16. HALcroN. 285 



51. Halcyon concretus. 



Dacelo coucreta, Te»wi. PL Col. iv. pi. 340 (1825) ; Schl. Mus.P.-B. 



Alced. p. 26 (1863) ; id. Vo(/. Nederl. Lid. pp. 2o, 57, pi. viii. 



figs. 2, 3 (1864) ; Swinh. Ibis, 1873, p. 231 (Peuang) ; Sc/d. Revue, 



p. 18 (1874). 

 Halcyon varia, Eyion, P. Z. -S. 1839, p. 101. 

 Todirhamphus varius, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. xv. p. 11 (1846); id. 



Cat. B. Mils. As. Soc. p. 47 (1849) ; Cass. U. S. Expl. Exped., 



Birds, p. 233 (1858). 

 Halcyon concreta, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 79 (1846) ; id. List Fissir. 



Brit. Mm. p. 52 (1848) ; Bjj. Consj}. i. p. 154 (1850) ; Cass. Cat. 



Hale. Philad. Mus. p. 11 (1852) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 93, 



uo. 1134 (1869); Sharpe, Monoyr. Alced. y,. 219, pi. 83 (1870) ; 



id. Ibis, 1878, p. 414 (Sarawak) ; Hume 1^- Davison, Str. F. vi. 



p. 78 (1878 : Tenasserim) ; Hume, Str. F. viii. pp. 49 (Malacca), 



86 (1879) ; Shar2}e, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 793 (Sandakan) : Nichols. 



Ibis, 1883, p. 87 (Segiliud River) ; Oates, Handb. B. Brit. Burm. 



ii. p. 84 (1883) ; Guillem. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 447 (Silam) ; Sharpe, 



P. Z. S 1887, p. 432 (Perak) ; id. Ibis, 1890, pp. 21, 283 



(Benkoka). 

 Paralcyon concreta, Reichenb. Handb., Alced. p. 36, Taf. 4-''l. 



fig. 3145* Taf. 422. figs. 3145-46 (1851). 

 Caridagrus concretus. Cab. ^- Heine, Mus. Hein. Th. ii. p. 161 



(1860); Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 102 (1874); Vorderm. Nat. 



Tijdschr. Nederl. Ind. xlvi. p. 11 (1886) ; id. on. cit. 1. p 437 



(1890). r V /, 7 i. 



Actenoides concretus, Gould, B. Asia, i. pi. 42 (1877). 



Adult male. General colour above dark ultramarine, the scapulars 

 and wing-coverts like the upper back ; the mantle blackish ; centre 

 of back, rump, and upper tail-coverts bright cobalt-blue, the lateral 

 tail-coverts and sides of the back ultramarine like the mantle; 

 quills blackish, externally deep blue like the back; tail-feathers 

 dark blue ; crown of head dusky green ; lores black, with a supra- 

 loral streak of cinnamon, extending above the eye ; sides of hinder 

 crown bright green, continued in a blue band round the nape; 

 ear-coverts black, continued into a band which encircles the hind 

 neck, and is followed by a broad band of bright cinnamon, like the 

 under surface of the body ; cheeks and sides of throat bright blue, 

 forming a broad band, which is separated from the black ear-coverts 

 by a broad band of light cinnamon ; centre of abdomen isabeUine • 

 under wing-coverts and axillaries cinnamon, like the breast : " bill 

 black, with the sides of the upper mandible, the whole of the lower 

 mandible, gape, and edge of eyelids chrome-yellow ; feet chrome- 

 yellow "' ( W. Davison). Total length 9 inches, culmen 2, wing 4-2, 

 tail 2"25, tarsus 0-7. 



Adult female. Differs from the male in being green on the back 

 and wings instead of blue, the scapulars and wing-coverts spotted 

 with ochraceous butf; the bright band which skirts the side of 

 the crown and surrounds the nape of the male is green instead of 

 blue iu the female : '• feet and claws dirty greenish chrome-yellow ; 



