﻿CERYLE ALCYON. 



(BELTED KINGFISHER). 



Alcedo alcyon 

 Ceryle „ 

 Streptoceryle „ 

 Megaeeryle „ 

 Chloroceryle „ 

 Ispida „ 



,, ludoviciana 

 Alcedo guacu, 



„ jaguacati. 

 Megaeeryle domingensis 

 Martin-pecheur de la Louisianne, Buff'. PI. Enl. 715. 

 Martin-pecheur huppe de St. Domingue, Buff, PL Enl. 593. 



Linn. Syst. Nat. 1, p. 180 (1766). 

 Boie, Isis, 1828, p. 316. 



Cab. and Heine, Mus. Hein. th. II, p. 151 (1860). 

 Reich. Handb. Alced. p. 25, t. ccccxii, fig. 3108—9 (1851). 

 Sclater, Cat. Am. Birds, p. 264 (1862). 

 Swains. Class, of Birds, II. p. 336 (1837). 

 Gm. Syst. Nat. I. p. 452, var. p. and y (1788). 

 Vieill. Nouv. Diet. xix. p. 406 (Cassin). 

 Dumont, Diet. Sei. Nat. I. p. 455 (Cassin). 

 Reich. Handb. Alced. p. 25, t. ccccx, fig. 3105 (1851). 



C. supra schistacea: subtus alba, torque pectorali schistacea: hypochondriis schistaceo mixtis. Fern, 

 torque altera inferiori rufa, et hypochondriis rufis distinguenda. 



Hab. in tota regione Nearctica, et in tota, America Centrali. 



Above slaty-blue, the head crested, each feather having a black line down the centre ; 

 a spot in front of the eye, and a collar round the back of the neck, white ; wing-coverts 

 spotted with white ; wing-feathers black, tipped with white, the basal half of the inner web 

 of the primaries white, the outer web being marked with the same colour, the inner web of 

 the secundaries marked with white, as also the outer web which is broadly edged with 

 slaty-blue ; tail slaty-blue, irregularly banded and spotted with white ; the entire under 

 surface white, with the exception of a broad band of slaty-blue on the upper part of the 

 breast, and the flanks, which are marked with slaty-blue ; beak Black ; feet dark blue-grey ; 

 eyes dark brown. Total length 12 inches, of bill from front 2, from gape 2.5, wing 

 6.4, tail 3.2, tarsus 0.3, middle toe 0.7, hind toe 0.2. 



Hab. Entire Continent of North America (Baird). Central America, Mexico, jaiapa 



(de Oca), Guatemala, Duenas, San Geronimo, Coban, Mexico, Huamuchal (Salvitl). Brit. Honduras, Belize 

 (Salvin). Honduras, Omoa (Leyland), Costa Rica (Hoffman), Veragua, Panama (McLearman). 

 Antilles, Santa Cruz (Newton), St. Domingo (Salle, Bryant), Jamaica (Osburn, Gosse), 

 Cuba (Gundlach). 



Additional References.— Alcedo alcyon, Lath, Ind. Orn. I. p. 257 (1790) ; Wils. Am. Orn. III. p. 59. pi. 

 23, fig. 1 (1811) ; Bon. and Vieill. Encl. Meth. I. p. 283 (1823); Swains, and Rich. Faun. Bor. Am. II, p. 339 

 (1831) ; Aud. Orn. Biogr. I. p. 394 (1831) ; Thomp. Birds of Irel. I. p. 373 (1849) ; Schl. Mus. Pays Bas. Alced. 

 p. 4 (1863); Ceryle alcyon, Gray, Gen. of Birds. I. p. 82 (c. 1844); Cat. Fiss. Brit. Mus. p. 62 (1848); 

 Bonap. Cons. Gen. Av. I. p. 160 (1850); Cass. Cat. Hale. Phil. Mus. p. 2 (1852); id. Birds Cal. and Texas, p. 

 254 (1856) ; Baird, Cass, and Lawr. Birds of N. Am. p. 158 (1860) ; Sam. Orn. New Engl. p. 125 (1867). Strep, 

 toceryle alcyon, Bonap. Cons. Vol. Anis, p. 10 (1854). 



