﻿HALCYON SMYRNENSIS. 



(WHITE-BREASTED KINGFISHER.) 



Martin-peclieur de la cote de Malabar 

 Alcedo smyrnensis . 

 Halcyon smyrnensis 

 Dacelo smyrnensis . 

 JEnto mother a smyrnensis . 

 Entomobia smyrnensis 



Alcedo fusca . 

 Entomothera fusca 



Entomobia fusca 

 Dacelo fusca . 



Buff. PL Enl. 894. 



Linn. Syst. Nat, I, p. 181 (1766.) 



Steph. Gen. Zool. XLTI, p. 99 (1826). 



Less. Traite d'Orn. p. 246 (1831.) 



Beich. Handb. Alced, p. 13 (1851.) 



Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. th. II, p. 155, 



note (1860.) 

 Bodd. Tabl. PI. Enl. p. 54 (1783.) 

 Eeicb. Handb. Alced. p. 12, t. cccciv; fig. 



3088-89 (1851.) 

 Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. th. II, p. 155 (1860.) 

 Schl. Mus. Pays Bas, Alced. p. 28 (1863.) 



H. rostro toto bete rubro : pileo rufo-castaneo : dorso postico ketisshne viridi-eyaneo : scapularibus viridi 

 cyaneis : gutture et pectore medio albis. 



Hab. in parte australi regionis Pakearctica3 et in tota regione Indica. 



Adult. Entire head and neck rich chesnut ; back and scapularies vivid greenish cobalt, 

 brighter on the rump ; least wing-coverts chesnut, lesser ones black, greater coverts black, 

 edged with deep greenish blue ; primary coverts rich cobalt ; quills black, white at the 

 base, the basal half* of the outer web of the primaries and the whole of the outer web of the 

 secondaries rich cobalt ; tail bright cobalt above, black beneath ; entire throat and chest, 

 as well as the edge of the wing-joint, pure white ; sides and lower part of the body deep 

 chesnut ; bill coral-red ; feet vermillion ; eyes brown. 



Additional references. — Alcedo smyrnensis, Gin. S. Nat. I, p. 457 (1788), Var. y. Lath. Ind. Orn. I, p. 

 248 (1790), Bon et Vieill. Enc. Meth. I, p. 286 (1823.) Alcedo smyrnensis, Eyton, P.Z.S. 1839, p. 101, Maclell, 

 P.Z.S. 1839, p. 156, Vigne, P.Z.S. 1841, p. 6. Halcyon smyrnensis, Sykes, P.Z.S. 1832, p. 84 ; Strickl. Ann. Nat, 

 Hist. 1842, p. 443 ; Gray, Gen. of B. I. p. 79 (1846); id. Cat. Fiss. Brit. Mus. p. 55 (1848); Blyth, Cat. Birds Mus, 

 As. Soc. Bong. p. 47 (1849); Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av. I, p. 155 (1850) Cass. Cat. Hale. Phil. Mus. p. 6. 

 (1852); Burgess, P.Z.S. 1852, p. 28 ; Mooro, P.Z.S. 1854, p. 268 ; Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E. I. Co. I, p. 

 125 (1854) ; Phillips, P.Z.S. 1857, p. 67; Swinh. P.Z.S. 1863, p. 269; Jard. Mem. of Strkkl. II, p. 316 (1858): 

 Adams, P.Z.S. 1858, p. 474; Swinh. Ibis. 1860, p. 49; Mason, Burin, p. 674 (1860); Swinh. Ibis, 1861, p. 31 ; 

 Irby, Ibis, 1861, p. 227 ; Day, Land of Perm. p. 460(1863) ; Tristr. Ibis, 1866, p. 86; Blyth, Ibis, 1866, p. 848 ; 

 Beav. Ibis, 1867, p. 319. Alcedo fusca, Martens, Journ f. Orn, 1866, p. 18. Halcyon fusca, Gray, Gen. of B. 

 I, p. 79 (1846); id. Cat. Fis. Brit. Mus. p. 55 (1848); Bonap. Consp. Av. I, p. 155 (1850); Cass. Cat. Hale, 

 Phil. Mus. p. 6 (1852); Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E. I. Co. p. 125 (1854); Beav. Ibis. 1865, p. 409 ; Pelz, 

 Voy. Nov. VOg. p. 49 (1865) ; Blyth, Ibis, 1866, p. 348. Dacelo ■ fusca, Ileugl. Orn. N. O. Afr. I, p. 188, (1869). 



