OE EY L E AMERICANA.
(B R A Z IL IA N G R E EN K IN G F ISH E R .)
Ahedo americana
Ceryle americana
Chloroceryle i
Alcedo hrasiliensis . • ^ •
Alcedo viridis . . . • •
Chloroceryle chalcites . . ■ •
Martin-pecheur vert et llane de Cayenne .
Martin-pescador verde olscuro
Gm. Syst. Nat. I, p. 451 (1788).
Boie, Isis, 1828, p. 316.
Eeich. Handb. Alced. p. 27, t. ceccxiii, fig. 3112-3 (1851).
Gm. Syst. Nat. I, p. 450 (1788).
Vieill. Nouv. Diet. d’Hist. Nat. XIX, p. 413 (1818).
Eeieh. Handb. Alced. p. 28, t. ccecxv, fig. 3120-21 (1851).
Buff. r i . Enl. 591.
Azara, Apunt. No. 421.
C. sexibus dissimilibus : •
distinctis.
) oeneo-viridi : gulâ albâ : minor : rostro tenuiori : maculis alaribus minus
Hah. in regione Neotropica.
Male Above, b ro n zy -g re en ; sides and back o f tbe neck white, forming a collar
round the l a t t e r ; q u i ll s ‘black spotted w ith white, th e secondaries tip p ed with the same
colour th e ir inner web also b e in g wh ite a t th e base ; tail bronzy.green above, black
beneath, all the feathers b e in g white a t th e base and also spotted w ith white on th e inner
web • th ro a t white ; b rea s t rufous ; abdomen white, flanks largely spotted with green ; bill
and feet black. Total len g th 6'8 inches, o f hiU from fro n t 1-6, from gape 2-0, vn n g 3-0,
tail 2-3.
Female Similar to the male, b u t in stead o f th e red chest has a band o f green, below
which is another irre g u la r band o f green extending d o rn i on to the flanks on b o th sides ;
th e u n d e r surface o f th e body is also tin g ed w ith fulvous.
(1831),
( ^ 4 ^ G «> r(lên. o f liM s , i ; p. 82 (Ì846), id. Cat. K » . B A Mua. p.
r n n S n i Bonm CoSsp Gen A t . I , p . 160 (1850), Ones. Cat. Hale. PM . Mus. p. 5 (1852), Incht. Nomenel. At.
? S to le , p ' Z S ItaS p. 136, Pels Site. Acad. Wien, 1856, p. 615, Sol. P. Z. S. 1856, p. 139,
f t o t Ois d l Trinid.’p. 112 (1866), sjl. and S to . P . Z. S. 1862, p. 192, et 1867. pp. 581, 978. et. 1868, p. 628,
S ’ to n . Bras. p. 23 (1868), Gray, Hand-Hst of B. p. 97 (1869). aUroecryl. amencana Bonap. Cmsp J r i .
A to n 10 (185.1), B n rm .T h .B rn s .il, p. 407 (1856), Cab. and Heme, Mus. Hem. th I I , p 147 (I860)
/ v A 'p e i s La Plata IH , p. 447 (1861), Sei. Cat. Am. Bh-ds, p. 265 (1862). A ld o n n d„ , Bon. el Vio.U.
&TMeTh i , ’l ? 397 (1823). ir«iiic,„ù, Bon. el Vieih. Ene, Meth. I, p. 293 (1823). OM.rmnjlc
cMeUcs, Bnrm. Th. Eras. H, p. 408, note (1856).
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