Birds of Celebes; Alcedinidae. 
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the foreneck and chest obscured hy dusky margins to the feathers; the scapulars are 
blackish slightly washed with blue” (Sharpe 10). A young male (Dresden Mus. 
~Nr. 6280) is without rufous on the lores, like a specimen (? ^ ) from Ceram, 
Measurements. 
Wing 
Tail 
Bill from 
nostr. 
Tarsus 
a. (C 12258) ad. [(^] Banka, Celebes 15. V. 93 . . . 
73 
31 
31 
9.5 
h. (C 2316) Q Manado, Feb. 71 
73 
31 
32.5 
9.5 
c. (C 3615) [(A'] juv. N. Celebes , 
74 
34 
31.5 
9 
d. (Nr. 6284) Q Gorontalo, July 1871 
72 
31 
35.5 
9.5 
e. (Nr. 6279) — Manado, Mch. 1871 
73 
33 
31 
9.5 
f. (Nr. 6282) ad. Manado, Mch. 1871 
72 
31 
34.5 
9 
g. (Nr. 6281) juv. Manado, Mch. 1871 
76 
32 
28 
— 
h. (Nr. 6280) juv. Gorontalo, July 1871 
66 
28 
21 
8.5 
i. (Nr. 6278) [Q] ad. Gt. Sangi 
74 
32 
33 
9.5 
j. (C 12614) [(J’] ad. Siao, 2, YII. 93 
75 
31 
32.5 
9.5 
k. (Nr. 6283) Q Watubella 
75 
31 
29.5 
9.5 
m. (C 7379) [$ ?] Ceram 
74 
31 
32.5 
9 
n. (C 9956) ad. New Britain, 25. V. 86 . . . . . 
74 
32 
32 
9 
Skeleton. 
Length of cranium .... 
61.5 
mm 
Length of tibia 
24.5 
mm 
Greatest breadth of cranium . 
17.5 
» 
Length of tarso-metatarsus . . 
9.0 
» 
Length of humerus .... 
25.0 
» 
Length of sternum .... 
24.5 
» 
Length of ulna 
31.0 
» 
Greatest breadth of sternum . 
18.0 
» 
Length of radius 
29.0 
» 
Height of crista sterni . . . 
7.0 
» 
Length of manus 
23.0 
» 
Length of pelvis 
22.5 
» 
Length of femur 
16.7 
» 
Greatest breadth of pelvis . . 
17.0 
» 
Distribution. Great Sangi (Meyer, Dresden Mus.); Siao (Nat. Coll.); Lemheh and Banka 
Is., off N. Celebes (Nat. Coll., Dresden Mus.); Celebes: — Minahassa (Wall, d 10, 
Meyer e 6, Guillem, e 8, etc.), Gorontalo (Forsten f 1, Bosenh. f 3), South Celebes 
(Doherty hi), East Celebes (Nat. Coll.), Pehng (Nat. Coll.), Sula Islands (Hoedt 
f 3) — Sula Besi (Bernstein f 3), Djampea and Kalao (Everett d 14)] Burn, 
Amblau, Amhoina, Banda, Ceram, Goram, Watubella, Obi, Halmahera, Batchian; 
Mysol, Salawatti, New Guinea — ^ East Cape, New Britain, Duke of York Id., New 
Ireland, Solomon Islands (cf. Salvad, d 3)] Fergusson Id. (Meek d 14). 
As Dr. Sharpe remarks (e II) this bird seems to be the representative 
species of Alcedo ispida in the Moluccas. It will probably be found to be 
stationary, and A. ispida a migrant. Hartert says ik is connected with a form 
of A. ispida by intermediate forms. 
Very little is known of the habits of A. moluccana., but they appear to be 
the same as those of the common Kingfisher. Mr. Wallace (e II) says it 
frequents the banks of streams and eats small fish; Meyer (e 6) found it in 
Celebes at all times and everywhere near the sea-shore and rivers; Mr. E. L. C. 
Layard (el) found it only on the sea-shore in New Britain. The Common 
Kingfisher of Europe is often to be met with on the sea-shore, where it feeds 
largely on shrimps and prawns (e II). 
Meyer & Wi gles wortli, Birds of Celebes (Got. 28th, 1897). * 34 
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