100 HALCYONINE. 
chin, throat, middle of the back, breast and abdomen pure white ; 
tail blue, the centre feathers slightly tinged with greenish. 
The White-breasted Kingfisher is generally distributed through- 
out the district ; it is a permanent resident and breeds from 
March to the commencement of July and even later; it pierces 
a hole in the bank of a river, or side of a well or tank ; there is 
no nest, and the eggs, five or six in number, are nearly spherical 
im shape, pure white in color, highly glossy when freshly laid; but 
becoming discolored and dull as incubation proceeds. 
They measure 112 mches in length by 1:03 in breadth. 
Halcyon pileata, Bodd. 
130.—Halcyon atricapillus, Gmel.—Jerdon’s Birds of India, Vol. 
I, p. 226; Butler, Deccan ; Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 382. 
THE BLACK-CAPPED PURPLE KINGFISHER. 
Length, 11°5 to 12°5; expanse, 18 to 19; wing, 5 to 5:3; tail, 
3°25 to 3°75 ; bill from gape, 3. 
Bill coral-red ; irides red-brown ; legs dusky brownish-red. 
Head, lores, face, ear-coverts and nape black; whole upper 
parts rich violet purple, brighter on the back and rump; wings 
with the coverts, except those of the primaries, black ; quills 
tipped black, with a white wing-bar on the immer webs, and the 
inner webs of the rest black ; chin, neck, and throat all round 
white, with a tinge of fulvous; the middle of the breast and 
abdomen also white ; rest of the lower parts, including the under 
wing-coverts, rich rusty. 
This beautiful Kingfisher was obtained by Mr. Vidal at 
Ratnagiri, and is the only recorded instance of its occurrence 
within the region. 
Halcyon chloris, Bodd. 
132.—Todiramphus collaris, Scop.—Jerdon’s Birds of India, Vol. 
I, p. 228 ; Butler, Deccan ; Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 383. 
THE WHITE-COLLARED KINGFISHER. 
Length, 10:25 ; expanse, 14 to 15; wing, 425 to 45; tail, 2°8 
to 3; tarsus, 0°6; bill from gape, 1°6 to 2°3. 
Bill black, livid-reddish at base beneath ; irides reddish-brown 3 
legs shining greenish-grey. 
Head, ears and nape dull bluish-green, darker on the ear- 
coverts and nape, forming a sort of collar, or coronet, slightly 
separated from the cap by some white feathers mixed with the 
others; upper back and scapulars blue-green ; the lower back and 
rump bright pale blue; wings and tail blue, more dull on the 
coverts, and slightly tinged greenish beneath, and a broad collar 
all round the neck, white. 
The White-collared Kingfisher has been obtained by Mr. Vidal 
on two or three occasions at Ratnagiri; it has not been observed 
in any other portion of the district. 
