306 
Birds of Celebes: Alcedinidae. 
ib. 136 — 140, remarks; {1} id., Ibis 1879, 63; (VIII) id., Yogelskel. 1882, 21, j)k 
XXVI; (9) id., Isis, Dresden 1884, Abb. I, 6, 19; (10) W. Bias., Ztscbr. ges. Orn. 
1886, 91; (11) id., Ornis 1888, 576—578; '(12) Tristr., Cat. Coll B. 1889, 95; (13) 
Sbarpe, Cat. B. XVII, 1892, 293. 
a. Dacelo sanghirensis (1) Finscb, pt. in Sbarpe II; (2) Grray, HL.4869, I, 89; (3) Scbl., 
Mns. P.-B. Bev. Alced. 1874, 14. 
h. Cittura cyanotis pt. (1) Lenz, 'J. f. 0. 1877, 368. 
“Bengka kehu”, Great Sangi, Xat. Coll. 
Figures and descriptions. Sbarpe J, II, 13] Eowley F; Meyer VIII (skeleton), 6; 
W. Blasius 11. 
Adult male. Head above russet, washed with orange -rufous, passing into raw umber on 
bind neck and middle of back; outer webs of scapulars light cinnamon, passing 
into the colour of the back; upper tail-coverts and tail dark cinnamon-rufous; 
a frontal band, a patch at base of lower bill, continuous with the sub- and 
supra-orbital region black, becoming very dark marine-blue on the sides of the 
occiput; above this a long superciliary line of pearly white-tipped feathers; wings 
dusky black; wing-coverts very dark marine-blue; chin and upper throat white; 
ear-coverts, sides of neck, and a broad wash across the upper chest light 
phlox-purple; remainder of under surface huff, washed with cinnamon-rufous on 
loAver flanks and tail-coverts; edge of wing and under wing-coverts white, but 
black next to the edge of wing (Gr. Sangi — Xr. 6193). Bill sealing-wax red; iris 
light red; feet red-brown (Platen 11). 
Adult female. Like the male, but the parietal stripe and wing-coverts black, with little or 
no blue colouring in it (Bias. 11] Gr. Sangi — C 12703, 12704). 
Young male. Like the adult male; bill shorter, red-brown: — Platen (Gr. Sangi, Xr. 6192), 
with very small pale tij)s to the wing-coverts (Bias. 11). 
Young female. Like the adult female; hill shorter, a little hooked at the tip, red-brown: — 
Platen (Bias. 11] Gr. Sangi, Xr. 6195). 
Iris and feet of young as in adult (Platen 11]. 
Observation. A specimen from Siao before us does not differ from those of Great Sangi. 
Measurements. 
Wing 
Tail 
Bill from 
nostril 
Tarsus 
a. (Xr. 6194) [(T] ^^1. Gr. Sangi 
113 
101 
35 
16.5 
b. (Xr. 6193) [cf] ^^1. Gr. Sangi 
108 
98 
34 
16 
c. (Xr. 6191) (cf] vix ad. Siao 
110 
98 
34.5 
16 
d. (Xr. 6192) [(V] juv. Gr. Sangi 
108 
100 
29.5 
16.5 
e. (0 12703) [9] ad. Gr. Sangi, 21. YH. 93 
114 
100 
35 
17 
f. (G 12704) [9] ad. Gr. Sangi, 13. YH. 93 1) .... 
107 
94 
35 
— 
g. (Xr. 6195) [9] juv. Gr. Sangi 
103 
55 
25 
15.5 
Thirteen adults measured by Prof. Blasius (11) vary as follows: wing 106—117; 
tail 97—109; culmen 39.5—45; tarsus 16 — 18 mm; length in the flesh (Platen) 
260—270. 
1) This specimen is moulting. A number of other species appear to moult in Julj^ in the Sangi Islands. 
