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0 c r i s t a t a , ............................................. Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 178 (17C6).
Corythornis cx-istata, . . . .
Alcedo cxjanostiyma.....................................
Cox-ythox'nis cyanostigma
Alcedo eyanosligmata, . . . .
Petit Martixi-pecJteur de VIsle de Luçon .
Kaup. Fam. Alced. p. IS (1848).
Kiipp. Neue Wirb. pl. 24 (1835).
Kaup. Fam. Alced. p. 13 (1848).
Des Murs, Voy. en Abyss. Zool. p. 81 (c. 1848).
Buff PI. Enl. 756.
C. rostro lætè corallino : eristâ longissimâ malaehitaceâ.
Hah. in to tâ regione Æthiopicâ.
A dult Male. (South Africa). Head with a malachite-green crest, each feather being
greenish-blue w ith a b lack shaft, and crossed b y two b lack bands, th e tip o f th e feather being
black preceded by a band o f b lu e ; th e feathers a t the sides o f th e crest elongated and
b ro ad e r; sides of th e head and entire upper surface o f th e body, rich u ltram a rin e ; wing-
coverts blackish washed with b lu e ; qu ills brownish black, th e secondaries edged w ith tain t
ultram a rin e ; ta il ultram a rin e above, black beneath ; chin and a long itu d in al p atch ot tea-
th ers along th e sides o f th en e c k , w h ite ; cheeks, ear-coverts, and re s t of th e uiider-surtace
o f th e body, ric h ru fo u s ; b ill and feet coral-red. , , , , , p, i t i
Younq female. Head crested, dusky-greenish, w ith v ery b ro ad black shafts and bands,
th e feathers on th e nape with a s lig h t silvery lu s t r e ; back and scapularies lig h t brown w ith
lig h t cobalt b a rs ; back ultram a rin e washed w ith co b alt; ta il ultrama rin e above, brown
b e n e a th ; quills lig h t brown, th e in n er web lig h t rufous from th e base, th e o u ter web edged
ivith lig h t u ltram a rin e ; lores lig h t ru fo u s ; cheeks rufous w ith little black mar k in g s ;
p. 81 (c. 1844), id. Cat. Fiss. Brit. Mus. p. 64 (1848), Des Murs, Voy. en Abyss. Zool. p. 82(c. 1848), Bonap. (.onsp.
Gen. Av. I, p. 159 (1850), Hartl. Beitr. Orn. Westafr. p. 18 (1852), id. Journ. f. Orn. 1854, p. o, Verr. Rev. et M ^ .
de Zool. 1855, p. 353, Müll. Joui-d. f. Orn. 1855, p. 8, Hartl. Orn. Westafr. P -86 (1857), Heugl. Journ. f. Om.
1862, p. 289, ScM. Mus. Pays Baa, Alced. p. 11 (1863), Kirk, Ibis, 1864, p. 325, Layard, Birds of S. Afi. p. 65
24 nctefr r. 167 nsfiflv Cnrnthomiis erxstata, Reich. Handb. Aicfd. p. IH, t.
.Tom-n. f. Orn. 1864, p.
Alcedo cxjaxiostigma, Fe
1344, id.Cat.Fiss.I. 833, Bocage, Jorn. Acad. Lisb. I, p. 134, (1868), Shari«, Ibis, 1«W, pp. zsu,
irr. et. Gal. Voy. en Abyss. Zool. I l l , p. 248 (1847), Gray, Gen. of Birds, I, p. 81
(c. ui. uar. riss. Brit.
Mus, p. 64 (1848), Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av. I , p. 164 (1850), Akad W i ^ ,
1856, p. 270, Schl. Mus. Pays Bas, Alced. p. 11 (1863), Antin. Cat. Descr. Coll. bee. p. 29 (1864),Haitm. Joum.
f. Om. 1864, p. 226, id. Joum. f. Orn. 1865, p. 203. Corythornis exjanosUgma, Reich. Hatyb. Alccd. p. 19,
t. ecexcv, flg. 3057-58 (1851), Cass. Cat. Hale. PhU. Mus. p. 4 (1852), Müll. Joui'n. f. Om. 185o, p. 8.
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