﻿HALCYON LEUCOPYG1A. 



(WHITE-BACKED KINGFISHER.) 



Cyanalcyon leucopygius . Verr. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1858, p. 305. 



Halcyon leucopygia . . Gray, Cat. B. Trop. Id. Pacif. Oc. p. 7 (1859) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1869, p. 



119 ; Gray, Handl. of B. I, p. 92 (1869). 



H. pileo saturate ultramarino : dorso toto albo : crisso lilacscenti-rubro. 

 Hab. in insulis Solomon " dictis. 



Head, scapulars and wing- coverts, and upper part of the back, rich ultramarine ; a 

 collar round the neck, the entire back except the interscapulary portion, and the under- 

 surface of the body, pure white ; cheeks black ; upper tail-coverts ultramarine ; lower part 

 of the flanks bordering the rump, and vent, lilac shaded with purple ; quills and tail black 

 washed with blue above, greyish black underneath ; bill entirely black ; feet olive-brown. 

 Total length 8*2 inches, of bill from front 1*6, from gape 2*1, wing 3 - 3, tail 2'5, tarsus 0*5. 



Hab. Solomon Islands ( Verreaux). 



This beautiful Kingfisher is, I believe, only represented in Europe by a single specimen, 

 now in the British Museum. The description and figure are taken from this bird. 



