HA L C YON S LMIOÆE U L L A .
(A F R IC A N W H IT E -H EA D ED K IN GF ISHER .)
Martin-pêcheur bleu et noir
Crab-eating Kingfisher, voa
A lcedo senegalensis, var. d.
Alcedo senegalensis, var.j.
Alcedo senegalensis, <car. h.
Alcedo semicoerulea .
Maïcgon scmicarulea
semicoerulea
Alcedo leucocephala
Dacelo actoeon
Swainsonii
rußventer
Cancrophaga rußventris .
Buff. Pl. Enl. 356.
Lath. Sjra. I, p. 619 (1783, ea: Buf.).
Gm. Syst. Nat. I, p. 436 (1788, ex Buff.).
Lath. Ind. Om. I, p. 249 (1790).
Bonn, et Vieill. Enc. Meth. I, p. 283 (1823).
Forsk. Descr. Anim. p. 2 (1775).
Eiipp. Syst. Uebers. p. 23 (1845).
Bonap. Consp. Vol. Anis. p. 9 (1854).
Miiller, Syst. Nat. Suppl. p. 243 (1776).
Gray, Handl. of B. I, p. 90 (1869).
Less. Traité d’Orn. p. 247 (1831).
Smith, S. Afi’. Q. Joixm. 1836, p. 143.
SiraiDS. B. of W. Afr. II, p. 101, pl. 12 (1857).
Bonap. Consp. Vol. Anis. p. 9 (1854).
H. rostro toto rubro : pileo sordidè albescente : minor : coloribus absoletioiibus.
Hah. iu p a rte septentrionali e t occidentali regionis Æthiopicæ.
Male.. Head and neck greyish white, p u rer on the latter, the head showing the shafts of
the feathers ra th e r stro n g ly ; back and scapulars and w ing-coverts glossy black ; loAver p a rt o f
the back, rump and u pper tail-co v erts rich glistening cobalt ; primary-coverts cobalt shaded
with black ; quills black, th e in n er web wliite for more than h a lf its length, the outer web,
especially o f th e secondaries, b roadly edged w ith b rillian t cobalt, extending nearly the entire
len g th o f the latter, b u t confined to the base o f the former, where it has a faint lilac tinge ;
tail above briHiant cobalt, shading in to black on the edge o f the feathers, the underside
Additional references.—Alcedo semicccrulea, Gm. Syst. Nat. I, p. 467 (1788) ; Bonn, et Vieill. Enc. Meth.
I, p. 297 (1823) ; Eupp. N. Wfrb. p. 28, t. 24, fig. 1 (1835). Halcyon semicoerulea. Gray, Cat. Fiss. Brit. Mus.
T). 53 (1848); Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av. I, p. 155 (1850); Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hoiu. tli. II, p. 153 (1850);
lich. Handb. Alced. p. 11, t. ccceii, fig. 3083 (1851); Sclater, Contr. to Om. 1853, p. 124; Horsf. & Moore,
s. E . I . Co. I, p. 128 (1854); Hengl ' - - ~
Cat. B. Mus.E. I.Heugl. Syst. Uebers. p. 18 (1856); Hartl. Ora. West AÛ-. p. 33
(1857); id. Joiu-n. f. Om. 1861, p. 104; Heugi.
Ibis, 1859, p. 340 ; id. Potorm. Mittb. 1861, p. 21 ; Antin.
Cat. Ucc, p. 28 (1864); Hougl. Joum. f. Ora. 1864, p. 831 ; Hartl. P. Z. S. 1865, p. 88; Mont. P. Z. S. 1865,
. 94; Hartm. jbm-u.'f. Oru.~1866, p. 201 ; Boeage, Joum. Acad. Lisb. p. 134 (1867); Sliai-pe, Ibis, 1869, p.
; Blauf. Zool. Abyss, p. 322 (1870); Finsch ;2 ; Gray, Handl. of B. I., p. 90 1869 ¿H a rtl. Om. Ost. Afr.
I. 160 (1870). Dacelo semicoerulea, Heugl. Ora. N. 0 . Afr. p. 190 (1869). Alcedo leucocejihala, Cass. Proc. Acad.
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p. 79 (1846) ; Layai-d, B. of S. Afr. p. 63 (1867) ;
Phil. 1864, p. 243. Halcyon Swainsoni, Gray, Gen.• * . ..
Hal’c yon rufirev ent.e r, rere Consp. Gen. Av. I,, p.p . 155 1, (_ I860);_
Cass. Cat. Hale. Phil. Mus. p. 9 ( 1 8 5 2 ) ; Hartl.
Journ. f. Om. 185 1854,, p.^ 3. Halcyon ^ rußventris, Eeieh. Handb. Alccd. p. 10,.
t. ccccii, fig. 3083-84 (1851) ; Cab.
& Heine, Mus. Hein. th. I I , p. 153 (1860) ; Hougl. Jom-n. f. Om. 1864, p. 332.
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