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" Cap green, rufescent on forehead, and margined posteriorly with 
verditer ; a broad black stripe commences at the lores and meets its 
opposite behind ; above this is a slight rufous supercilium, and below 
it a broad rufous streak continued to the nape, and comprising the 
lower ear-coverts ; below this again, is a very large rich purplish blue 
moustache, commencing at the base of the lower mandible ; the nape 
and breast are brilliant ferruginous, paling on the throat and belly ; 
and the mantle, wings, and tail are deep purplish-blue, each feather 
touched with ultramarine-blue on the wings, while the rump and 
upper tail coverts are vivid verditer ; bordering the ferruginous of 
the nape, is a band of deep black ; bill dusky above, the rest ap- 
parently bright yellow; and legs probably coral-red. Adult male 
(and perhaps the adult of either sex)." 
" The young have the mantle and wings dark green, with a 
terminal pale fulvous spot on each feather, imparting a pretty 
speckled appearance." — (Blyth.) 
Genus Ceyx, Lacep. {p. 132). 
633. CEYX TBIDACTYLA, Linn. Sp. 
Alcedo tridactyla. Linn., Mant. (1771), p. 524 'Pallas, 
Spicil Zool. yi. t. 2,/. 1. Gmel., S. JST. I. p. 459. 
Ceyx tridactyla, Cuv., Meg. An. (1817), p. 417. Jerdon, 
" III. Ind. Orn. t. 25. BtricU., P. Z. S. (1846), 
p. 99. G. E. Gray, Gen. of Birds, I. p. 80 ; Cat. 
B. Brit. Mus. II. p. 59. 
Alcedo purpurea, Gmel., S. JV. I. p. 449. 
Alcedo erythaca, var. A., Lath., Hist. IV. p. 39. 
Ceyx erythaca, Bli/th, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. Beng. p. 50. 
Alcedo rubra, Bodd., Tail, des PI. enl. d^Aubent. p. 48. 
Ceyx luzoniensis, ^teph.. Gen. Zool. XIII. p. 106. 
Ceyx microsoma. Burton, P. Z. S. (1838), p. 89. 
Ceyx tridactyla et C. purpui-ea, Bonap., C. G. Av. p. 157. 
Le Martin-pecheur de I'isle de Lu9on, Sonn., Voy. Ind. 
t. 32. 
Martin-pecheur de Pondicherry, Buff., PI. Enl. 77S,f. 2. 
The Purple Tridactylous Kingfisher. 
Raja Whodan, Malays, Eyton. 
Dein-ngyeen, Arracan, Blyth. 
