ISPIDI NA MADAGASCARIENSIS.
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ISPIDINA MADAGASCARIENSIS.
(MADAGASCAR K IN GF ISHER ).
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Ispida »
Alcedo
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Dacelo „
Dacelo ruffulus
Martin peeheur de
Briss. Orn. IV, p. 508, pl. xsxYÔii, fig. 1 (1760).
Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 179 (1766).
Cass. Cat. Hale. Phü. Mus. p. 13 (1852).
ScW. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 421.
Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1838, p. 224,
Buff. Pl. Enl. 778, fig. 1.
I. suprà lilacino-rufa : subtus albida : genis, hypochondriis et torque pectorali lilacino-rufia.
Hah. in in su lâ “ ” dictâ.
Upper surface o f th e body rufous, w ith here and th ere a slig h t lilac lu stre ; wing-
feathers blackish, th e in n er web lig h t rufous from the base, th e o u ter web edged with
rufous, more especiaPy on th e secundaries which are ahnost entirely of the la tte r colour ;
th ro a t, a long itu d in al patch o f feathers along the sides o f the neck extending backwards
middle o f th e abdomen, and u nder tail-coverts, w h ite ; cheeks, and sides o f the body,
rufous ; u n d e r wing-coverts pale rufo u s ; b ill and feet coral red. Total length 5 inches, of
b ill from fro n t 1.0, from gape 1.4, wing 2.3, ta il 1.0, ta rsu s 0.25, middle toe 0.45,
h ind toe 0 .2 .
Hah. Madagascar {Brisson, Newton, and Van Dam.)
So rare is th is little Kingfisher in collections, th a t i t has been tiU lately ouly known
from Buffon’s figure in the “ P lanches Enluminées.” Many Ornithologists, including Mr.
Je rd o n and th e late P rin c e Bonaparte, have considered th a t th is figure as well as Brisson’s
Additional references.— Alcedo madagascariensis, Gray, Gen. of Birds, I, p. 81 (e. 1844), Bonap. Consp. Gen.
Av. I. p, 159 (1850). Ispidina madagascariensis, Bonap. Consp. Vol. Anis. p. 9 (1854), Harfcl. Journ. f. Orn.
1860, p. 86, id. Eaun, Madag. p. 30 (1861), Roch and Newton, Ibis, 1862, p. 271.
ScM. and Poll. Faun. Madag. Ois. p. 59 (1868).
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