CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF THE 



Halcyon sancta. B.M. 



Halcyon sanctus, Vig. & Horsf. Linn. Trans, xv. p. 206. 

 Alcedo vagans, Less. Voy. de la Coqu. Zool. i. p. 696. 

 Todiramphus sanctus, Pr. B. L'Ateneo Ital. 1854, p. 

 Loyalty Islands ; New Caledonia (Island of Nu, Port de France) ; 

 New Hebrides ; Solomon Islands. 



Halcyon (Todiramphus) platyrostris. B.M. 



Todiramphus recurvirostris, Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1842, p. 134. 

 Halcyon platyrostris, Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1842, p. 72. 

 Dacelo minima, Peale, U. S. Expl. Exped. p. 159. pi. 17. 

 Todiramphus platyrostris, Pr. B. L'Ateneo Ital. 1854, p. 

 Samoan or Navigators' Islands (Upolu). 



Halcyon (Todiramphus) venerata. B.M. 



Todiramphus sacer, Less. Voy. de la Coqu. i. p. 686 ; Me'm. Soc. 

 Hist. Nat. Paris, iii. p. 421. t. 11. 



Dacelo albifrons, Peale's MSS. ? 



Todiratnphus tuta, pt., Cass. Expl. Exped. 1858, p. 208. pi. 1 5. f. 2. 



Venerated Kingsfisher, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. p. 623 *. 



Alcedo venerata, Gmel. S.N. i. p. 453 ; Pelzeln, Sitzungs. Acad. 

 Vienna, 1856, xx. p. 503. 



Halcyon venerata, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. i. p. 79. 



Todiramphus veneratus, Pr. Br. L'Ateneo Ital. 1854, p. 



Ellis's Icon. hied. 22 (?), 23. 



Friendly Islands (Apye) ; Samoan or Navigators' Islands (Tutuila). 



Halcyon (Todiramphus) sacra. B.M. 



Sacred Kingsfisher, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. p. 621 (nearly adult ?). 



Alcedo sacra, Gmel. S. N. i. p. 453. 



Alcedo cyanea, Forst. Descr. &c. p. 156. 



Halcyon sacra, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. i. p. 79. 



Todiramphus tuta, pt., Cass. U. S. Expl. Exped. 1858, p. 208. 

 pi. 15. f. 3. 



Todiramphus sacer, Hartl. Wiegm. Arch, fur Naturg.1852, p. 130. 



Sacred Kingsfisher, var. A, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. p. 621 (adult). 



Alcedo sacra, var. /3, Gmel. 



Respected Kingsfisher, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. p. 624 (young). 



Alcedo tuta, Gmel. S. N. i. p. 453. 



Halcyon tuta, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. i. p. 79. 



Alcedo collaris, Forst. Descr. &c. p. 162 ; G. Forst. Icon. ined. 58. 



Todiramphus divinus, Less. Voy. de la Coqu. i. p. 687 ; Mem. 

 Soc. H. N. Paris, iii. t. 12. 



Dacelo nullitorqids, Peale, U. S. Expl. Exped. p. 155.pl. 18. f. 1. 



Todiramphus nullitorques, Hartl. Wiegm. Arch, fiir Naturg.1852, 

 p. 130. 



' Erooro ' or ' O-tatare ' or ' Kooto-o-oo ' of the natives. 



Society Islands (Tahiti, Ulietea or Ra'ietea, Borabora or Bolabola) . 

 * Mus. Vienna. 



