H A L C Y O N S L N L G A L L N S I S .
(SENEGA L K IN G F ISH E R .)
Aicedo senegalensis .
Halcyon senegalensis
Dacelo senegalensis .
Cancrophaga s
Halcyon cancrophaga,
Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 180 (1766).
Svrains. Zool. Illustr. 1st ser. I, pl. 27 (1821).
Less. Traite d’Orn. p. 247 (1831).
Bonap. Consp. Yol. Anis. p. 9 (1854).
Heugl. Syst. Ubers. p. 18(1856, «re. Lath.)
Martin-pecheur a tòte grise di Sénégal, Buff. Pl. Enl. 594.
H. maxillâ rubrâ, mandibulâ nigrâ : scapularibus lætè thalassimo lavatis : minor : pileo obscm-è cinereo : stria
•à a basi maxillaî oculum cireumdante, liaud posticè productâ.
Hah. in Africa occidentali e t in Abyssiniâ.
Head and back o f tb e neck asby-grey; back, scapularies and upper surface of tlie tail
brio-ht cobalt, especially on the rum p ; the whole o f the upper wing-coverts deep b la c k ;
p rim ary coverts co b alt; quills black, white a t the base, the outer web, especially of the
secondaries, broadlv edged with b rig h t c o b a lt; tail cobalt above, black beneath, the inner ■ycb
black along the edge, as also th e shaft, the whole tail entu-ely black u n d e rn e a th ; lores white,
produced b ackwards over th e eye forming a very d istinct eyebrow; cheeks, sides of the neck
and upper p a rt o f th e b rea st ashy-gi-ey w ith a slight blue lu stre and minutely v ermiculated;
th ro a t and abdomen white, flanks g r e y ; upper mandible deep vermilion, lower mandible
j e t b la c k ; feet b la c k ; eyes black. Total length 8.,5 inches, of b ill from fro n t 1.7, from
gape 2.1, wing 4.0, tail 3.0, tarsu s 0.4, middle toe 0.7, hind toe 0.3.
Hah. Senegambia {mus Lugd.), E . Gambia (mus. Brem.). Sierra Leone (Boifrf«.),
Kiver Niger (Thomson), Bonny River {Jardine), Cameroons (mus. R . B . Sharpe), Gaboon
( Verreaux), Camma Riv e r (D u Chaillu), Angola (Monteiro), Benguela (Anchieta, l^da).
W h ite an d liln eN ile s (fleupK»),Bogos C ou n tiy (.Lesse, Blanford), Gazelle River (Antuion).
Addlttonal i-etcrcnces— Alade imegalnisis, Gm. Syst. Kat. I, p. 45S (1788); Tieill. Encl. Mctln I. p. 283
(1823)1 IM c jen smenohn.is, Swains, liiids of W. Afr. II, p. 97 (1837); Gray Gon of liirds, I, p. (9 I«-«.);
Jard. Ann. Kat. Hist. XVII, p. 8(i (1846); Forr. Voy. on Abyss. Zool III, p. 248 (^1847); Gray, t a t loss lint.
Mns. p. 63 (1848) i Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av. I, p. 155 (1850) i 1 Kcv. et .Mag. do Zool 1851 p. 286, lioach.
Handb. Alcei. p! II. t. ccoo. «g. 3077 (1851); Cass. Cat. I“ “ I bi ■ Mas. p 8 (18o2) Hartl.
1854,p .2 ; Miill. Journ. t. Orn. 1855, p. 7 ; Cass. Proc. Phil. Arad. I 85O p. .120; Hmtl. Orn. lUst.afi p. .Jl
(1857) 1 Cass. Proc. Phil. Acad, 1859, p. 33 ; Heine, Jonrn. f. Orn. 1860, p. 187 ; Cab and Ilrinc, Musa Heui. tb.
II, p, 472 (I860); DnChailln, Eq. Afr. p. 472 (1861); IPirtl. Joarn. f. Orn. 1861, p. 104 ; id 1 ZB. 1863, p. lOo ;
Sckter, P Z.S. 1864, p. I l l ; Ilcugl. Jonrn. f. Orn. 1864, p. 332 ; Antin. tbit. ITce. p. 28 (I8M) ; Hartm, Journ. 1.
Orn. 1866, p. 201; Bocage, Jorn. Acad. Lisb. 1867, p. 134; Gray, Handb. of B. p. 90 (1869).
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