16. HALCYON. 287 



Gould, B. Asia, i. pi. 41 (1877) ; Steere, List B. Sf Mamm. Sfecre 

 Eaped. Bhilipp. p. 11 (1890). 



Adult male. General colour above green, a little brighter on the 

 ccnti-e of the lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts ; the lateral 

 upper tail-coverts and the sides of the lower back and rump dingy 

 green, the scapiUars, mantle, and wing-coverts each having a 

 distinct spot of ochreous bull'; quills brown, externally edged with 

 fulvous, the secondaries gi'eener, and terminally spotted with ochre 

 like the scapulars ; tail-feathers dull greenish brown, fringed 

 with sandy buff at the ends, the penultimate feather notched with 

 buff on the inner web, the outermost one on both webs, producing 

 a banded appearance ; head green, the forehead with a few cinna- 

 mon feathers ; lores black, surmounted by a streak of pale cinnamon- 

 buff feathers reaching above the eye and continued into a line of 

 bright cobalt, which encircles the hinder crown and nape ; feathers 

 round the eye black, continued into a band which encircles the 

 hind neck, and is followed by a band of cinnamon feathers, fringed 

 with black ; sides of face and ear-coverts cinnamon ; throat also 

 pale cinnamon, separated from the band on the sides of the face by 

 a broad band of bright cobalt, which occupies the cheeks and lateral 

 margin of the throat ; fore neck and breast mottled, the feathers 

 being white, margined with green, the green edges diminishing in 

 size on the lower breast, till they gradually disappear on the abdo- 

 men, which, with the under tail-feathers, is pure white ; sides of 

 body like the breast ; thighs blackish, tipped with ochre ; under 

 wing-coverts, asillaries, and quill-lining fawn-buff: "bill black, the 

 culmen and under mandible yellow ; feet light green ; iris brown " 

 (A. W. Everett). Total length 9-5 inches, culmen 1-85, wing 4-2, 

 tail 3'1, tarsus 0'G5. 



Adult female. Resembles the male, but the band encircling the 

 crown is green instead of blue ; the broad band on the cheeks is 

 also green, not blue ; the throat is white, and the green edgings to 

 the breast-feathers are less pronounced : " bill black, the culmen 

 and maudible chrome-yellow ; feet light green ; claws horn-yellow ; 

 iris brown " (A. H. Everett). Total length 9-8 inches, culmen 1-85, 

 wing 4-3, tail 3-5, tarsus 0-65. 



Young male. Like the adult male, but with smaller ochreous 

 spots on the upper surface ; the band round the crown and the 

 cheek-stripe not so blue as in the adult, but not so green as in the 

 female ; under surface as in the adult, but with a fulvescent tinge 

 throughout. 



Young female. Duller than the adult female, and with smaller 

 ochreous spots ; otherwise like the old female, and having a green 

 band round the crown. 



Hah. Island of Luzon in the Philippine Archipelago. 



rt. (S ad. St. Philippine Islands. Zoological Society. 



(Type of specie's.) 

 b, c. 2 ad. ; cl. Philippine Islands. Purchased. 



(5 juv. St. 



