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CORYTHORNIS VINTSIOIDES.
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Alcedo vintsioides,
Corythornis vintsioides,
Ispida philippensis cristata.
Vinchi or Bintsi, of the Natives of
Eyd. et Gerv., Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1836, p. 30, pl. 74.
Kaup, Fam. Alced. p. 12 (1848).
Briss. Orn. IV, p. 463, pl. xxxvii (1760).
sear {Newton, Pollen).
C. rostro nigerrimo ; suprà lætè ultramarma : eristâ fusceseente-eyaneâ.
;ar ’ d ictâ in insulis Hah. in insula ' adjacentibus.
Crown o f tbe head crested, the feathers being dusky-green, with black shafts and a bar
of black n e a r th e tip ; sides o f th e head, back o f th e neck an d en tire upper-surface b rillia
n t u ltram a rin e ; wing-coverts black, washed and spotted with u ltram a rin e ; quills
blackish, th e in n er web b rig h t rufous a t the base, the secondaries ex tern ally washed witli^
ultramarin e ; ta il u ltram a rin e above, black beneath ; chin and a longitudinal patch ot
feathers along the sides o f th e neck p u re w h ite; cheeks and rest o f th e under-surface
o f the body b rig h t rufous ; b ill black ; feet red. Total len g th 5.3 inches, o f b ill irom
front 1.2, from eape 1.5, wing 2.3, ta il 1.0, tarsu s 0.25, middle toe 0.45, h in d toe 0.2.
Hah. Madagascar, and adjacent islands {Newton, PoUen and Van Dam).
The first'description o f th is little Kingfisher is to be found in Brissou’s ‘ Ornithologie ’
{I.e.) where, however, the habitat is ivi'ongly stated to be the Philippine Islands, b u t as in
addition to the very careful diagnosis given, the b ird is said to be called b y th e natives
‘ V in tsi,’ which is well known to be the native appellation in Madagascar for the present
Additional Referenoes.— Corxjihornis vintsioides, GlYiy, Gen. of Birds, app. p. 5 (1848), Bonap. Consp. Gen,
Av. I, p. 164 (1850), Reich. Ilandb. Alced. p. 19, t. cecxci h. fig. 3404-5 (1851), Cass. Cat. Ilalc. Phil. Mus.
p. 5 (1852), Bonap. Consp. Vol. Anis. p. 10 (1854), Ilai-tl. Journ. f. Orn. 1860, p. 86, id. Faun. Madag. p. 31
(1861), Roch and Newton, Ibis, 1862, p. 271, Newton, Ibis, 1863, p. 341. Alcedo vintsoidcs, Schl. Mus. Pay.-.
Alced. p. 12; id. P.Z.S. 1866, p. 421 ; ScU. and Poll. Faun. Madag. Ois, p. 59 (1868).