T A N Y S I P T E R A DOR I S .
Tanysiptera doris.
Dacelo sabrina (pt.) .
(M O E TY IS LA N D K IN G F ISH E R .)
Wall. Ibis, 1862, p. 44.
Wall. P .Z .S . 1863, p. 24.
Sharpe, P .Z .S . 1869, p. 631.
Schl. Mus. Pays Bas, Alced. p. 46, (1863) ; Schl. Vog. Ned.
Ind. Alcei. pp. 37, 65, pl. 14 (1864).
T. maeulâ dorsali albâ ; subtus alba, scapularibus saturatè ulti-amarinis ; tech-ieibus supracaudalibus cum
rectricibus cæruleo marginatis.
Hah. in in s u lâ “ M o r o t a i ” d ic tâ m a ris m o lu c c e n s is .
Adult. Head b r i l l ia n t c o b a lt ; ch e ek s, e a r-c o v e rts - a n d b a c k o f t h e n e c k d e e p b lu e ,
m o re b r i l l ia n t o n tb e tw o fo rm e r ; u p p e r p a r t o f th e b a c k a n d s c a p u la rs d e e p b lu e b la c k ;-
a la rg e p a tc h o f fe a th e r s in th e c e n tr e o f th e b a c k p u r e w h ite ; A\dng-coverts d e e p b la c k ,
b ro a d ly e d g e d w i th b r ig h t b lu e , th e in n e rm o s t o n e s g l i tt e r in g c o b a l t; q u ills b l a c k , ‘th e
in n e r w e b w h ite a t th e b a se , th e o u t e r Avebs w a sh e d Avith d a r k b lu e ; low e r p o r tio n o f th e
b a c k a n d u p p e r ta ü - c o v e r ts -white, th e l a t t e r e d g e d Avith d a r k b lu e ; t a i l- f e a th e r s w h ite , th e
e x t e r io r w e b a s w e ll a s th e t ip o f th e in t e r io r a r e b ro a d ly mai’g in e d Avith d a r k b lu e ; th e
tw o m id d le fe a th e r s b lu e fo r th e w h o le l e n g th a s fa r a s th e s p a tu la , th e b a s a l h a l f o f th e
in n e r w e b A'aried w i th w h i t e ; e n tir e u n d e r su rf a c e Avhite; b ill s e a lin g -w a x r e d ; fe e t o liv e -
broAATi. T o ta l l e n g th 14 in c h e s, o f b ill from f r o n t 1‘3 , from g a p e 1’7 , win g 4, t a i l 4 '1 ,
m id d le re c tric e s 8 '0 , ta r s u s 0 -5, m id d le to e 0*7, h in d to e 0-35.
Youruf. H e a d b lu e -b la c k , Avdth a c in c tu r e o f b r i l l ia n t c o b a lt ; ch e ek s , ear-coA’e r ts , sid es
a n d b a c k o f th e n e c k d e e p b lu e b la c k ; u p jje r su rf a c e o f th e b o d y broAvn, AAdth a p a tc h o f
fu lv o u s sp o ts on th e u p p e r p a r t o f th e b a c k , mai’k in g tb e w h ite p a tc h in tlie a d u l t ; Aviug-
c o v e rts broAvn, narroAvly e d g e d w ith fu lv o u s ; q uiUs brOAAn ; u p p e r tn il- c o v e r ts browm,
s lig h tly s tr e a k e d -with fu lv o u s ; t a i l b la c k ish broAvu, g lo s s e d Avith b lu e , e sp e c ia lly o n th e
c e n tr e fe a th e r s wdiich h a v e also th e im ie r w e b Avhite ; lo re s a n d u n d e r su rfa c e o f th e b o d y
d e e p fu lv o u s , Avith ii’r e g u la r m a rk in g s o f b la c k c a u s e d b y tb e b la c k m a rg in s to th e fe a th e r s ;
b ill re d , m ix e d Avith b la c k tow a r d s th e t ip ; fe e t olive-broAVTi.
Hah. Morty Island {Wallace.)
T h is is o n e o f th e m o s t b e a u tifu l o f th e Tamjsipteroe, a u d is d i s tin g u is h e d b y th e la rg e
Avhite p a tc h o n th e b a c k from m o s t o f th e sp e c ie s o f th e g e n u s . I t h a s tw*o n e a r a llie s ,
T . emilioe from R a o u , w h ic h d iffe rs in th e n a r row e r m a rk in g s o f th e ta il, a n d T. sabrina
f rom K a io a , AV'hich h a s th e u p p e r ta il-c o \’e r ts a n d ta il Avhite.
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