T O D I R H AM P H U S TUTUS.
(O T A H E IT E K IX G F ISH E E .)
Alcedo tuta
Todirhamphus tuta (pt.) .
Todirhamphus tutus
Todirhamphus sacer
Todirhamphus sacra
Halcyon sacra
Dacelo sacra . . . .
Eooto-o'oo of the Natives of Otaheite.
T. coHo postico albo : subtus albus.
Hah. in Oceania.
Lath. Gen. Syn. I, p. 624 (1772).
Gm. Syst. Nat. I, p. 453 (1788, ex Lath.); Lath. Ind. Om.
I, p. 251 (1790).
Cass. TJ. S. Espl. Esp. pp. 192, 206, pl. XY.,fiy. 3 only (1858).
Sclater, P . Z. S. 1864, p. 9.
Less. Voy. Coq. I, p. 686 (1826); id. Mem. Soc. d’Hist.
Pai-is, m , p. I I ; id. Man. d’Oru. II, p. 100 (1828);
id. Nat. Traite d’Om. p. 249 (1831).
Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. th. I I , p. 160 (1860).
Eeich. Handb. Alced. p. 34, t. eeccxxiii, figs. 3148-49 (1851).
Gray, Cat. B. Trop. Isl. Pacif. Oc. p. 6 (1859); id. Handl. of
B. I, p. 93.
Schl. Mus. Pays Bas, Alced. p. 38 (1863).
Adult. H e a d g re e n , fo re h e a d w h ite a s w e ll a s a b ro a d e y e b row e x te n d in g b a c kw a rd s
a n d e n c ir c lin g th e n e c k ; b e lo tv th i s a n o th e r b ro a d lin e o f b la c k w a sh e d Avith g re e n , a lso
e n c irc lin g th e n e c k ; b a c k a n d sid e s o f th e n e c k w h ite , fo rm in g a b ro a d c o l l a r ; u p p e r
s u rfa c e o f th e b o d y g r e e n tin g e d w ith b lu e , e sp e c ia lly o n th e r um p a n d u p p e r winff-coA'erts :
tre rt relrere-rere re-re.rere.IreUM__1- 1rere«re„Xl.......... J —. r . —i' . 1** to . 1 tol 1 1
h in d to e 0 '3 .
Young. H e a d d u ll g r e e n ; fo r e h e a d a n d su p e r c ilia ry lin e in d ic a te d b y a fcAv buffy®-
w h ite f e a th e r s ; b a c k a n d s c a p u la rs b ro tv n , w ith a f a rn t lu s tr e o f g re e n h e r e a u d th e r e , th e
n u c h a l c o lla r in d ic a te d b y a few b u ffy -w liite fe a th e r s ; AA-iug-coverts, low e r p o r t io n o f tb e
b a c k a n d r um p g re e n is h b lu e , b ro a d ly m a rg in e d Avith Ailv o u s ; q u ills a n d ta i l b row n , w a sh e d
Avith g r e e n ; im d e r s u rfa c e o f th e b o d y d u l l Avhite, th e fe a th e r s o f th e u p p e r p a r t o f th e
b r e a s t e d g e d Avith broAvn ; b d l b la c k , y e llow a t th e b a s e o f th e u n d e r m a n d ib le ; fe e t olive
b row n . T o ta l le n g th 8 in c h e s , o f b ill 1*35, w in g 3 '9 .
Hah. Otaheite (mus. Brit.). Marquesas Islands (mus. Lugd.).