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TANYSIPTERA HYDROCHARIS.
TANY S I P T E RA HYDROCHARI S .
(A R U ISLAN D K IN G F ISH E R .)
Tanysipiera hydrocharii
Dacelo hydrocharis,
Gray, P.Z.S. 1858, p. 172.
Schl. Mus. Pays Bas, Alced. p. 4'6 (1863).
T. macula dorsali albâ nullá ; uropygio albo : caudâ spatulatâ : genis, regione paroticà et collo postico nigiis :
rectricibus exterioribus nigris, cæruleo marginatis.
Hah. in insulis “ A ru ” dictis.
Adult. Crown o f th e head lig h t cobalt, blackish on th e forehead and b rig h te r along
the sides o f the head ; cheeks, ear-coverts', and nape black ; scapularies, middle o f th e back,
a n d w in g -c o v e rts b ia c k , w a sh e d Avith u ltr am a r in e , b r ig h t e r o n th e l a t t e r ; Aving-feathers
b la c k , w b ite a t th e b ase , w a sh e d Avith u ltr am a r in e o n th e o u t e r w e b ; r um p p u r e w h ite ;
t a i l b la c k , bz'oadly Avashed Arith d a r k b lu e ; m id d le fe a th e r s b lu e e d g e d Avith Avhite n e a r th e
base, a n d te rm in a tin g in a n e lo n g a te d Avliite s p a tu la ; e n tir e u n d e r -s u rf a c e AA"hite; b ill c o ra l-
r e d ; fe e t d u s k y re d d is h o liv e ; ey e s d a r k -b row n . T o ta l le n g th 1 3 '3 in c h e s , o f bR l from f r o n t
1-0, from g ap e P 4 , w in g 3 '5 , t a i l 3*3, m id d le ta il-fe a th e r s Ö'O, tai*sus e 3 ‘6, m id d le to e 0 '6 ,
h in d to e 0-25.
Young. Head blackish-brown ; a line of feathers extending from the base o f the bill
backAvards over the eye, pale fulvous broAvn; back, scapularies, and AA-ing-coverts dark broAvn,
strongly tinged with dark ochre, especially on the rump and wing-coverts, the latter being
conspicuously edged Avitli ochre ; quills blackish broAvn, fulvous at the base, the primaries
externally edged vnth. whitish-broAvn, the secondaries A\dth dark ochre,_ tliis colour being
spread over the whole of the3 iinnnn ee rrmm oo sstt s e c o n d a ry q u ills ; t a i l o c lire o u s b row n , th e m id d le
fe a th e r s t in g e d Avith d u ll b l u e ; e a r-c o v e rts d a r k b r o w n ; c h e ek s m ix e d d a r k broAim a n d
o c h re ; sid e s o f th e n e c k a n d e n tir e b r e a s t o c h re m a rg in e d w ith b la c k is h broAvn, th e loAver
p a r t o f th e a b d om e n Avhite ; th r o a t p u r e Avhite, Avitli a lin e o f broAvn fe a th e r s r u n n in g d ow n
e a ch side o f i t ; b ill d a r k h o r n broAvn, p a le r o n th e low e r m a n d ib le ; fe e t o liv e b row n .
T o ta l l e n g th 5 ‘3 in c h e s, o f b ill from f r o n t 0 8, w in g 3 '0 , t a r s u s 3A 5 .
Hah. A ru Islands (WaUace, von Rosenberg).
Additional references.— Taniisiptera hydrocharis, Gray, Cat. Mamm. and B. of Guin. pp. 20, 55 _
P.Z.S. 1860, p. 347; Cab. and Heine, Mus. Hein. th. II, p. .162 (1860); Gray, P.Z.S. 1861, p. 433; AVall.
P.Z.S. 186133,, pp., 24; Eosenb. Journ. f. Om. 1864,I, 1>p. 118;. Sclil. Ned. Tijdsnlir.„ I l l , . pp.* * 269,. 340 (.
1865); Sharpe,
P.Z.S. 1869, p. 681. Daoelo hydroeh
!, Sehl. A'og, Ned. Ind. Alced. pp. 36, 65, pl. 15 (1864).