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HALCYON ORIENTALIS. ad.aju\
HAL C YON OE I L N T A L I S .
(EAST ERN KIN G F ISH E R .)
Halcyon orientalis, Peters, Journ. f. Orn. 1868, p. 134.
Hartl. and Pinsch, Om. Ostafr. p. 162 (1869).
H. rostro breviori, fusco-rubro, versus apicem nigro : pileo distiuctè striato : major ; scapularibus nigris :
pectore unicolori.
Hah. i n Africa o rie n ta li.
A d u lt Male. Head lig h t brown, strip ed with dark brown along the shaft o f each fea th e r;
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)per p a rt o f the back, scapularies and wing-coverts deep black ; lower p a rt o f the back
and u pper tail-coverts b rig h t b lu e ; qu ills lig h t broAvn, the inner Aveb pale orange a t the base,
th e o u ter web edged w ith b rig h t blue, more esjiecially on the secondaries ; ta il greenish-^
blue above, blackish beneath ; a loral spot produced backwards over the eye, sides of
and a collar ro u n d th e neck, and the en tire under-surface w hite, inclining to fulvous on the
flanks, and p u res t on th e th ro a t and upper p a rt o f the breast ; bill dusky-vermilion ; feet
orange. Total length 8.5 inches, o f b ill from fro n t 1.65, from gape 2.2, Aving 4.0, tail 2.4.
ta rsu s 0.5, middle toe 0.7, hin d toe 0.35.
Young Female. H e a d broAvn w i th in d i s t in c t s trip e s o f d a r k e r broAvn doAvn th e c e n tre o f
ea c h fe a th e r ; a lo r a l s p o t e x t e n d in g b a c kw a rd s o v e r th e ey e , sid e s o f th e n e c k a n d a co lla r
e n c irc lin g th e b a c k o f th e n e c k , d i r ty w h ite ; m id d le o f th e b a c k , s c a p u la rie s a n d w in g -
c o v e rts d e e p um b e r broAvm ; loAver p a r t o f th e b a c k a n d u p p e r ta il-c o v e rts d u ll g re e n ish -
b lu e ; q u ills light-broAvn, th e b a s e o f th e in n e r web p a le o ra n g e , th e o u te r Aveb e d g e d Avith
g re e n is h -b lu e , e sp e c ia lly o n th e s e c o n d a rie s ; t a i l g r e e n is h -b lu e above , b row n is li-b la c k
b e n e a th ; th r o a t Avhite ; b r e a s t fu lv o u s w ith a feAV f a in t s tr ip e s o n th e u p p e r p a r t ; b ill d u ll
A'crmilion ; fe e t o r a n g e ; e y e b la c k . T o ta l le n g th 8.5, o f b ill from f r o n t 1.6, from g ap e
2.1, w in g 3 .9 , ta i l 2.2, t a r s u s 0. 45, m id d le to e 0.65, h in d to e 0.25.
Hab. Zambesi {mxis. Walden), Mozambique (Peters), Mombas (van der Decken).
The description and measurements giA'en above are from two o f the typical specimens,
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