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EALCYON SMYKNENSIS. 



(SMYRNA KINGFISHER.) 



The Smirna Kingfisher, Albin, Nat. Hist. Birds, iii. p. 26, pi. 27 (1740). 



Ispida smyrnensis, Briss. Orn. iv. p. 499 (1760). 



Alcedo smyrnensis, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 186 (1766, ex Alb.). 



Martin-pScheur de la cote de Malabar, D'Aubenton, PI. Enl. 894 (1765-81). 



Alcedo fusca, Bodd. Tabl. PI. Enl. p. 54 (1783, ex D'Aubent.). 



Halcyon smyrnensis (L.), Steph. in Shaw's Gen. Zool. xiii. p. 99 (1826). 



Dacelo smyrnensis (L.), Less. Traite d'Orn. p. 246 (1831). 



Entomothera fusca (Bodd.), Reichenb. Handb. d. Spec. Orn. p. 12 (1851). 



Entomothera smyrnensis (L.), Reichenb. op. cit. p. 13 (1851). 



Entomobia fusca (Bodd.), Cab. Mus. Hein. ii. p. 155 (1859). 



Entomobia smyrnensis (L.), Cab. torn. cit. p. 155, footnote (1859). 



Dacelo fusca (Bodd.), Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas, Alced. p. 28 (1863). 



Halcyon saturatior, Hume, Stray Feathers, ii. pp. 168 & 531 (1874). 



Jeshil Balukdje, Turkish. 



Figures notabiles. 



Albin (I. c.) ; D'Aubenton, PI. Enl. 894 ; Reichenbach {I. c), pi. 404. figs. 3088, 3089 ; 

 Sharpe, Monogr. Alced. pi. 59. 



' ad. capite, nucha, colli lateribus et corpore subtus imo rufo-castaneis, gutture et pectore medio albis : dorso, 

 scapularibus et cauda supra lsetissime viridi-cyaneis : uropygio et supracaudalibus caeruleis : remigibus 

 nigris, ad basin albis, primariis (primo excepto) in pogonii externi medio basali pallide caeruleis, secun- 

 dariis in pogonio externo leete ceeruleis : tectricibus alarum majoribus nigris viridi-cyaneo marginatis, 

 medianis nigris, minoribus castaneis : rostro rubro, pedibus rubris : iride fusca. 



Adult Male (Adalia, 19th December). Head and neck (except in front), the hind neck down to the fore 

 part of the back, sides of the neck and breast, and lower parts of the body below the breast rich 

 chestnut-red ; throat and breast pure white ; back, scapulars, and upper surface of the tail deep cobalt- 

 blue, varying according as the light falls on them to greenish blue ; rump and upper tail-coverts rich 

 cobalt, never varying into greenish blue; quills black, white at the base, this latter colour showing 

 clearly on the under surface of the wing ; the basal half of the outer web of all but the first primary 

 Cambridge-blue ; the entire outer web of the secondaries rich cobalt-blue, primary coverts cobalt ; 

 edge of the wing-joint white, larger coverts black, edged with greenish blue, median coverts black, lesser 

 coverts chestnut; under surface of the tail black; bill coral-red; feet vermilion; iris brown. Total 

 length about ll - 5 inches, culmen 2"4, wing 5 - 2, tail 3 - 7, tarsus 0"7. 



Adult Female. Undistinguishable from the male, except that it is, if any thing, a trifle less rich in colour. 



Nestling {fide Swinhoe, Ibis, 1868, p. 59). Eyelid pale reddish ochre or buff; iris deep umber-brown; bill 



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