HAL C YON L L U GOP Y G I A .
(W H IT E -BA C K ED KIN G F ISH E R .)
Cyanalcyon hucopygius . Yerr. Eev. et Mag. de Zool. 1858, p. 306.
Halcyon leucopygia . . Gray, Cat. B. Trop. Isl. Pacif. Oc. p. 7 (1859); Sel. P. Z. S. 1869, p.
119 ; Gray, Handl. of B. I, p. 92 (1869).
H. pileo saturate ultramarino : dorso toto albo : crisso Hlacscenti-robro.
Hah. in insulis ‘‘ Solomon ” dictis.
Head, scapulars and wing-coverts, and upper p a rt o f th e back, rich ultramarine ; a
collar ro u n d th e neck, th e e n tire back except the interscapulary portion, ^ and the u ndersurface
o f the body, p u re wliite ; cheeks b la c k ; upper tail-coverts u ltram a rin e ; loiyer p a rt
o f th e flanks b o rderm g th e rump, and vent, lilac shaded with purple ; quills and tail black
washed with blue above, greyish black und ern eath ; bill entirely black ; feet olive-brovm.
T o ta l len g th 8*2 inches, o f b ill from fro n t 1-6, from gape 2-1, wing 3'3, tail 2‘5, tarsus 0 ‘5.
Hab. Solomon Islan d s ( Verreaux).
Th is b e au tifu l Kingfisher is, I believe, only represented in E urope by a single specimen,
n ow in th e B ritish Museum. The description and fig-ure are taken from this bird.
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