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H A L C Y O N P I L E A T A
HALCYON PILLATA.
(BLA CK -CA P PED K IN G F ISH E R .)
Bodd. Tabi. Pl. Enl. p. 41 (1783),
Gray and Miteh. Gen. of Birds, I. p. 79 (e. 1844).
Reich. Handb. Alced. p. 15. t. cccci, fig. 3080-81 (1851).
Cab. Mus. Hein. th. If, p. 155 (1860).
Schl. Mus. Pays Bas. Alced. p. 27 (1863).
Less. Traite d ’Orn. p. 246 (1831).
Gm. Syst. Nat. I, p. 453 (1788).
Less. Cent. Zool. pl. viii. (1830).
“ KreUing,” Reich. Journ. f. Orn. 1854, p. 149.
Buff. Pl. Enl. 673 ;
Alcedo pileata
Halcyon
Entomothera „
Entomohia ,,
Dacelo „
,, atricapella
Alcedo „
„ hrama.
„ puella.
Martin-pecheur de la Chine.
Udang, Malay (Blyth);
Surong-uclang, JIalays of Sumatra (Raffles).
H. rostro toto rubro : caudâ longiori : pileo nigro : dorso ultramarino ; nuehâ et gulâ albidis : abdomine
flavescente-rufis.
Hab. in regione indicâ.
Head and cheeks, th e u pper po rtio n o f th e back below the collar, shoulders, and
wing-coverts, black; back, scapuLaries, upper surface o f the tail and the o u ter web o f the
secundaries and primaries, except towards th e ir end, rich u ltramarine ; the basal h a lf o f
th e in n er web o f the primaries white ; th e term inal h a lf o f the wing-feathers and the
under surface o f the tail, blackish ; thro at, upper p a rt of breast, and a collar behind
th e neck, white, with tin g e o f tawny on th e la tte r two ; abdomen and u nder wing-coverts
fine ru st-co lo u r, deeper on the flanks; b ill co ra l-red ; eye dark brown ; feet red. Total
len g th 11.5. L en g th o f bill from front 2.2, from gape 2.6, wing 4.9, tail 3.3, tarsu s .4,
middle toe .8 , h in d toe .4.
Hab. Ceylon {Layard), In d ia (Jerdon), Andaman Islands (Beavan), Burmah (Beavan),
Siam (Schomburgk), Cochin (Day), China (Swinhoe), Tenasserim (Briggs), Malay Pen-
sinsula [Cantor), Sumatra (Kreling), Borneo (WaUace), Phillipines (Mus. Lugd.).
Mus.
Ind.
Hale
äS. Brit. Mus. p. 54 (1848) pileata. Gray, Cat. I ------- r - - - > - - - : Cass. Cat. Hale. Phil.
)g. Ned. Ind. Alced. pp. 22, 54, pl. 9 (1864): Alcedo airicapilffl,^Lntìp
Ailditional references.—Haleyoi _
D. 6 (1852): Dacelo pileata, Schl. 1 j.r- —> - r - ■ / *
)rn. I. p. 251 (1790), Sliaw, Gen. Zool. viii. p. 70 (1811), Bon. and Vieill. Encl. Meth. I._p. 289 (1823):
on atricapilla, Pelz. Voy. Nov. Nog. p. 49 (1865); H. atricapillus, Steph. Gen. Zool. xiii, p. 99 (1825),
Blyth, Cat. Birds Mus. As. Soc. Beng. p. 47 (1849), Horsf. and Moore, Cat. Birds Mus. E. I. Co. I. p. 124
1854, Gould, Birds of Asia, pi. — (1860).
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