﻿HALCYON SEMICiERULEA. 



(AFRICAN WHITE-HEADED KINGFISHER.) 



Martin- pecheur bleu et noir de Senegal 



Crab-eating Kingfisher, var. c. 



Alcedo senegalensis, var. d. 



Alcedo senegalensis, var.j. 



Alcedo senegalensis, var. b. 



Alcedo semiccerulea .... 



Halcyon semiccerulea 



Cancrophaga semiccerulea 



Alcedo leucocephala 



Halcyon leucocephala 



Dacelo actceon .... 



Halcyon Swainsonii 



Halcyon rufiventer 



Cancrophaga rufiventris . 



Buff. PI. Enl. 356. 



Lath. Syn. I, p. 619 (1783, ex Buff.). 



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



Lath. Ind. Orn. I, p. 249 (1790). 



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



Forsk. Descr. Anini. p. 2 (1775). 



Eiipp. Syst. Uehers. p. 23 (1845). 



Bonap. Consp. Yol. Anis. p. 9 (1854). 



Miiller, Syst. Nat. Suppl. p. 243 (1776). 



Gray, Handl. of B. I, p. 90 (1869). 



Less. Traite d'Orn. p. 247 (1831). 



Smith, S. Afr. Q. Journ. 1836, p. 143. 



Stains. B. of W. Afr. II, p. 101, pL 12 (1857). 



Bonap. Consp. Yol. Anis. p. 9 (1854). 



H. rostro toto rubro : pileo sordide albescente : minor : coloribus absoletioribus. 



Hah. in parte septentrionali et occidentali regiouis iEthiopica?. 



Male. Head and neck greyish white, purer on the latter, the head showing the shafts of 

 the feathers rather strongly ; back and scapulars and wing-coverts glossy black; lower part of 

 the back, rump and upper tail- coverts rich glistening cobalt ; primary-coverts cobalt shaded 

 with black ; quills black, the inner web white for more than half its length, the outer web, 

 especially of the secondaries, broadly edged with brilliant cobalt, extending nearly the entire 

 length of the latter, but confined to the base of the former, where it has a faint lilac tinge ; 

 tail above brilliant cobalt, shading into black on the edge of the feathers, the underside 



Additional references. — Alcedo semiccerulea, Gm. Syst. Nat. I, p. 467 (1788) ; Bonn, et Vieill. Enc. Meth. 

 I, p. 297 (1823) ; Eiipp. N. Wirb. p. 28, t. 24, fig. 1 (1835). Halcyon semiccerulea, Gray, Cat. Fiss. Brit. Mus. 

 p. 53 (1848) ; Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av. I, p. 155 (1850); Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. th. II, p. 153 (l 85 u); 

 Reich. Handb. Alced. p. 11, t. ccccii, fig. 3083 (1851); Sclater, Contr. to Orn. 1853, p. 124; Ilorsf. & Moore, 

 Cat. B. Mus. E. I. Co. I, p. 128 (1854) ; Heugl. Syst. Uebers. p. 18 (1856) ; Hartl. Orn. West Afr. p. 33 

 (1857); id. Journ. f. Orn. 1861, p. 104; Heugl. Ibis, 1859, p. 340; id. Peterm. Mitth. 1861, p. 21 ; Antin. 

 Cat. Ucc. p. 28 (1864); Ileugl. Journ. f. Orn. 1864, p. 331 ; Haiti. P. Z. S. 1865, p. 88; Mont. P. Z. S. 1865, 

 p. 94 ; Hartm. Journ. f. Orn. 1866, p. 201 ; Bocage, Journ. Acad. Lisb. p. 134 (1867) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1869, p. 

 282 ; Gray, Handl. of B. I., p. 90 1869 ; Blanf. Zool. Abyss, p. 322 (1870) ; Finsch & Hartl. Orn. Ost. Afr. 

 p. 160 (1870). Dacelo semiccerulea, Heugl. Orn. N. O. Afr. p. 190 (1869). Alcedo leucocephala, Cass. Proc. Acad. 

 Phil. 1864, p. 243. Halcyon Swaitisoni, Gray, Gen. of B. I. p. 79 (1846) ; Layard, B. of S. Afr. p. 63 (1867) ; 

 Halcyon rufiventer, Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av. I, p. 155 C1860); Cass. Cat. Hale. Phil. Mus. p. 9 (1852) ; Hartl. 

 Journ. f. Orn. 1854, p. 3. Halcyon rufiventris, Reich. Handb. Alced. p. 10, t. ccccii, fig. 3083-84 (1851) ; Cab. 

 & Heine, Mus. Hein. th. II, p. 153 (1860) ; Heugl. Journ. f. Orn. 1864, p. 332. 



