. Birds. Birds. CAEOIITEUTES. 139 colour, the males barred with blue and black above, the females with rufous and black. Feathers of nape slightly elongate. Bill broad, comparatively short; culmen straight, rounded. Krst primary shorter than all the other primaries; tail moderately long, rounded at the end. This approaches Dacelo, the " laughing jackass " of Australia, in structure, more than any other Indian or Burmese Kingfisher does. 1050. Carcineutes pulchellus.. The Banded Kingfisher. Dacelo pulchella, Sorsf. Trans. Linn. Soo. xiii, p. 175 (1821); Blytli, Cat. p. 46 ; Rorsf. ^ M
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. Birds. Birds. CAEOIITEUTES. 139 colour, the males barred with blue and black above, the females with rufous and black. Feathers of nape slightly elongate. Bill broad, comparatively short; culmen straight, rounded. Krst primary shorter than all the other primaries; tail moderately long, rounded at the end. This approaches Dacelo, the " laughing jackass " of Australia, in structure, more than any other Indian or Burmese Kingfisher does. 1050. Carcineutes pulchellus.. The Banded Kingfisher. Dacelo pulchella, Sorsf. Trans. Linn. Soo. xiii, p. 175 (1821); Blytli, Cat. p. 46 ; Rorsf. ^ M. Cat. p. 122. Carcineutes pulchellus, Cab. Sf Heine, Mus. Sein. ii, p. 163; Sharps, Mon. Ale. p. 261, pi. 96; Blyth ^ Wald. Birds Burm. p. 70; Sume ^ Bav. S. I vi, pp. 79, 499; Hume, Cat. no. 132 ter; Bingham, S. F. viii, p. 193; ix, p. 164; Oates, B. B. ii, p. 86; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xvii, p. 198. Carcineutes amabilis, Hume, S. F. i, p. 474; Sharpe, S. F. ii, p. 484; Hume, ib: p. 485.. Kg. 39, —Head of G. pmchellm, |. Ooloration, Male. Broad frontal band, sides of head and neck, and a rttore or less perfect collar round the hind neck chestnut; occiput and nape cobalt-blue, base of the feathers white, banded with black near the blue tip; remainder of upper plumage, including the wings and tail, banded black and verditer-blue, the feathers barred with white instead of blue except at the ends or exposed portions ; quills black with white inner margins, the secondaries with white spots forming imperfect bars; lower parts white; breast, flanks, and under wing-coverts tinged with dull rufous; tail-feathers barred with white beneath. Female. Upper parts and sides of head and neck transversely banded with black and pale brownish rufous, more narrowly on the head and neck; primaries brown, unhanded; lower parts white, with black spots forming imperfect bars on the breast and flanks. BUI vermilion; irides purplish grey; legs and feet dull pale green (Davison). Length about 8'5; tail 2