﻿HALCYON CONCRETA. 



(SUMATRAN KINGFISHER.) 



Dacelo concreta Teram. PI. Col. 346 (1825.) 



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



Paralcyon concreta Eeich. Handb. Alced. I, p. 36, t. ccccxxi. fig. 3145, t. 



ccccxxii, fig. 3145-46 (1851.) 



Astacophilics concretus .... Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. th. II, p. 161 fl860.) 



Halcyon varia Eyton, P.Z.S. 1839, p. 101. 



Todiramphus varius .... Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. Beng. p. 47 (1849.7 



H. pileo viridi : collo postico et pectore cinnamomeis : dorso postico et uropygio lsetissime viridi-cyaneis. 

 Hab. in subregione Indo-Malayana. 



Head dull green, with a line of brighter green from above the eye encircling the nape ; 

 below this bright green circlet a broad line of black ; eye-brow and ear-coverts pale rufous ; 

 a line of feathers from the base of the bill down the sides of the neck deep ultramarine ; 

 back of the neck deep sienna, below which the back is black ; upper part of the back and 

 scapularies rich ultramarine ; lower part of the back very bright cobalt ; quills brown, 

 inner web pale rufous at the base ; the whole of the wing-coverts and the outer web of the 

 quills rich ultramarine, uniform with the scapularies ; tail blue above, black beneath; 

 under surface of the body rich sienna, the middle of the abdomen white ; upper mandible 

 pale horn-colour, blackish along the top, under mandible orange ; feet yellow. Total length 

 9 inches, of bill from front 1*9, from gape 2*3, wing 45, tail 2*2, tarsus 0'5, middle toe 

 0-75, hind toe 0'3. 



Young. Exactly similar to the adult, but has the wing- coverts and scapulars spotted 

 with ochre. 



Hab. Borneo {mus. Lugd), Sumatra (mus. Litgd), Malacca (mus. Brit.). 



Mr. Cassin was the first to propose the identity of the Halcyon varia of Eyton with 

 Temminck's Dacelo concreta, and I have since proved the correctness of this identification, 

 for on writing to Mr. Eyton, that gentleman very kindly examined the type-specimen 

 and assured me that my surmises were correct. 



Nothing has been recorded of its habits. 



The description and figure of the old bird are taken from a Sumatran specimen in my 

 collection. The young bird figured is in the British Museum. 



Additional references. — Dacelo concreta, D'Orb. Diet. Class. d'Hist. Nat. t. 4 (1849) ; SohL Mus. Pays Bas, 

 Alced. p. 26 (1863) ; id. Vog. Ned. Ind. pp. 25, 57, pi. 8 (1864); Halcyon concreta, Gray, Cat. Fiss. Brit. 

 Mus. p. 52 (1848); Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av. I, p. 154 (18.30) ; Cass. Cat. Hale. Phil. Mus. p. 11 (1852); Gray, 

 Handl. of B. I, p. 93 (1869.) Tudiramphus varius, Blyth, J.A.S.B. xv, p. 11 (1846). Halcyon varia, Cass. U.S. 

 Exp. p. 223 (1858.) 



