﻿HALCYON EEYTHEOGASTEA. 



(ST. JAGO KINGFISHER). 



Alcedo senegalensis, var. g. 

 Alcedo senegalensis, var. a, 

 Alcedo senegalensis, var c 

 Alcedo erythrogaster 

 Halcyon erythrogaster 

 Halcyon erythrogastra 

 Halcyon erythroryncha 



Halcyon jagcen sis 



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 Halcyon rvjiventris 



Dacelo rujiventris 

 Alcedo caucrophaga 



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



Lath. Ind. Orn. I, p. 249 (3790). 



Bon. et Vieill. Enc. Meth. I, p. 283 (1823). 



Temm. Tabl. Meth. p. 75 (1807). 



Gray, Gen. of B. I, p. 79 (1846). 



Sharpe, Ibis, 1869, p. 282. 



Gould, P.Z.S. 1837, p. 22, et Yoy. Beagle, Birds, 



p. 21 (1841). 

 Darw. Yoy. Beagle, I, p. 2 (1839). 

 Bolle, Journ. f. Orn. 18.">6, p. 23. 

 Bolle, Journ. f. Orn. 1857, p. 319 (wee. Sw.). 

 Bocage, Jorn. Acad. Lisb. I, p. 134 (1866). 

 Keul. Ned. Tijdschr. Ill, p. 366 (1866, nec Sw.\ 

 Forst. Descr. Anim. p. 4 (1844, nec Lath.). 



II. rostro toto rubro : pileo albescenti : major: coloribus purioribus. 

 Hab. in insula ' St. Jago' dicta. 



Adult. Entire head and neck albescent, purer on the sides and back of the neck ; middle 

 of the back and scapulars deep black, the basal part of the latter white ; lower part of the 

 back, rump, and upper tail-coverts brilliant ultramarine, with a slight fringe of cobalt here 

 and there ; tail ultramarine above, black beneath, the feathers edged with black on the 

 upper surface ; wing-coverts brown, mixed with black ; quills dark brown, white at the 

 base, the base of the outer web of the primaries and nearly the whole outer web of the 

 secondaries bright ultramarine, tinged in some lights with lilac : throat and breast pure 

 white ; rest of the under surface of the body, with the under wing- and tail-coverts, deep 

 sienna ; bill and feet rich sealing-wax red. Total length, 9 inches ; of bill from front, 

 1*8 ; from gape, 2*1 ; wing, 4*0 ; tail, 2*7 ; tarsus, 0*45 ; middle toe, 0"65 ; hind toe, 3. 



Young. Similar to the adult, but has the belly dull red and a few markings on the 

 breast; bill brownish-red, becoming brighter near the base; edge of carpal joint sandy red ; 

 no lilac on the wing; and the bases of the scapulars, which are white in the adult, are 

 dusky-grey. 



Hab. St. Jago, Cape de Verde Islands (Darwin, Keulemans). 



This is, I believe, a good species, and distinct from the Halcyon semicaruka of Forskiil 



