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Halcyon Forsteni
laccio Forsteni
Temm. M .S . in Mus. Lugd. unde.
Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av. I, p. lo7 (1850).
Gray, Handl. of B. I, p. 93 (1869).
ScM. Mus. Pays Bas. Alced. p. 37 (1863).
SeM. Vog. Ned. Ind. Alced. pp. 29, 60, pl. 11 (1864).
H. affinis H. chloridi, sed subtus nigro-viridi maeulata.
Hab. in in s u lâ “ C e le b e s ” d ic tâ .
H e a d d a r k g re e n , l ig h te r a lo n g th e sid e s a n d tow a rd s th e n a p e ; e a r-c o v e rts a n d n ap e
v e r y d e e p g re e n , lo o k in g a lm o s t b la c k ; b a c k a n d sc a p u la rs v e r y deep g r e e n ; w in g -c o v e rts
g re e n , in c lin in g to b lu e ; q u ills b la c k , lig h te r a t th e b ase , e d g e d e x te rn a lly w ith g re e n ish
b lu e ; t a i l g re e n is h b lu e ab o v e , b la c k b e n e a th ; ch e ek s, a co lla r ro u n d th e n e c k , a n d e n tire
u n d e r su rfa c e w h ite , b lo tc h e d Avith d a r k b la c k is h g re e n , n o t so m a rk e d o n th e th r o a t Avhicli
is w h ite ; a sm a ll lo r a l sp o t w h ite ; u n d e r w in g -c o v e rts b lu e ; u p p e r m a n d ib le b la c k , loAver
m a n d ib le p a le y e llow , b la c k tOAvards tb e t ip . T o ta l le n g th 9 in ch e s, o f b ill from fr o n t 1‘9,
from g a p e 2 ’2 , Aving 4 ‘2, ta i l 2 6, ta r s u s 0*4, m id d le to e 0 ‘75, h in d to e 0.3.
Hah. Celebes: Gorontalo (Forsien).
Beyond th e unique specimen in the Leiden Musemn, wliich Avas obtained a t Gorontalo
b y Dr. Fo rsten , I do n o t knoAv o f a single example in any Museum in Europe, and it is one
o f the g rea te st desiderata in th e family Aîcedmidæ.
The description, measurements, and figure are from the typo specimen in the Leiden
Museum.
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