H A L C YO N COROMANDA.
(R U D D Y K IN G F ISH E R .)
Le marlin pêcheur violet des Indes .
Alcedo coromanda . . . .
Halcyon coromandus
Dacelo coromanda . . . .
Halcyon coromanda
Callialcyon coromanda .
Callalcyon coi-omanda .
Halcyon coromandeliana
Dacelo coromandeliana .
Halcyon coromandeliamts
Halcyon coromandelicus
Halcyon coromander
Halcyon coromanda minor
Alcyon calipyga .
Halcyon lilacina
Callalcyon lilacina
Halcyon Schlegeli .
Halcyon coron\anda major
Dacelo coromandeliana major
Halcyon rufa
Sonn. Voy. Tml. IT, p. 212, pl. 118.
Lath. Ind. Oni, I. p. 252 (1790, e.v. Sonn.); Horsf. Trans. Linn.
Soc. XIII, p. 174 (1822) ; ILnlf. Zool. 1857, p. 5795.
Stcph. Gen. Zool. XIII, p. 100 (182(3).
Less. Traite <VOrn. p. 246 (1831).
Gray, Cat. Mamm. & B. of Kep. p. 56 (1846); Cass. Cat. Hale.
Phil. Mus. p. .55 (1852) ; Gray, Cat, Mamm. & B. of Nep.
p. 24 (1863).
Roicli. Ilandb. Alced. p. 15, t. ccccv, fig. 3092 (1851).
J{onap. Consp. Vol. Anis. p. 9 (1854).
Gray, Cat. Fiss. Brit. Mus. p. 55 (1848) ; Horsf. & Moore, Cat.
B. Mus. E. I. Co. I, p. 126 (1854); Swinh. Ibis, 1863, p.
259 id. P.Z.S. 1863, p. 333 : id. Zool. 1863, p. 8747 ;
Beav. Ibis, 1867, p. 319.
(pt.) Schl. Mus. Pays Bas, Alced. p. 25 (1863); id. Vog. Ned.
Ind. Alced. pp. 24, 56, pl. 8 (1864).
Bulger, Ibis, 1869, p. 155.
Vig. App. Mem. Raffi, p. 654 (1830).
Blyth, Cat. B "Sins. As. Soe. Beng. p. 47 (1849),
Temm. & Sehl. Faim. Jap. Aves. p. 76 (1850).
Hodgs. in Gray’s Zool. Misc. p. 82 (1831).
Swains. Classif. of B. II, p. 335 (1857): Bonap. Consp. Gen.
Av. 1, p. 156 (1850) : Moti, ami Dilhv. Nat. Hist, of Lab.
p. 13 (1855) ; Selater, P.Z.S. 186:3, p. 213.
Bonap. Consp. Vol. Anis. p. 9 (1854)
Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av, I. p. 156 (1853).
Temm. ami Sehl. Faun. Jap. Av. p. 75 (1850).
Schl. Mus. Pays Bas, Alced. p. 25 (1863).
Wall. P.Z.S. 1862, p. 338.
H. rostro toto rubro : pulehrè lilaeimi : dorso postico Irctò cyaneo.
Hab. in regione Indo-Mnlayana, in insula “ Celebes” dicta, et in insulis Japonicis.
General colour rufous, glo.ssed everywhere with b rillian t lilac; lower p a rt of the back
an d rump white washed with cobalt, and somewhat tinged with lilac ; chin white ; rest oi
the u n d e r surface o f the body p ale rufous, washed with lilac ou the breast, in d in in g to buH'
on the belly.
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