Fam. 6. Angulirostres. 
DACELO, Leach, Temmineh 
Char. Gen. — Rostrum mediocre, porrectum, validum, crassum, tetragono-attenu- 
atum, subdepression. Maxilla lateribus planis, dilatatis, versus aptcem deflexa 
utrinque profunde emarginata, ipsa extremitate truncata excisa, culmine rotun- 
dato obsoleto, tomiis acutis. Mandibula basi niagis depressa, attenuata, acumi- 
nata gonyde subascendente. Nares basales, latcrales, parte dimidia plumis 
obtecta?, rima ovatiuscula patentes. Pedes breves, congrui gressorii. Digiti 
antici externi coadunati apice discreti internus breviusculus. 
Dacelo supra thalassino atro alboque fasciata, capite badio saturate, vertice occipiteque 
azureis, gula juguloque albidis, abdomine ferrugineo diluto. 
Tengke-watu, Javanis. 
Dacelo pulchella, Horsf. Syst Arrangement of Birds from Java, Linn. Trans, 
Vol XIII . p. 175. 
ALTHOUGH this bird has the habit and appearance of a KingVfisher, its bill 
presents several strongly marked peculiarities distinct from the KingVfishers in 
general, but agreeing with the gigantic species peculiar to New Holland, which is 
distinguished by the name of " Laughing Jack-ass." The peculiarities of the latter, 
as far as regards the bill, induced Dr. Leach to separate it from the King's-fishers 
into a genus denominated Dacelo, which has been adopted by the celebrated M. Tem- 
minck, in his M Analyse du Systeme General d'Ornithologie," prefixed to the Second 
Edition of his Manuel. In comparing our bird with the Gigantic KingVfisher, I 
have observed, besides an agreement in the form of the bill, other points of resem- 
blance regarding the habit and general distribution of colours in both ; these have 
already been stated in the Description of a Collection of Birds from Java, contained 
in Vol. XIII. of the Transactions of the Linnean Society, in the following remark : — 
" In both the forehead anil crown are regularly circumscribed by the lateral parts of 
