206 M?-. ViGORs's and Dr. Horsfield's Description of the 



Genus. Halcyon. Swains. 



1. CiNNAMOMiNUS. Hulc . cariiko-viriilis ; pileo,coUo, phonis- 



que totis suhtus pallidc cinnamominis ; aiiribîts viridibus ; 

 nucha torque nigro gracili ornatù. Swains. 

 Halcyon cinnamominus. Szvains. Zool. Illust. pi. 67- 



2. CoLLAUis. Hale, vir/di-carulciis, corpora suhtus coUarique 



albis. Lath. 

 Halcyon collaris. Swains. Zool. Illust. pi. 27. 

 Alcedo collaris. Latli. Ind. Orn. 250. no. 14. 

 Sacred Kingsfisher. F hill. Bot. Bay, pi. in p. 156. 



" This bird," says Mr. Caley, '- begins to get noisy in the 

 spring, and may be seen frequently. A pair of them had a nest 

 annually, to the best of my recollection, in a large dried tree in 

 my garden. After the breeding season they departed ; but 

 whether to the woods or to a greater distance I never discovered. 

 I'roni the circumstance of their appearing regularly in my gar- 

 den and frequenting the above-mentioned dried tree, I con- 

 sidered them migratory." 



3. Sanctus. Hale . cœruleo-viridis, torque, iiuchali abdomine pecto- 



reque albidis ferrugineo-variegatis, hoc fusco-undulato, supcr- 

 ciliis macula occipitali gulaque albis, tcenia ante oculos ferru- 

 ginea, collari occipitali strigiiquc suboculari nigris. 



Capitis plumœ frontales ferrugineo-marginataj. Dorsum ante- 

 rius scapulai'csqwe fusco-virides, uropygio cœruleo. Tec- 

 trices superiores ferrugineo-marginata:, inferiores ferru- 

 gineiv. Remiges intùs apiceque fusca», ca^ruleo externe 

 marginata; ; prima fusca externe ferrugineo-marginata, 

 subtus fusca interne fulvo-marginata. Bectrices cairulete, 

 pogoniis internis fusco-marginatis, subtus fuscœ. Rostrum 



fuscum. 



