15 



1852 



5 



56.* Halcyon godeffroyi. 



Alcedo collaris var. II ForsL Descr. An. 1844, 103. ■ 

 131; id. J. f. 0. 1854, 170. - Halcyon — ? Gray, B. 



Todirhamphus 

 Trop. Is. 5. — 



m 



P. Z. S. 1877, 408; Own-dt, Ethri. Abtli. M. Godef. 1881, 238. „Pahi" (Garrett). 



Mmupiesas Is,: Sta. Christina (Ford.J^ Ilivaoa (Garrett). 



sp. ? Ilartl. Wiegni. Arcli. 

 Halcyon godeffroyi Finsch, 



\ 



57.* Halcyon reiclienbaclai. 



Halcyon cinnamomina Sharpe, Mon. Alced. 1871, 213, pt. (specimen ex ins. 



Todiramphus cinnamominus Rei(M. H. B. Alced. 1851, 32 t. 405 b, f. 3490—91, et t. 420, f. 3140. 

 Todiramphus reichenbachii llartl. Wiegni. Arch. 1852, 131 (type examined). — Sauropatis reichenbachii 



^Idnc, J. f. 0. 18G0, 184. — 



Mar(inGsas); Finsch, Ibis 1881, 112 j)t. (Ponapo); Trktr. Cat. Coll. C. 1889, 92 ? (Ponape). — Halcyon cinnamo- 

 minus Fimch. J. Mus. Godef. 1876 XII, 20, pt. (Ponapo); id. j. f. 0. 1880, 285. pt. (Ponape); id. Mitth. Orn. 

 Ver. Wien. 1884, 124. pt. — Sauropatis cinnamomina Sahad. Oni. Pap. 1880 I, 481, pt. — Halcyon mediocris 

 pt. Sharpe, Cat. B. 1892 XVir, (Ponape: specimens with wliite under parts). 



(Ponape: Caroline Is. (Kuhary, Finsck). 



Halcyon r ei cli e nbachi was so named by Dr. Ilartlaub from a specimen with white under- 

 side in the Dresden Museum, which was described and figured by Reichenbach (1. c.) as IT. cinnamomina. 

 Ihe label of Ed. Verreaux, from whom it was obtained, gave the locality as „iles Marquises"; as was 

 ^Iso the ease with a similar specimen from him in the British Museum. This locality was, however, as was 

 l«ng ago pointed out by Dr. E. B. Sharpe (Mon. Alced. 1871, 214), a most improbable one; and, sub- 

 ^"^oquently, when specimens were received from the Pclew Islands corresponding with H. reichenbachi 

 in every particular as regards colouration, they were at once identified with that species (Ilartl. etPinsch 

 f- Z. S. 1868, 4, 118; Pinsch, J. Mus. Godef. VIII II). This identification is admitted by Dr. Sharpe 

 m his recent catalogue (Cat. B. Br. ilus. XVII). There is, however, a larger race on Ponape with a rela- 

 tively shorter bill and longer tail ; and, as the following measurements show, this is the true H. reichenbachi 

 Hartl. 



Bill 



Wiiig 



Tail 



_■ ■^ 



a. (type of II. reicheiibachi) (Dresden Mus.) 



b. S 



41 mm or l.G in. 100 mm or 3.95 in. 80 mm or 3.15 in. 



c. S 

 d. 



e. cJ 



a. 

 b. 

 c. 



d. juv. 

 e. 



(Ponape) 



(Hamburg Mus.) 42 



( 

 ( 

 ( 



« 



n 



H 



) 

 ) 



( 

 ( 



» 



n 



n 



) 43 

 ) 41 



(Pelew Is.) 



( British Mus. ) ,43 

 (Hamburg Mus.) 41 



» 



53 



» 



5J 



» 



n 



ji 



n 



c 



( 

 ( 



W 



n 



» 



» 





( 

 ( 



( 



( Biitisli Mus. ) 41 



35 



?) 



35 



M 



» 



) 42 

 ) 42 

 ) 34 



33 



3? 



n 



35 



55 



35 



55 



55 



35 



55 



1.C5 

 1.7 



1.6 

 1.7 



1.6 



1.06 



1.G5 



1.35 



1.6 



35 



^'i 



n 



35 



?5 



55 



?? 



55 



55 



100 

 109 

 109 

 102 



92 

 92 



88 

 80 

 84 



35 



33 



33 



35 



35 



55 



35 



3.95 



4.1 



4.1 



55 



55 



« 



„ 4.00 „ 



55 



55 



75 



n 



n 



55 



35 



55 



55 



35 



3.6 

 3.6 

 3.45 



3.4 

 3.3 



35 



55 



55 



n 



35 



88 

 91 



87 



84 



76 

 74 

 74 



55 



55 



^5 



55 



55 



55 



Yi 



55 



35 



55 



55 



35 



55 



55 



3.45 

 3.6 

 3.4 

 3.3 



3.00 



2.9 



2.9 



55 



!5 



55 



55 



55 



J5 



69 



55 



55 



2.7 



55 



P 



The tail of the type of II. reichenbachi is certainly shorter than in any of the specimens from 

 f'onapo measured, but, at the same time, longer than in Qie largest specimens from Pelew. Its wing measurement 

 Js much greater than in Pelew specimens, and both in wing and in relatively short bill it corresponds perfectly 

 well with the Ponape species, which should, therefore, be identitied with it. 



As is pointed out in the note page 16, Ponap6 has probably two species of Kingfisher 

 ^^reasted, and a 



a white- 



cinnamon -breasted one. These are united by Dr. Sharpe (Cat. B. XVII) as H. 

 mediocris. The first-named is the true H. reichenbachi; the name me di ocris should consequently be 

 restricted to the cinnamon form. 



58.=^ Halcyon pelewensis. 



Halcyon reichenbachii II. et F. (nee naril. ex Reichh.)^ P. Z. S. 18G8, 4, 118 (Pelew); Fimch. J. 

 Mus. Godef. 1875 VIII, 11 (Pelew); Sharpe, Cat. B. 1892 XVII, (Pelew). — Dacelo reichenbachii ^VJ. Revue 

 Alced. 1874, 29 (Pelew). — Sauropatis cinnamomina Salvad. Orn. Pap. 1880 I, 481, pt. (Pelew). „Kalid-matak*' 

 (Kuhary) or „Tramarrak" (IMnsohu). 



Peleiv Is,: (Ilcim., etc.) 



i 



