﻿HALCYON ALBIVENTRIS. 



(BROWN-HOODED KINGFISHER). 



Martin-pecheur de Visle de Lugon, 

 Alcedo albiventris, 

 Dacelo albiventris, 

 Halcyon albiventris, 

 Dacelo striata, 

 Dacelo fuscicapilla, 

 Halcyon fuscicapilla, 

 Chelieutia fuscicapilla, 

 Pagurothera fuscicapilla, 

 Dacelo vaillanti, 

 Halcyon vaillanti, 

 Alcedo atricapilla, Var. 



Sonn. Voy. N. Guin. pi. 31 (1776). 



Scop. Del. Faun, et Flor. Insubr. II, p. 90 (1786, ex Sonn.). 



Schl. Mus. Pays Bas, Alced. p. 31 (1863). 



Finsch, Journ. f. Orn. 1867, p. 238. 



Drap. Diet. Class d'Hist. Nat. X, p. 223 (1826). 



Lafr. Eev. et Mag. de Zool. 1833, pi. 18. 



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



Eeich. Handb. Alced. p. 39, t. ccccxxiv, fig. 3152-53 (1851), 

 Cab. and Heine, Mus. Hein. th. II, p. 150 (1860). 

 Teram. MS. in Mus. Lugd. 

 Mull. Journ. f. Orn. 1855, p. 7. 

 Lath. Ind. Orn. I, p. 252 (1790). 



H. rostro breviori fusco-rubro, versus apicem nigro : pileo distincte striato: major: scapularibus nigrisj 

 pectore brunneo striato. 



Hah. in Africa meridionali. 



Adult. Head dark brown, broadly striped with darker brown, becoming nearly black ; 

 scapularies and wing-coverts black ; lower part of the back and rump bright cobalt ; 

 quills brownish-black, the inner web pale orange at the base, the primaries at the base of, 

 and the secondaries for the whole of the outer web, as well as the primary-coverts, bright 

 cobalt ; tail cobalt above, black beneath, the inner web of all but the two middle feathers 

 more or less black at the edge ; feathers from the base of the nostril extending backwards 

 over the eye, cheeks and a collar round the neck pale yellowish -brown with distinct longitu- 

 dinal bars ; throat and abdomen white with faint lines marking the shaft of the feather ; 

 breast and flanks tinged with yellowish brown and marked with very broad and distinct 

 longitudinal stripes ; under wing- and tail-coverts pale orange, paler on the latter ; bill crim- 

 son, black towards the tip ; eye dark brown ; feet dark red. Total length 10 inches, of bill 

 from front 1.85, from gape 2.3, wing 4.2, tail 2.7, tarsus 0.5, middle toe 0.6, hind toe 0.3. 



Additional references. — Halcyon albiventris, Sharpe, Ibis, 1869, pp.277 282; Ayres, Ibis, 1869, p. 290: 

 Halcyon fuscicapilla, Gray, Cat. Fiss. Brit. Mus. p. 54 (1848) , Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av. I, p. 154, (1850) ; Cass. 

 Cat. Hale. Phil. Mus. p. 8 (1852) ; Gurney, Ibis, 1859, p. 243, et 1860, p. 204 ; Layard, Birds of S. Afr. p. (33 

 (1867) ; Gray, Handl. of B. p. 91 (1869) ; Chelieutia fuscicapilla, Bonap. Consp. Vol. Anis. p. 9 (1854). 



