T A N YS I P T E R A NA I S .
T A N Y S I P T E R A NAI S .
( C E K A M K I N G F I S H E R . )
TtmjìipUm n tù . G i i ,, P. Z. S . I860, pp. 346, 347 ; Wall. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 24 ; Gray, Handl.
of B. I , p. 90 (1869) ; Sharpe, P . Z. S. 1869, i). 631.
Tanysiptera dea (pt.) . ScM. Mus. Pays Bas, Alced. p. 43 (1863) ; id. Vog. Ned. Ind. Ahed. pp. 33, 62
(1864); id. Ned. Tijdschr. 1866. p. 273.
T. maculâ dorsali albâ nuUâ: uropygio alho : cauda spatolata : genis, regione paroticà et collo postico
saturate eæiMeis: pUeo concolori : tectricibus supracaudalibus omnino albis : dorso eyaueo maculato.
Hah. in in s u lis “ C e ram ” “ A m b o iu a ” dic tis.
Adult.^ H e a d s b in in g c o b a lt ; c h e e k s , e a r-c o v e rts , s id e s a n d b a c k o f th e n e c k a n d
u p p e r p o r tio n o f th e b a c k d e e p b lu e , d i s tin c tly s p o tte d w ith c o b a lt o n th e l a t t e r : m id d le
o i th e b a c k a n d s c a p u la r s d e e p b lu e ; w in g -c o v e rts b r ig h t c o b a lt, th e o u t e r o n e s d e e p
b lu e ; q u ills b la c k , w a sh e d e x t e r n a l ly w i th b r ig h t b lu e ; low e r p o r tio n o f th e b a c k a n d
ta il-c o v e rts p u r e w h ite ; ta il-fe a th e r s w h ite , n a r r o w ly e d g e d w ith b lu e o n th e o u t e r w e b
th e tw o m id d le fe a th e r s v e r y lo n g , w h ite a t th e b a se , th e r e s t o f th e f e a th e r b lu e a s f a r as
Young. Head deep cobalt, b rig h te r over the eye ; cheeks, ear-coverts and back of
neck deep blue-black, mottled with blue on the la tte r as in the a d u l t ; back and scapulars
d a rk broAvn, slig h tly marked with rufous on th e la tte r ; iving-coverts black, more b roadly
edged v n th rufous and exhibiting a tin g e o f blue here and th ere ; quills d a rk broAvii
slig h tly w ashed with blue near the base o f th e o u ter web, th e secondaries slig h tly maro-ined
AVith rufous-brown ; lower p a rt o f th e back, rump and u pper tail-coverts fulvous-white
broadly mtygined with blackish ; tail-feathers fulvous-white a t the base, b roadly maro-ined
with blackish ; middle tail-feathers blueish, broadened slightly towards the apex, Avbite a t
base ot both webs and lo n gitudinally m arked with fulvous white n e a r the tip ; en tire under
surface fulvous, becoming white in one o r two places, all th e feathers margined with
blackish developing in to two larg e black patches on either side o f the u pper p a rt o f the
breast; bill dull sealing-wax red ; feet olive brown.
Hab. Ceram (Wallace), Amboma ( Wallace).
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