HA L C YON L INDS A Y I .
( L I N D S A Y ’S K I N G F I S H E R . )
Laccio Lindsayi
Halcyon Lindsayi
Vig. P.Z.S. 1831, p. 97; Eyd. & Souloy. Voy. Bonito, p. 100, pl. 7
(1841) ; Schl. M ub. Pays Bas, Ahed. p. 23 (1863).
Gray, Gen. ot B. I, p. 79, pl. 27 (1840) ; id. Cot. Pisa. Bril. Mus. p.
52 (1848) ; Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av. I. p. 154 (1850) ; Cass.
Cat. Halc. Phil. Mus. p. 5 (1862) ; Gray, Handl. ot B. I, p. 93
Paralcyon Lindsayi
Astacophilus Lindsa
Alcedo Lindsayi
Dacelo Lessoni
Adenoides Lessoni
Eeick. Handb. Alccd. p. 80, t. ccccxxi, figs. 3148.44-(L851) ; Boimp.
Consp. Tol; Anis. p. 9 (1854).
Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. tb. I I , p. 162 (1860).
Mai-tens, Journ. f. Om. 1864, p. 18; id. Preuss. Exp. Ost. As. p.
189 (1865).
Tig. P.Z.S. 1831, p. 97.
Hartl. Journ. f. Orn. 1854, p. 64.
Sadsac of tbe Natives of Luzon {Eydoux and Souleyet).
H .pU e o to lè viridi, cincin et stràgà mystical! ta te cyanea; coBo postico cinnamomeo; m-opygio tate
cyaneo : subtus squamata, plumis albis viridi marginatis.
Hai), in insulis Philippinis.
Adult. Head olive-green, washed w ith clearer green, especiaU^ ovmr tìie eye ; forehead
and lores with a stripe extending backwards over the eye, tmged with hnff ; sides and back
o f th e head beautiful verditer, a moustachial stripe also o f tbe same colour ; ear-coverts and
a narrow line o f feathers ru n n in g ro u n d the hack o f the head, black ; a line extcndmg from
h e W the eye and onoircling the neck so as to form a collar, as well as the entire throat,
ric h cinnamon; upper p a rt o f th e back, scapulai-s and wing-coverts dull gi-een, etyh feathei
spotted a t the tip with o ch re ; lower p a rt of the back and upper tail-coverts b rig h t gi'een,
S feather mesially streaked with ochre ; quills hrowny buff a t the base c f he in n er web
ex te rn ally edged with bufiy olive especially on th e secondaries ; tail olive brown, tqqied
I v i t h ! d J e , t i e e x te n n d S l i e r v e ry short and b.anded with ochre; u nder sindaco w-fote,
b rea st and flanks b roadly edged with gi-eenish-brovm giving a scaly appearance ; W 1 black
the lower mandible and a iSie on the upper mandible yellowish ; feet olive-brown, lo tn l
len g th 9-6 inches, o f bill from fro n t 1'8, from gape 2'3, wing 4-3, ta il 3 6, tarsu s 0 6.
T m m Head duU olive-green, w ith a circlet o f verdigris encircling the bend from above
th e eye ; ? line o f feathers from the base o f th e biU forming an eyebrow, and another
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