﻿HALCYON J U L I iE. 



(NEW HEBRIDES KINGFISHER.) 



Sauropatis jultce ...... 



Halcyon julice ....... 



Dacelo grayi ....... 



Nethug of the natives of New Hebrides (Peak). 



Heine, Journ. f. Orn. 1860, p. 184. 

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

 Schl. Mus. Pays Bas, Alced. p. 37 (1863). 



H. similis H. sacra sed minor, coloribusque omnino saturatioribus. 



Hab. in insulis "New Hebrides" dictis. 



Adult. Crown of head bright green, shaded with cobalt ; a broad line from the base 

 of the bill encircling the head, cinnamon ; ear-coverts and a narrow line extending round 

 the neck black washed with green ; upper part of the back and scapulars dull greenish ; 

 wing-coverts and back blueish- green, shading into bright cobalt ; quills black, externally 

 washed with blueish- green ; tail blueish-green above, black beneath ; a collar round the 

 neck and entire under-surface of the body white ; bill black, yellowish at the base of the 

 lower mandible ; feet olive-brown. Total length 8'9 inches, of bill from front 1*7, from 

 gape 2-0, wing 4-1, tail 2*9, tarsus 0'55. 



Young. Similar to the adult, but more dingily coloured ; superciliary cincture and 

 back of neck deep cinnamon ; forehead also tinged with cinnamon ; ear- coverts jet-black ; 

 wing-coverts greenish-blue edged with cinnamon ; flanks tinged with fulvous ; feathers of 

 breast and back of neck edged with narrow brown markings. 



Hab. New Hebrides {mus. Brit, et Lugd.). 



This species is a dull-coloured representative of H. sacra, and doubtless goes through 

 all the stages of plumage which that bird is known to assume. 



My descriptions and figures are from specimens in the British Museum. 



