﻿HALCYON CINNAMOMINA. 



(CINNAMON KINGFISHER.) 



Halcyon cinnamomina Swains. Zool. Illustr. 1st ser. II, pi. 67 (1821). 



Todiramphus cinnamominus .... Bonap. Consp. Gen. At. I, p. 157 (1850). 

 Sauropatis cinnamomina .... Cab. and Heine, Mas. Hein. th. II, p. 159 (18G0). 



Dacelo cinnamomina Schl. Mus. Pays Bas, Alced. p. 39 (1860). 



Alcedo ruficeps Cuv. M.S. in Mus. Paris, undo. 



"Alcedo ruficeps, Cuv:' .... Dumont, Diet. Sci. Nat. XXIX, p. 273 (1823). 



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



Halcyon ruficeps ...... Gray, Handl. of B. I, p. 93 (1869). 



Halcyon Reichenbachii ..... Hartl. Wiegm. Arch. 1852, p. 21. 



H. major : supra viridis : pileo toto cinnamomeo, interdum medialiter viridi striato : torque nuchali cinna- 

 momea: linea ab oculo orta nucham circumdata, nigro: subtus alba, gula cinnamomea. Alt. subtus cinnamomea, 

 gula albicante et fasciis nigris transvittata, tectricibus alarum cinnamomeo fasciatis. 



Hah. in sub-regione Austro- Malay ana. 



No. 1. Top and sides of head deep cinnamon, a narrow line of dull green proceeding 

 from the back of each eye and encircling the nape ; back of the neck rather paler cinnamon ; 

 upper portion of the back and scapulars dull green, glossed with brighter green ; lower 

 portion of the back bluish green ; entire wing-coverts green ; quils dark brown, the inner 

 web yellowish white at the base, the outer web, especially of the secondaries, margined 

 with green ; tail blackish, the central feathers entirely green, the others washed rather 

 broadly on the outer web with the same colour, under surface of the tail greyish- brown ; 

 throat and upper portion of the breast rich cinnamon ; rest of the under surface of the body 

 pure white; bill black, the under mandible yellowish at the base; feet dark olive-brown. 



No. 2. Head pale cinnamon, a few greenish feathers on the crown ; under surface of 

 the body rich cinnamon, paler on the throat. 



No. 3. Head deep cinnamon, striped thickly all over the crown with dark green 

 feathers ; wing-coverts edged with rusty ; throat and upper portion of the breast, rest of 

 the under surface of the body pale cinnamon, a few of the feathers on the upper part of the 

 breast and sides of the neck edged with grey ; bill tipped with white. 



Additional references. — Halcyon cinnamomina, Vig. and ITorsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. XA', p. 206 (1827) ; 

 Gould, Syn. B. of Austr. pt. III. (1838) ; Gray, Gen. of B. I, p. 79 (1846) ; id. B. of Trop. Iel. Pacif. Oc. p. 5 

 (1859) • id Handl of B. p. 93 (1869). Todiramphus cinvamomitms, Reich, nandb. Alced. p. 32, t. ceccxx, 

 fig. 3140 (1851) ; Cass. Cat. Hale. Phil. Mus. p. 12 (1852); id. Un. St. ExpL Exp. p. 222 (1858). Alado 

 ruficeps Pucher. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1853, p. 367; Hartl. .Tourn. f. Orn. 1855, p. 423. Halcyon lieichenbachii, 

 Finsch and Hartl. P.Z.S. 1868, p. 4; Gray, Handl. of B. I, p. 93 (1869> 



