HALCYON CYANOYLNTEI S.
(MANY-COLOURED K IN G F ISH E R .)
Alceio cyanoventris
Halcyon cyanoventris .
Entomohia cyaniventris
Alcedo melanoptera
Halcyon melanopiervs .
Entomothera melanoplera
Dacelo melanoptera . .
“ Alcedo omnicolor, Reinw.”
Dacelo omnicolor .
Halcyon omnicolor
Halcyon multicolor
Tengke-wrang of the Javanese {Horsfield).
Vieill, Nouv. Diet. (Vllist. Nat. XIX, p. 412 (1818).
Cass. Cat. Hale. Phil. Mus. p. G (1852).
Cab. & Ileine, Mus. Hein. II, p. 154 (1860).
Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. XIII, p. 174 (1822).
Steph. Gen. Zool. X III, p. 100 (1826).
Eeieh. Handb. Alced. p. 14, t. ccceh-, fig. 8087 (1851).
Sehl. Mus. Pays Bas, Alced. p. 27 (1863).
Temm. Pl. Col. 135 (1823).
Less. Traité d'Orn. p. 247 (1831).
Swains. Classif. of Birds, II, p. 335 (1837).
Kaup, Fam. Eisv. p. 8 (1848).
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II. rostro toto lætè rubro: pileo nigro: dorso postico ultramarino; nucha gulâque rufia: abdomine cyaneo.
Hah. in insulâ “ J a v a ” dictâ.
Head and nape j e t black, waslied with u ltramarin e on the la tte r ; back and scapularie.s
beautiful rich cobalt, deepening in in te n s ity on th e rump and h av in g a green lu stre in cerept
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with greenish c o b a lt; tail cobalt above, black beneath; chin w h itish ; cheeks black, tinged
here and th ere with ru fo u s ; th ro a t, upper p a rt o f the breast, and a collar* round the neck,
deep rufous, th e former spotted here and th ere with ultramarine ; entire under surface of
the body v e ry rich u ltram a rm e ; u nder wing coverts black ; bill and feet dark ro d ; eye dark
bro-wn. Total len g th 10 inches, o f bUl from fro n t 2.4, from gape 2.7, wing 4.7, tail 3.0,
tarsu s 0.45, middle toe 0.8, hin d toe 0.4.
Hah. Ja v a {Horsfield, 7Vallace).
Additional references.—Alcedo cyanoventris, Bon. et Vieill. Enc. Meth. I, p. 396 (1823). Halcyon
eyaniventris. Gray, Handl. of B. p. 91 (1869); Halcyon melanoptera, Gray, Gen. of Birds. I, p. 79 (1816); id.
Cat. Fiss. Brit. Mus. p. 54 (1848) ; Horsf. aud Moore, Cat. Birds Mus. E. I Co. I, p. I'-’' *' ' .......’~
noptera Schl. Vog. Ned. Ind., Alced. pp. 22, 55. pl. 9 (1864):_ Halcyon omnicolor, Hartl. V<
(1844) ; Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av. I, p. 155 (1850), Gould j Birds of Asia, pt. ^
127 (1854); Dacelo mela-
Mus. Brcm. p. 13
(1863).
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