﻿HALCYON HOMBEONI. 



(HOMBRON'S KINGFISHER.) 



Actenoides hombroni . Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av. I, p. 157 (1850) ; Reich. Handb. Alced. p. 36, 



t. cccexxii, fig. 3147 (1S51) ; Bonap. Consp. Vol. Anis. p. 9 (1854). 

 Actenoides variegata . Hombr. and Jacq. Voy. Pol. Sud. Zool. Ill, p. 101 (1853). 

 Halcyon hombroni . . Gray, Handl. of B. I, p. 93 (1869J. 



H. rostro nigro, versus basin flavicanti: pileo summo saturate cyaneo: collo postico cinnamomeo: subtus 

 rufescens. 



Hah. in insula philippinensi "Mindanao" dicta. 



The name variegata seems to have been printed on the plate accompanying the "Voyage 

 au Pol. Sud.," but the description was not published till 1853. In the meantime Prince 

 Bonaparte had described the species fully in his " Conspectus," and I have therefore adopted 

 his specific name 



In form H. hombroni appears to be closely allied to H. lindsayi of Luzon, which it re- 

 places in Mindanao ; but the latter bird is always distinguishable by its mottled breast. 



The figure in the plate is taken from a painting by Mr. Huet which my friend 

 M Jules Verreaux was kind enough to procure for me of the type specimen, which is still 

 unique in the Paris Museum. 



A very long description of the type is given in MM. Hombron and Jacquinot, which, 

 owing to its length, I have not thought it worth while to transcribe, as the distinctive 

 characters are pointed out in the diagnosis given above. 



