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HALCYON VAGANS. 



(NEW-ZEALAND KINGFISHER.) 



Alcedo sacra, var. D, Lath. Gen. Syn. Suppl. p. 114 (1790). 



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Alcedo vagans, Less. Voy, Coq. i. p. 694 (1826). 

 Alcedo clilorocephala, var. 7, Less. Traite d'Orn. p. 546 (1831). 

 Halcyon vagans, Gray, Voy. Ereb. 8c Terror, p. 3, pi. 1 (1844). 

 Alcedo cyanea, Forst. Descr. Anim. p. 76 (1844). 

 Todirhamphtts vagans, Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av. i. p. 157 (1850). 



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N. Z. p. 3 (1871). 



Native names. 



Kotare and Kotaretare ; " Kingfisher " of the colonists. 



Ad. supra sordide vii'idis, pileo laterah et dorso postico uropygioque cyanescentibus : loris et superciUo antico fuL 



vis : genisj cum regione parotica utraque circa coUum posticum conjuncta, nigris vix viridi tinctis : macula 

 nucliah et coUo toto albidis, torquem collarem latam formantibus : tectricibus alarum cyanescenti-viri- 

 dibus: remigibus nigricantibus, primariis ad basin et secundariis extus Isete cyanescentibus : cauda 

 supr^ cyanescente, subtus grisea : corpore subtus toto Isete fulvescente, gutturc albicante : rostro nigro, 

 ad basin mandibute albo : pedibus saturate brunneis : iride nigricanti-brunnea. 



Juv. similis adultis, sed sordidior : tectricibus alarum fulvo marginatis : pectoris et colli postici plumis brunneo 



marginatis. 



Adult male. Crown, shoulders, and scapulars deep sea-green, with an olive tinge; back, tail-coverts, and 

 upper surface of wings ultramarine, changing to green in certain Hghts ; quills and tail-feathers washed 

 with cobalt on their outer webs. A spot of bright fulvous fills the lores, a dash of ultramarine blue, 

 bordered above the eyes and on the occiput with white, surrounds the crown ; and a broad band of 

 black, proceeding from the angles of the mouth, completely encircles the hind head. Throat, breast, and 

 a broad nuchal collar buffy white; the rest of the under surface delicate fawn-colour, with deepening 

 tints. Irides black; bill black, with the basal portion of the lower mandible white; feet dark brown, 

 with paler soles. Extreme length 9-75 inches; extent of wings 13*6; wing, from flexure, 4; tail 2*6; 

 bill, along the ridge, 1*75, along the edge of lower mandible 2*1 ; tarsus -6; middle toe and claw 1-05 ; 

 hind toe and claw "6. 



Female, Tints of the plumage generally duller. 



Young. In the young bird the throat is pure white ; the underparts fulvous-white, tinged on the sides with 

 fawn-colour; feathers of the breast broadly margined with dusky brown, forming an irregular pectoral 

 zone; loral spots and nuchal collar rufous, with markings of the same colour on the fore part of the 



