18. CITTTIBA. 291 



4. Todirhamphus tutus. 



Respected Kingfisher, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. pt. 2, p. 624 (1782). 

 Alcedo tuta, Gm. S. N. i. p. 453 (1788) ; Lath. Ind. Orn. i. p. 251 



(1790). 

 Todirhamphus sacra (nee Gm.), Less. Voy. Coquille, i. pt. 2, p. 086 



(1828) ; id. Mem. Soc. d'Bist. Nat. iii. p. 11 (1828) ; id. Tncite, 



p. 249 (1831) ; Reichenb. Handb., Alced. p. 34, tab. 423. figs. 3148- 



49 (1851). 

 Todirhamphus tutus, pt., Cass. U.S. Expl. Exped. pp. 192, 206, pi. xv. 



tig. 3 ouly (1858) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 9 ; Shar^ye, Monogr. Alced. 



p. 249, pi. 95 (1870). 

 Halcyon sacra. Gray, Cat. B. Trop. Lsl. Pacific Ocean, p. 6 (1859) ; 



id. Hand-l. B. i. p. 93, no. 1131 (1869). 

 ? Coporhamphus sacer (nee Gm^, Cab. Sf Heine, Mus. Hein, Th. ii. 



p. 160 (1860). 

 Dacelo sacra {nee Gm.), Schl, Mus. Pays-Bas, Alced. p. 38 (1863). 



Adult. General colour above green, the back and upper tail- 

 coverts rather brighter blue than the scapulars and mantle ; upper 

 tail-cove"ts tipped with white ; wings also brighter blue than the 

 mantle, the quills blackish at the ends and on the inner webs ; tail- 

 feathers greenish bhie, with black shafts, the inner weDs dusky 

 blackish, and the ends fringed with white ; crown of head green, the 

 forehead and a broad eyebrow white, connected round the occiput and 

 followed by a blackish band on the hind neck, wnich is connected 

 with the dark green ear-coverts ; lores black ; a broad collar round 

 the hind neck, cheeks, and entire under surface of the body white ; 

 under wing-coverts and axillaries also white ; quills dusky below, 

 ashy along the inner web. Total length 8*5 inches, culmen 1'5, 

 wing 4, tail 2-9, tarsus O'oo. 



Young. Differs from the adult in being of a duller green colour, 

 the wing-coverts conspicuously edged with baffy white ; the fore- 

 head green like the head, but streaked with buffy white ; eyebrow 

 narrow and huffy white, extending above the ear-coverts but not 

 round the nape ; sides of neck black, slightly mottled with fulvous ; 

 the hind neck white, but the collar not complete as in the adult ; 

 under surface of body white, with dusky margins to a few of the 

 feathers of the breast. 



Hah. Society Islands. 



a, b. Ad. et juv. Huaheine, Society Islands Tweeddale Coll. 

 sk. {A. Garrett). 



c. Ad. sk. Huaheine. Gould CoU. 



d, e,f. c? ad. et juv. Huaheine. Purchased, 

 sk. 



fir. Ad. sk. Huaheine. J. H. Gurnev, Esq. 



[P.]. " 



18. CITTURA. 



Type. 

 Cittiu*a, Kaup, Fam. Eisv. p. 8 (1848) , C. cyanotis. 



Range. Celebes and the Sanghir Islands. 



