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HALCYON a l b i v e n t r i s .
HALCYON Â L B I Y L N T R I S .
(BROWN-HOODED K IN G F ISH E R ).
Ilartin-jiêcJieur de Visle de Luçon,
Alcedo albiventris,
Dacelo albiventris.
Halcyon albiventris,
Dacelo striata,
Dacelo fuscicapilla.
Halcyon fuscicapilla, .
Chelicutia fuscicapilla,
Payurothera fuscicapilla, ,
Dacelo vaillanti.
Halcyon vaillanti,
Alcedo atricapilla, Var. .
II. rostro breviori fusco-rubro, versus apicem nigro: pileo distincte striato: major:
Sonn. Voy. N. Guin. pl. 31 (1776).
Scop. Del. Faun, et Flor. Insubr. II, p. 90 (1786, ex Sonn.).
Sehl. Mus. Pays Bas, Alced. p. 31 (1863).
Finscb, Journ. f. Orn. 1867, p. 238.
Drap. Diet. Class d’Hist. Nat. X, p. 223 (1826).
Lafr. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1833, pl. 18.
Gray, Gen. of Bii-ds, I, p. 7i) (1846).
Eeich. Handb. Alced. p. 39, t. cccexxiv, fig. 3152-63 (1851),
Cab. and Heine, Mus. Hein. th. II, p. 150 (
Ternm. MS. in Mus. Lugd,
Mull. Journ. f. Orn. 1855, p. 7.
Lath. Ind. Orn. I, p. 252 (1790).
pectore brunneo striato.
Ifa b . in Africâ meridional].
Adult. H e a d d a r k broAvn, b ro a d ly s tr ip e d w ith d a r k e r b ro tv n , b e c om in g n e a rly b la c k ;
s c a p u la rie s a n d w in g -c o v e rts b la c k ; low e r p a r t o f th e b a c k a n d rum p b r ig h t c o b a lt;
q u i l ls b row n ish -b la c k , th e in n e r w e b p a le o ra n g e a t th e b ase , th e p rim a r ie s a t th e b a s e of,
a n d th e se c o n d a rie s ib r th e w h o le o f th e o u te r tveb, a s w e ll as th e p rim a ry -c o v e rts , b r ig h t
c o b a lt ; t a i l c o b a lt ab o v e , b la c k b e n e a th , th e in n e r web o f a ll b u t th e tAvo m id d le fe a th e rs
m o re o r le s s b la c k a t t h e e d g e ; fe a th e r s from tlie b a se o f th e n o s tr il e x te n d in g backAvards
o v e r th e ey e , c h e ek s a n d a c o lla r ro u n d th e n e c k p a le yelloAvish-brown Avith d is tin c t lo n g i tu d
in a l b a r s ; th r o a t a n d ab d om e n w h ite w ith f a in t lin e s m a rk in g tlie s h a f t o f th e fe a th e r ;
b r e a s t a n d fla n k s t in g e d w ith yelloAvish broAvn a u d m a rk e d Avith v e r y b ro a d a n d d is tin c t
lo n g itu d in a l s trip e s ; u n d e r w in g - a n d ta il-c o v e rts p a le o ra n g e , p a le r o n th e l a t t e r ; b ill c r im so
n , b la c k tow a rd s th e t ip ; e y e d a r k broAvn ; fe e t dai*k re d . T o ta l le n g th 10 in c h e s , o f b ill
from f r o n t 1.85, from g a p e 2.3, w in g 4.2, t a i l 2.7, ta r s u s 0.5, m id d le to e 0.6, h in d to e 0.3.
Additional refereuces.—Halcyon albiventris, Sharpe, Ibis, I860, pp, 277 282; Ayres, Ibis. 1869, p. 290;
Halcijon fuscicapilla, Gray, Cat. Fiss. Brit. Mus. p. .'54 (1848), Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av. I, p. 154, (1859) ; Cass.
Cat. Hale. Pliil. Mus. p. 8 (1852); Gurney, Ibis, 1859, p. 243, et 1860, p. 204; Layard, Birds of S. Afr. p. 68
(1867) ; Gray, Handl. of B. p. 91 (1869) ; Chelicutia fuscicapilla, Bonap. Consp. Vol. Anis. p. 9 (1854).
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