﻿ISPIDINA MADAGASCARIENSIS. 



(MADAGASCAR KINGFISHER). 



Ispida madagascariensis, 

 Alcedo „ , 



Ispidina ,, , 



Dacelo „ , 



Dacelo ruffulus 

 Martin pecheur de Madagascar, 



Briss. Orn. IV, p. 508, pi. xxxviii, fig. 1 (1760). 



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



Cass. Cat. Hale. Phil. Mus. p. 13 (1852). 



Schl. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 421. 



Lafr. Eev. Zool. 1838, p. 224. 



Buff. PI. Enl. 778, fig. 1. 



I. supra lilacino-rufa : subtus albida: genis, hypochondriis et torque pectorali lilacino-rufis. 



Hab. in insula " Madagascar " dicta. 



Upper surface of the body rufous, with here and there a slight lilac lustre ; wing- 

 feathers blackish, the inner web light rufous from the base, the outer web edged with 

 rufous, more especially on the secundaries which are almost entirely of the latter colour ; 

 throat, a longitudinal patch of feathers along the sides of the neck extending backwards 

 middle of the abdomen, and under tail-coverts, white; cheeks, and sides of the body, 

 rufous ; under wing- coverts pale rufous ; bill and feet coral red. Total length 5 inches, of 

 bill from front 1.0, from gape 1.4, wing 2.3, tail 1.0, tarsus 0.25, middle toe 0.45, 

 hind toe 0.2. 



Hab. Madagascar (Brisson, Newton, and Van Dam.) 



So rare is this little Kingfisher in collections, that it has been till lately only known 

 from Buffon's figure in the " Planches Enluminees." Many Ornithologists, including Mr. 

 Jerdon and the late Prince Bonaparte, have considered that this figure as well as Brisson's 



Additional references. — Alcedo madagascariensis, Gray, Gen. of Birds, I, p. 81 (c. 1844), Bonap. Consp. Gen. 

 Av. I, p. 159 (1850). Ispidina madagascariensis, Bonap. Consp. Vol. Anis. p. 9 (1854), Hartl. Journ. f. Orn. 

 1860, p. 86, id. Faun, Madag. p. 30 (1861), Boch and Newton, Ibis, 1862, p. 271. Dacelo madagascariensis, 

 Schl. and PoU. Faun. Madag. Ois. p. 59 (1868). 



