HA L C YON MA C L L A Y I .
(MA C L EAY’S K IN G F ISH E R .)
Eahyon m a d e a y i i ......................................Jai-d. & Selby, 111. Orn. pl. 101.
Todiramphus madeayi . . . . Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av. I, p. 157 (1850).
Cyanalcyon m a d e a y i ......................................Bonap. Consp. Vol. Anis. p. 9 (1854).
Dacelo madeayi . . . . . . Schl. Mus. Pays Bas, Alced. p. 41 (1863).
Halcyon i n c i n c t u s ..................................... Gould, P.Z.S. 1887, p. 142.
Halcyon j a q u i n o t i ..................................... Gray, Cat. B. Trop. Isl. Pacif. Oc. p. 7 (1859).
Halcyon s a n c t a ...............................................Diggles, Orn. of Austr. part 2 {1353, plate only).
H. pileo saturate ultramarino : scapularibus lætè viridi-eyaneis : subtus omnino alba : rostro nigro,
mandibulâ ad basin late flavicante. Fem. mari omnino similis, sed torque eollari albo nullo.
Hah. in Australasia.
Male.
tin g ed with
coverts u ltramarme, ----------------- ^
whitish a t the base, th e o u ter web washed ivith b lu e; tail deep ultramarine above, greyish-
black beneath ; lores, a nuchal spot, a collar encircling the hack o f the neck and entire
u n d e r surface white, inclining to fulvous on the flanks ; bill black, th e lower mandible
yelloAvish a t the base; feet d a rk reddish brown. Total length 7‘3 inches, of h ill from front
1-5, from gape 1'9, wing 3 7 , ta ii 2 ‘5, tarsu s OA, middle toe 0'6, hind toe 0'35.
Female. Similar to the male, b u t has no collar round th e neck and the nuchal spot
v e ry small, sometimes almost indistinguishable, being only represented by a single whitish
fe a th e r; th e deep blue o f the head extends fu rth e r th an in the male, domi on to the black.
Young male. Similar to th e old male, b u t has the colours much duller and th e blues
shaded stro n g ly v u th green ; the secondaries plainly tipped with greyish; the lores, nuchal
spot, collar ro u n d the neck and entire breast strongly tinged with rust-colour ; a few of
th e frontal feathers also edged w ith rusty.
p 190 ; id. Cat. Mamm. & B. of N. Guiu. p. 55 (1858) ; Eamsay, Ibis, 1865, p. 84; piggies, Orn. of Austr. pt.
2 (1868); Gray, Handl. of B. T, p. 92 (1869). Todiramphus madeayi, Beicli. Handb. p. 29, t. ccecxvi,
fig. 3124-25. Cyanalcyon macleayi. Cab. & Heine, Mua. Hera. th. II, p. 158 (I860); Gould, B. of Austr. I, p.
183 (1865).
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