HA L C YON SANCTUS -
(SACRED lU N G F ISH E R .)
Sacred Kingfisher
laccio chlorocephala, var.
Halcyon sancfus .
Todirhamphus sanclus .
Sauropatis sancta .
laccio sancta
Halcyon collaris (err.) .
Todirhamphus australasia
Philipps, Bot. Bay, p. 156; White, Yoy. N. S. W. p. 193, pl. 17 (1790).
Shaw, Gen. Zool. TU I, p. 78 (1811).
Steph. Gen. Zool. X III, p. 98 (1825) ; Jard. and Selby, HI. of Om. II,
pl. 96, 97 (nec. Gm.).
Less. Traité d’Ora. p. 246 (1831).
Vig. & Hoi-sf. Trans. Linn. Soe. XV, p. 206 (1826, descr. orig.).
Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av. I, p. 156 (1850).
Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. th. II, p. 158 (1860).
Schl. Mus. Pays Bas, Alced. p. 35 (1863).
Vig. & Hnrsf. Trans. Linn. Soe. XV, p. 206 (1826); Gould, Syn. B. of
Austr. I l l , plate (1838).
Cass. Cat. Halc. Phil. Mus. p. 12 (1852, nec Vieill).
H. afflnis H. chloridi sed multo minor et subtus lætè fulva.
Hab. iu insulis subregionis Indo-Malayanæ e t in to ta subregione Austro-Malavanâ.
_ A M t Male. Head d u ll blueish-green, a cincture o f b rig h t cobalt from th e eye
encircling th e head, which has the eyebrow and an occipital patch biiffy w h ite ; ear-coverts
and a band encircling th e nape black, slightly tinged with green ; lores, sides and back of
the neck, forming a broad collar, pale buff; u pper p a rt o f the back and scapulars g reen ;
wing-coverts and lower portion o f the back b rig h t blu e; quills black, fulvous on the inner
web, the outer* web, especially o f tbe secondaries, edged with b rig h t b lu e ; tail blue aboA'e,
.-.1. 1.1. -1_ 1 .1. xi greyish-black beneath; th ro a t white; rest, o/f> t,1h e u nder surfna ce of. t.h. e rbe odre y rich buff, deeper’
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; Gray, Gen. of B. I,
' ■ Cat. Fiss.
Additional references.—Halcxjon sanetus, Gould, Syn. B. of Ausfr. I l l , id. ^___
p. 79 (1846); Gould, B. of Austi-. II, pl. 21 (1848); id. Intr. to B, of Austr, p. 30 (1848); Gmy, Ci
Brit. Mus. p. 56 (1848); Eeich. Vog. Neuholl. p. 33 (1850); Bonap. Consp. Vol. Anis. p. 10 (1854) •
P. Z, S. 1857, p. 25 ; Gray, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 172, et 1859, pp. 154, 160; id. Cat. B. N. Guin p 20
... re. .re re .......................... z. s. 1860,
p. 346, et 1861, p. 433; id. Ibis, 1862, L.'216 j
Z. S. 1869, p. 119; Diggles, Ora. of Austr. pt. 2 (1869);
atictus,Eeich. Handb. Alced p. 33, t. ccccsviii, tig. 3131-33;
Gray,
id. Cat. B. Trop. Isl. Pacif. Oc. p. 6 (1859); id. P. Z. S. I860,*Fiuseh, P. Z. S . ........................................ re . . .
(1859);
Hartl. & S. 1868, pp. :
Gray, Handl. ofB. I, p. 92 (1869). Todirhamphus sanetus, .. ,
Cass. U. S. Expl. Exp. p. 214 (1858) ; Wall. P . Z. S. 1862, p. 338, et 1863, pp. 23, 484 ; Gould,’Handb. B. of
Austr. I, p. 128 (1865) ; Earns. Ibis, 1866, p. 827. laccio sancta, Schl. Viig. Ned. Ind. Alced. nn. 27 59 nl
10 (1864); Finsch, Neu Guinea, p. 161 (1865).
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