BLUE-WINGED KINGFISHER. 
the apical portion of the inner-webs of the quills and white on both webs at the 
base ; tail dark blue, dark brown on the inner-webs and broadly barred with white 
at the tips of the outer-feathers, but only tipped on the middle ones ; cheeks 
isabelhne with dark minute dots ; chin, throat and fore-neck white ; breast, sides 
of the body, abdomen and under tail-coverts buff, with verj^ narrow dark edgings 
to the feathers ; long under tail-coverts, under wing-coverts and axiUaries cream- 
white with irregular pale brown bars on the greater series ; basal portion of quills 
below cream-white and brown on the terminal portion ; lower aspect of tail pale 
brown broadly barred and terminated with white on the outer feathers, the middle 
ones only tipped. Eyes white, tinged with brown on the outer edge ; feet and 
tarsus very pale olive-yellow ; bill black, tomium and entire lower mandible greyish- 
white. Total length 375 mm. : culmen 62, wing 187, tail 115, tarsus 28. Figured. 
Collected at Mungi, North-west Austraha, on the 18th of June, 1911. 
Adult female. Crown of head, nape, and sides of face dark brown with smoke-brown 
edges to the feathers on the fore-part of the head, and white margins to those on 
the nape and sides of the face, the feathers being long and narrow it imparts a 
streaked appearance ; lores whitish with black hair-like tips to the feathers, 
becoming darker towards the eye and the short feathers surrounding the latter ; 
a line of short feathers below the eye white ; a wide collar round the hind neck 
pale buff with minute dark tips to the feathers ; mantle, lesser marginal upper 
wing-coverts and scapulars with slightly paler margins and white bases to the 
feathers, some of the scapulars barred with buff ; upper back white the feathers 
shghtly tipped with pale blue — ^the blue increasing in extent on the rump and central 
upper tail-coverts where the feathers are white marked with brown, in some 
instances, at the base ; outer lesser upper wing-coverts, median and greater series 
dark brown with white bases and pale blue tips ; bastard-wing and primary- 
coverts dark blue, brown on the inner-webs ; primary- and secondary-quills blue 
on the outer aspect, brown on the inner-webs, which are broadly edged with white, 
and whoUj'’ white at the base on some of the quills ; lateral upper tail-coverts and 
tail chestnut banded with bluish-black becoming buffy-white at the tips of the 
outer feathers on which the dark bands are narrower ; throat and fore-neck 
creamy-white with very narrow dark shaft hnes ; breast, abdomen, sides of body, 
vent and under tail-coverts buff with narrow dark wavy bands which become 
almost obsolete on the vent and under tail-coverts ; axillaries and under wing- 
coverts creamy-white narrowly barred with pale brown ; quills below creamy- 
white at the base and brown on the apical portion ; lower aspect of tail inclining 
to chestnut on the middle feathers and barred with brown. Eyes white ; feet and 
tarsi olive-brown ; bill blackish-brown ; lower mandible whitish. Cuhnen 62 mm., 
wing 182, tail 115, tarsus 26. Collected on Melville Island, Northern Territory, 
on the 15th of June, 1912. 
Adult female. Differs in having the tail brown, barred with deep blue. 
Immature. Resemble the adult (female) in general appearance. 
Nest. A hole in a tree. 
Eggs. Clutch, three to four. Like the eggs of Dacelo gigas, 45' 5 to 46' 5 mm. by 35 to 36. 
Breeding-season. September to November. 
When Robert Brown, the famous botanist, accompanied Flinders he made 
a nice collection of birds, many of which were quite novel, and among them 
was the present species. It may be noteworthy to remark that specimens 
were presented to the British Museum upon his return, but no attempt was 
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