﻿CEEYLE AMERICANA. 



(BRAZILIAN GREEN KINGFISHER.) 



Alcedo americana 

 Ceryle americana 

 Chloroceryle americana 

 Alcedo brasiliensis 

 Alcedo viridis . 

 Chloroceryle chalcites . 

 Martin-pecheur vert et blanc de Cayenne 

 Martin-pescador verde obscuro 



Gin. Syst. Nat. I, p. 451 (1788). 

 Boie, Isis, 1828, p. 316. 



Eeicli. Handb. Alced. p. 27, t. ccccxiii, fig. 3112-3 (1851). 



Gm. Syst. Nat. I, p. 450 (1788). 



Vieill. Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. XIX, p. 413 (1818). 



Eeicli. Handb. Alced. p. 28, t. ccccxv, fig. 3120-21 (1851). 



Buff. PL Enl. 591. 



Azara, Apunt. No. 421. 



C. sexibus dissimilibus : dorso aeneo viridi : gula alba : minor : rostro tenuiori : maculis alaribus minus 

 distinctis. 



Hah. in regione Neotropica. 



Male. Above, bronzy-green ; sides and back of the neck white, forming a collar 

 round the latter ; quills black spotted with white, the secondaries tipped with the same 

 colour, their inner web also being white at the base ; tail bronzy-green above, black 

 beneath, all the feathers being white at the base and also spotted with white on the inner 

 web ; throat white ; breast rufous ; abdomen white, flanks largely spotted with green ; bill 

 and feet black. Total length 6'8 inches, of bill from front 1*6, from gape 2*0, wing 3 - 0, 

 tail 2-3. 



Female. Similar to the male, but instead of the red chest has a band of green, below 

 which is another irregular band of green extending down on to the flanks on both sides ; 

 the under surface of the body is also tinged with fulvous. 



Additional references. — Alcedo americana, Lath. Ind. Orn. I, p. 258 (1790), Less. Traite d'Orn. p. 242 

 (1831), Max, Beitr. Naturg. Bras. IV, p. 17 (1832), Darw. Yoy. Beagle, p. 162 (J 839), Hartl. Ind. Azar. p. 26 

 (1847), Cab. Scbomb. Eeis. in Guian. Ill, p. 704 (1848), Schl. Mus. Pays Bas, Alced. p. 5 (18G3). Ceryle ameri- 

 cana, Gould, Voy. Beagle, Birds, p. 42 (1841), Gray, Gen. of Birds, I, p. 82 (1846), id. Cat. Fiss. Brit. Mus. p. 

 60 (1848), Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av. I, p. 160 (1850), Cass. Cat. Hale. Phil. Mus. p. 5 (1852), Licht. Nomencl. Av. 

 p. 27 (1854), Sclater, P. Z. S. 1855, p. 136, Pelz. Sitz. Acad. Wien, 1856, p. 515, Scl. P. Z. S. 1856, p. 139, 

 Loot. Ois. de Trinid. p. 112 (1866), Scl. and Salv. P. Z. S. 1862, p. 192, et 1867, pp. 581, 978, et. 1868, p. 628, 

 Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 23 (1868), Gray, Hand-list of B. p. 97 (1869). Chloroceryle americana, Bonap. Consp. Vol. 

 Anis. p. 10 (1854), Burm. Th. Bras. II, p. 407 (1856), Cab. and Heine, Mus. Hein. th. II, p. 147 (1860) 

 Burm. Eeis. La Plata III, p. 447 (1861), Scl. Cat. Am. Birds, p. 265 (1862). Alcedo viridis, Bon. et Vieill. 

 Enc. Meth. I, p. 397 (1823). Alcedo brasiliensis, Bon. et Vieill. Enc. Meth. I, p. 293 (1823). Chloroceryle 

 chalcites, Burm. Th. Bras. II, p. 408, note (1856). 



