IG. HALcrox. 249 



16. Halcyon albicillus. 



Alcedo albicilla, Cuvier, MSS. ; unde 



Alcedo albicilla, Dinmmt, Diet. Sci. Nat. xxix. p. 273 (1823) ; 



Puc/ter. Rev. Zool. 1853, p. 388. 

 Sauropatis alticiUa, Salvad. Orn. Fapuasia, i. p. 470 (1880). 



AduU male. Similar to JI. saurophagus, but; ha?ing the green 

 streak on the ear-coverts continued backwards and encircling the 

 nape. Total length 10-3 inches, culmcn 2*15, wing 4-25, tail ;3-lo, 

 tarsus 0"0. 



Toung female. Similar to the adult, but having the wing-coverts 

 tipped with ashj- white ; the collar round the nape blackish, and on 

 the crown of the head a few dusky markings among the white 

 feathers. Wing 4*4 inches. 



Hah. Marianne Islands. 



a. cJ ad. ; b. 5 Marianne Islands {A. Mavche). Paris Museiuu [P.]. 

 jun. sk. 



17. Halcyon saurophagus. 



Alcedo albicilla (nee Cuvier), Less. Voy. Coquille, i. pp. 338, 343 

 (1826) ; Cass. U.S. Kvpl. E.vped., Mamm. 1^- Birds, y. 225 (1858). 



Dacelo albicilla, Less. Traite, p. 247 (1831) ; id. Compl. Buf., Ois. 

 p. 654 (1838) ; Sc/dey. Mus. Pays-Bas, Alced. p. 42 (1863) ; id. 

 Voy. Nederl. Ind., Alced. pp. 32, 61, pi. 11. figs. 3, 4 (1864) ; Finsch, 

 Neii^Guinea, p. 161 (1865); Schley. Mus. Pays-Bas, A\ce&. Revue, 

 p. 32 (1874). 



Halcvou saui-ophaga, Goidd, P. Z. S. 1843, p. 103; id. Voy. H.M.S. 

 ' Sulphur,' p. 33, pi. 19 (1844) ; Macr/ill. Voy. ' Rattlesnake; i. 

 p. 245 (1852) ; Wall. Malay Arch. ii. p.' 344 (1869) ; Gray, Hand-l. 

 B. i. p. 93, no. 1127 (1869) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 554 (Duke of 

 York Island) ; Finsch, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 10 ; Sharpe, Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. xvi. Zool. p. 429 (1882 : Heath Isl.) ; Tristr. Ibis, 1889, 

 p. 557 (Louisiade Arch.) ; Gra?it, P. Z. S. 1887, p. 330 (Fauro), 

 1888, p. 193. 



Halcyon albicilla {nee Cuv.), Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 79 (1846) ; id. List 

 Fissir. Brit. Mus. p. 56 (1848) ; Scl. Journ. Proc. Linn. Soc. ii. 

 p. 156(1858); Gray, P.Z.S. 1858, p. 190; id. Cat. Mamm. Sf 

 B. Neiv Guinea, pp. 20, 55 (1859) ; id. Cat. B. Prop. Isl. Pacific 

 Ocean, p. 5 (1859) ; id. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 154, 1861, p. 433 ; id. 

 Ann. ^- Mar/. Nat. Hist. (4) v. p. 329 (1870) ; Sharpe, Monoyr. 

 Alced. p. 197, pi. 73 (1871, pt.) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1873, p. 3, 1877, 

 p. 105, 1878, p. 671 (Duke of York Island) ; Ramsay, Proc. Linn. 

 Soc. N. S. TV. iii. p. 261 (1879 : Coutance Island), iv. p. 97 (1879 : 

 S.E. New Guinea); Salrad. Ibis, 1879, p. 322; E. L. ^- L. C. 

 Layard, Ibis, 1880, p. 298 (Duke of York I^.) ; Fiyisch, Ibis, 1882, 

 p. 134 (Reudova) ; Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. vii. p. 20 

 (1883 : Ugi), p. 673. 



Todirhamphus saurophagus, Bp. Consp. i. p. 157 (1850) ; Cass. Cat. 

 Kale. Phil. Mus. p. 11 (1852) ; Bp. Consp. Vohicr. Anis. p. 9 

 (1854) ; Cass. U.S. E.vpl. Exped. p. 213 (1858) ; Rosejib. Nat. 

 Tijdschr, Nederl. Ind. xxv. p. 230 (1863) ; id. J.f. 0. 1864, p. 118. 



Alcedo cyanoleuca (nee Vieill.), Bp. Consp. i. p. 157 (1850 ; e.v Temm. 

 MSS. in Mus. Luyd.) ; Rosenh. Nat. Tijdschr. Nederl. Ind. xxv. 

 p. 231 (1863); id. J.f. 0. 1864, p. 118. 



