﻿CERYLE SUPERCILIOSA. 



(LEAST GREEN KINGFISHER.) 



Aleedo superciliosa, . . Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 179 (1766). 



Ceryle „ . . Gray, Gen. of Birds, I, p. 82 (c. 1844). 



Chloroceryle „ . . Keich. Handb. Alced. p. 28, t.ccccxv, fig. 3122-24 (1851). 



Amazonis „ . . Bonap. Cons. Vol. Anis. p. 10 (1854). 



Martin-pecheur petit vert de Cayenne, Buff. PI. Enl. 756. 



C. supra nitente-viridis, subtus rufa: valde minor: abdomine medio crissoque albis. Fem. a vitta pectorali 

 viridi distinguenda. 



Hah. in parte septentrionali regionis Neotropicae. 



Above shining green, forehead and wing- coverts spotted with ochre ; a spot on each 

 side of the head at the base of the bill, extending backwards over the eye pale reddish ; 

 the neck encircled with a band of white feathers, tipped with reddish ; wing- feathers 

 blackish, the secundaries having the outer web edged with green spotted with ochre, 

 and the basal half of the inner web pale reddish; under surface deep red, becoming 

 gradually paler on the throat and chin; abdomen and under tail-coverts pure white; bill 

 black, the basal portion of the lower mandible yellowish; feet reddish; eye dark brown. 

 Total length 5 inches, of bill from front 1, from gape 1.3, wing 2.2, tail 1.6, tarsus 0.2, 

 middle toe 0.4, hind toe .2. The female differs from the male in having a broad pectoral 

 band composed of green feathers edged with white. 



Hah. Central America, Mexico, Tuxtia (Boucard) t pi ay a Vicente, Oaxaca {Bcfumrd)^ Guatemala, 



Lake Peten (Leyland) Choctum, Vera Paa, RtJ Samala, Belize River (Salvin), Costa Rica ( FAlcildorf), 



Veragua, Panama (McLeannan), Turbo ( Wood). Guiana : British Guiana (SchoJitburg/t), Surinam 

 (Mus. Phil), Cayenne {Mus. Phil.), Trinidad (Le'otaud), Amazonia, Mexiana (Wallace), Caicara. 

 Engenho do Cap, Gama, Matagrosso, Borba, Cocuy, Marabitanas, Rio Araajau (batterer), Pebas (Hau.nnH). 

 Chyavetas, E. Peru (Bartlett). 



The present is one of the oldest known species of Kingfishers, being figured as long 

 ago as 1758 by Edwards. For such a small bird it enjoys a very wide geographical range 

 the highest locality yet recorded being S. Andres Tuxtla, in the State of Vera Cruz, 

 where it was collected by Boucard. 



Additional References. — Aleedo superciliosa, Lath. Ind. Orn. I. p. 259 (1790) : Bon. and Vioill. End. Moth. 

 I. p. 287 (1823), Less. Tr. d'Orn. p. 244 (1831), Cab. Schomb. Reia. Guian. III. p. 704 (1848); Schl. Mus. Pays 

 Bas. Alced. p. 6 (1863) ; Ceryle superciliosa, Gray, Cat. Fiss. Brit. Mus. p. 62 (1848) ; Bonap. Cons. Gen. Av. 

 L p. 160 (1850) ; Cass. Cat. Hale. Phil. Mus. p. 3 (1852) ; Leot. Ois. de Trin. p. 114 (1866) ; Pelz. Orn. Bras, 

 p. 24 (1868); Chloroceryle superciliosa, Burm. Th. Bras. II. p. 408, note; Cab. and Heine, Mus. Hem. 

 th. II. p. 146 (1860) ; Sclater, Cat. Am. Birds, p. 265 (1862). 



