﻿CEEYLE TOBQUATA. 



(RINGED KINGFISHER.; 



Alcedo torquata, 



Ceryle torquata, 



Megaceryle torquata, 



Strepto ceryle torquata 



Alcedo cyanea, 



Alcedo cinerea, 



Megaceryle ccesia, 



Martin-pecheur huppe de Mexique, 



Martin-pescador celeste, • 



Martin-pescador celeste obscuro, 



Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 180 (1766). 

 Bonap. P.Z.S., 1837, p. 108. 



Keich. Handb. Alced. p. 24, t. ccccxi, fig. 3106 (1851). 



Bonap. Consp. Vol. Anis. p. 10 (1854). 



Vieill. Nouv. Diet. XX., p. 401 (1818). 



Bon. et Vieill. Enc. Meth. I. p. 286 (1823). 



Reich. Handb. Alced. p. 24, t. ccccxi, fig. 3107 (1851). 



Buff. PI. Enl. 284. 



Azara Apunt. 417. 



Azara, Apunt. 418. 



C. sexibus dissimilibus : major : dorso clare schistaceo immaculato : abdomine rufo : torque pectorali maris 

 absente. 



Hah. in regione Neotropical 



Male. Above slaty-blue, with a narrow black stripe down the centre of the feather, 

 more distinct on the head, which is crested ; wing-feathers blackish, the inner web pure 

 white at the base extending for half the length of the feather, the secondaries tipped with 

 white and irregularly barred with black on the inner web, the outer web broadly edged with 

 slaty-blue, with here and there a few little spots of white; tail blackish, the mi<MIr 

 feathers slaty -blue with only the centre black ; the other feathers edged externally with 

 with slaty-blue and all more or less spotted and barred with white ; throat, sides of, and a 

 collar round the neck, pure white ; breast deep rich chesnut ; under wing-and tail-coverts 

 with the lower part of the abdomen white ; bill dark horn-colour ; feet dark greyish-brown. 

 Total length 16.5 inches, of bill from front 3.0, from gape 3.8, wing 7.7, tail 4.5, tarsus 

 0.4, middle toe 0.9, hind toe 0.3. 



Additional references. — Alcedo torquata, Less. Tr. d'Orn. p. 242 (1831); Cab. Schoinb. Keis. in Guian. Ill, 

 p. 703 (1848); Schl. Mus. Pays. Bas, Alced. p. 4 (1863) ; Mull. Keis. in Mex. Ill, p. 563 (1865; ; Ceryle tor- 

 quota, Gould, Voy. Beagle, Birds, p. 42 (1841) ; Gray, Gen. of Birds, I, p. 79 (1848;; Hartl. Ind. Azar. p. 26 

 (1847) ; Gray, Cat. Fiss. Brit. Mus. p. 61 (1848; ; Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av. I, p. 160 (1850); Cass. Cat. Hale. 

 Phil. Mus. p. 2 (1852); Licht. Nomencl. Av. p. 67 (1854); Pelz. Sitz. Akad.Wien. 1856, p. 514 ; Sclater, P.Z.S. 

 1856, p. 139, id. 1859, p. 202 ; Scl. and Salvin, Ibis, 1859, p. 131 ; Moore, P.Z.S. 1859, p. 53 ; Cass. Proc. Phil. 

 Acad. 1860, p. 133 ; Scl. P.Z.S. 1860, p. 284, Scl. and Salv. 1866, p. 191 ; Leot. Ois. de Trinid. p. 106 (1866) ; 

 Scl. and Sab. P.Z.S., 1867, pp. 280, 581, 978, Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 23 (1868): Gray, Handl. of B. p. 97 (1869): 

 Alcedo cyanea, Bon. et Vieill. Enc. Meth. I, p. 395 (1823); Wied, Beitr. Naturg. Bras. IV, p. 5 (1832): 

 Megaceryle cassia, Burm. Th. Bras. II, p. 405, note (1856); Megaceryle torquata, Burm. Th. Bras. II, p. 404 

 (1856); et Reise La Plata, II, p. 446 (1861); Streptuceryle torquata, Cab. and Heine, Mus. Hem. II, p. 150 

 (I860); Cab. Journ. f. Orn. 1862, p. 162. 



