260 ALCEDIKIDJ2. 



Dacelo cinnamomina, Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, Weed, p. 39 (1860); id. 



Revue, Alced. p. 29 (1874). 

 Alcedo ruticeps, C'uvier, MSS. in Mus. Paris ; imde 

 Alcedo ruficeps, Diimont, Diet. Sci. AmI. xxix. p. 273 (1823) ; Pucker. 



Bev. et MiKj. de Zool. 1853, p. 367 ; Hartl. J.f. 0. 1855, p. 423. 

 Dacelo ruficeps, Lesson, Traite d^Orn. p. 247 (1831). 

 Halcyon ruficeps. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 93, no. 1122 (1869). 



Adult (type of species). General colour above green ; lower back, 

 rump, and upper tail-coverts more blue ; wings more blue than the 

 back, the quills blackish, externally dull blue ; tail-feathers blue, 

 151ackish along their inner webs and with the shafts black ; crown 

 of head and hind neck cinnamon ; above the ear-coverts a streak of 

 green ; round the nape a band of black : under surface of body 

 cinnamon, paler on the throat. Total length 9 inches, culmen 1-8, 

 wing 3'9, tail 3'1, tarsus 0'65. 



Hab. Marianne Islands. 



«. Ad. sk. [Marianne Islands.] Linueau Society. (Type of 



species.) 



b. Ad. sk. L-^i^i'i^^'^^ Islands.] Zoological Society. 



c. Ad. sk. Marianne Islands. Purchased. 



tSubsp. a. Halcyon ruflgularis. 



Halcyon cinnamomina, Sharpe, Monoyr. Alced. pi. 80, central figure 

 (1870). 



Adult. Similar to H. cinnamomimis, but having only the throat 

 and chest cinnamon, as well as the thighs ; the breast, abdomen, 

 sides of body, and under tail-coverts white. Total length 9 inches, 

 culmen 1"8, wing 4, tail 3, tarsus 0"0. 



Dr. Finsch believes that the cinnamon-breasted individuals are 

 males and the white-breasted ones are females, in which .case the 

 present form may be only the hen of //. cinnamominus. 



Hab. Unknown. 



rt. Ad. sk. Zoological Society. 



Subsp, b. Halcyon mediocris. 



Halcyon cinnamomina {nee Vig.), Fiiisch, J. f. O. 1880, p. 285 

 (Ponape). 



Advlt. Similar to H. cinnamominus on the upper surface, but with 

 black ear-coverts, forming a broad streak which is continued as a 

 nuchal band ; the collar round the hind neck and the under surface 

 of the body are white, with a little tinge of buff on the flanks and 

 under wing-coverts. Total length 9 inches, culmen 1-8, wing 3-9, 

 tail 3, tarsus 0-6. 



Young. DuUer in colour than the adult, the mantle, back, and 

 scapulars dusky and inclining to olive-green ; the wing-coverts 



