﻿HALCYON GULARIS. 



(WHITE-THROATED KINGFISHER.) 



Grand Martin-pecheur de Madgascar 

 Alcedo smyrnensis, var. l>. . 

 Alcedo gularis .... 

 Halcyon gularis .... 



Entomothera gularis 

 Entomohia gularis 

 Alcedo rujirostris . 



Alcedo melanoptera 

 Halcyon rujicollis 

 Halcyon smyrnensis var. albogvlaris 

 Halcyon fusca 

 Alcedo fusca 



Buff. PI. Enl. 232. 



Gm. Syst. Nat, I, p. 456 (1788). 



Kuhl, Buff, and Daub. Fig. Av. Col. Nom. Syst. p. 4 (1820). 

 Gray, Gen. of B. I, p. 79 (1846); Kaup, Monogr. Alced. p. 8 



(1848); Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av. I, p. 155 (1850); Gould, 



B. of Asia, part XIII (1861 j. 

 Reich. Handb. Alced. I, p. 13, t. cccci, fig. 3082 (1851). 

 Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. th. II, p. 155 (1360). 

 Kittl. Kupf. Vbg. p. 10, t. 14, fig. 2 (1832) ; Meyen, Beitr. 



p. 94 (1834). 

 Temm. Tabl. Meth. p. 75 (1836 nec Horsf.). 

 Swains. Classif. of B. II, p. 335 (1837). 

 Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1843, p. 998; et 1844, p. 394. 

 Cass. Cat, Hale. Phil. Mus. p. 6 (1852, nec Bodd). 

 Martens, J.f.0. 1866, p. 16 ; et Preuss. Exp. p. 189 (1867, 



nee Bodd). 



II. pileo et abdomine castaneis : gutture circumscripta albo. 

 Hab. in iusulis Philippinis. 



Head and neck dark chesnut ; back and scapularies cobalt, especially bright on the 

 rump; wing-coverts jet black; the edge of the wing white; primary-coverts cobalt; quills 

 black, the inner web white at the base, the outer web, especially of the secondaries, bright 

 cobalt ; tail cobalt above, black beneath ; throat pure white ; cheeks, ear-coverts, and rest 

 of the under surface of the body deep chesnut, with a few blue feathers on the lower part 

 of the flanks ; bill and feet rich coral-red. Total length 9*5 inches, of bill from front 1*3, 

 from gape 1*6, wing 4*8, tail 2*9, tarsus t) - 4, middle toe - G5, hind toe 0*3. 



Hab. Philippine Islands (mus. E.B.S.) ; Luzon (Kittlitz). 



The figures which accompany tins article sufficiently illustrate the differences between 

 the present bird and its nearest ally, the White-breasted Kingfisher {Halcyon smyrnensis). 

 The trivial names which 1 have selected also serve to characterize the two species, and I 

 may add that, besides the difference in the extent of white on the throat, the Philippine 

 bird is altogether darker in plumage. 



