AL CEDO A S I A T I C A .
(M A LA Y A N K IN G F ISH E R .)
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Alcedo asiatica,
Alcedo meningting,
Ceyx meningting,
Alcedo hengalensis,
Alcedo Ven-eauxii,
Meningting of the Javanese {ITorsfisld).
Binti, of tho Natives of Sumatra
Swains. Zool. Illustr. 1st ser. I, pi. 50 (1821).
Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. X I II, p. 172 (1822).
Cuv. Regne. Anim. I, p. 444 (1829).
Less. Traité d’Om. p. 243 (1831, nec 6m.).
De la Berge, Eev. Zool. 1851, p. 305, pi. 9.
A. torque pectorali nullá: abdomine intensé rufo: minor: rostro breviori: pileo Imté cyaneo faseiato.
Hah. ill regione Indo-Malayaná.
Male. Head and cheeks d a rk blue, banded with b rig h t c o b a lt; a longitudinal p atch o f
feathers along the sides o f the neck, white tinged w ith rufous ; back beautiful b rig h t c o b a lt;
scapulars black washed with blue ; wing-coverts black, washed and spotted w ith b rig h t
blue ; quills black, th e in n er web v e ry lig h t rufous a t th e base, the o u ter web washed wHli
blue, more especially on th e secondaries ; tail blueish-black ; tliro a t whitish ; a spot in front
of the eye rufous edged w ith black ; u n d e r surface o f the body with the u n d e r wing- and
tail-coverts b rig h t rufous, e x ten d in g up the neck in v e ry old birds ; b ill black ; feet red.
Female. Similar to th e male, b u t the coloiu’s n o t so b rig h t, the cheeks and ear-coverts
rufous instead o f blue, and the lower mandible orange.
Young Male. Similar to the old female, b u t shewing a few blue feathers on th e red cheeks.
Hah. Maunbhoom (Beavan), Cochin China ( mus. R . B . S .), Tenasserim (mus. In d .),
Andaman Islands (Tytler), P enang (Cantor), Malacca (Wallace), Singapore (mus. B r it) ,
Sumatra (Raffles), Ja v a (Hor.ffleld), Bangka (mus. Lugd.), Lombock (Wallace), Celebes'
Macassar (Walla.ce), Gorontalo (von Rosenberg), Borneo (mus. R . B . Sharpe), Labuan (Motleii).
Additional references.—Alcedo asiatica, Shaipe, Ibis, 1869, p. 281; Gray, Hancll. of B. Ajip. p. -702 (18691
Alcedo menintmgCi:mim.^ PI. Col. 239, fig. 2 (1823); Eaffl. Jilem. p. 655 (1830); Gray, Gen. of B. I, p. 81
(1863) et Vog. Nod Ind. Alced. pp. 6, 44, pi. 3 (1864) ; Pek. Voy. Nov. Vog. p. 50 (1865) ; Beav. Ibis
p. 319 ; Gray, Ilandl. of B. p. 95 (1869). Alcedo Ven-eauxii, Reich. Handb. Alced. p. 5. t. cecciii, fig
(1851) ; Blyth, Ibis, 1866, p, 318. ®
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