﻿PELARGOPSIS FLORESIANA. 



(FLORES STORK-BILLED KINGFISHER). 



Pdargopsis floresiana Sharps, P.Z.rf., 1870, p. 



Martin-pecheur du cap de Bonne Esperance . Buff., PL Enl. 590. 



Halcyon capensis Swains, Classif. of B. II., p. 335 (1837, ex Buff, nec Linn . 



Halcyon leucocephalus Wall, P.Z.S., 1863, p. 483 {nec Gm). 



P. rostro rubro : scapularibus viridi-cyaneia : capite distincte pileato, pallide brunneo, viridi-cyaneo lavato. 



Hab. in insula ' Flores ' dicta. 



Head (distinctly capped) pale brown, with a greenish-blue lustre ; cheeks, sides of the 

 neck, and a collar encircling the back of the neck, pale ochre ; upper part of the back and 

 scapularies ultramarine, with a tinge of green; back rich cobalt, deepening into ultramarine 

 on the rump and upper tail coverts ; quills brownish-black, the inner web pale ochre at the 

 base, the outer webs, especially of the secondaries, washed with blue ; tail rich blue above, 

 black beneath ; under surface of the body deep ochre, much paler on the throat ; bill dark 

 sealing-wax red, black at the tip ; feet dark red. Total length 13.5 inches, of bill from 

 front 3.2, from gape 3.7, wing 5.7, tail, 3.6, tarsus 0.45, middle toe 1.0, hind toe 0.45. 



Hab. Flores ( Wallace). 



I refer to this species the bird figured by Buffon (/.c), because in his plate he repre- 

 sents a Kingfisher with a green cap. Having, by an examination of specimens from Flores, 

 discovered that the species inhabiting this island always has the cap very distinctly washed 

 with green, I have separated it on account of this peculiarity, and refer Buffon's plate to 

 the same bird. 



The figures in the plate are taken from the typical specimens, as also are the descrip- 

 tions. 



