﻿HALCYON SANCTUS- 



(SACRED KINGFISHER.) 



Sacred Kingfisher 

 Alcedo sacra, var. 

 Halcyon sacra 



Dacelo chlorocephala, var 

 Halcyon sanctus . 

 Todirhamphus sanctus 

 Sauropatis sancta . 

 Dacelo sancta 

 Halcyon collaris (err.) 



Todirhamphus australasice 



Philipps, Bot. Bay, p. 156; White, Voy. N. S. W. p. 193, pi. 17 (1790). 

 Shaw, Gen. Zool. VIII, p. 78 (1811). 



Steph. Gen. Zool. XIII, p. 98 (1825) ; Jard. and Selby, 111. of Orn. II, 



pi. 96, 97 (rue. Gm.). 

 Less. Traite d'Orn. p. 246 (1831). 



Vig. & Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. XV, p. 206 (1826, descr. orig.). 



Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av. I, p. 156 (1850). 



Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. th. II, p. 158 (1860). 



Schl. Mus. Pays Bas, Alced. p. 35 (1863). 



Vig. & Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. XV, p. 206 (1826) ; Gould, Syn. B. of 



Austr. Ill, plate (1838). 

 Cass. Cat. Hale. Phil. Mus. p. 12 (1852, nee Vieill). 



H. affinis H. chloridi sed multo minor et subtus laet6 fulva. 



Hab. in insulis subregionis Indo- Malay anas et in tota subregione Austro-Malayana. 



Adult Male. Head dull blueish-green, a cincture of bright cobalt from the eye 

 encircling the head, which has the eyebrow and an occipital patch buffy white ; ear-coverts 

 and a band encircling the nape black, slightly tinged with green ; lores, sides and back of 

 the neck, forming a broad collar, pale buff; upper part of the-back and scapulars green; 

 wing-coverts and lower portion of the back bright blue; quills black, fulvous on the inner 

 web, the outer web, especially of the secondaries, edged with bright blue ; tail blue above, 

 greyish-black beneath; throat white; rest of the under surface of the body rich buff, deeper 

 on the flanks, with a patch of brown feathers on each side of the upper part of the breast; 

 bill black, yellowish at the base of the lower mandible ; feet dusky-olive ( Wallace). Total 

 length 8 inches, of bill from front 1*6, from gape 1/9, wing 3*7, tail 23, tarsus 0*4, middle 

 toe 0-7, hind toe 03. 



Additional references. — Halcyon sanctvs, Gould, Syn. B. of Austr. Ill, pi. (1838); Gray, Gen. of B. I 

 p. 79 (1846) ; Gould, B. of Austr. II, pi. 21 (1848) ; id. Iutr. to B. of Austr. p. 30 (1848) ; Gray, Cat. Rsb! 



Gray, Handl. ofB. I, p. 92 (1869). Todirhamphus sanctus, Eeich. Handb. Alced p. 33, t. eccexviii (i^ 3131-88' 

 Cass. U. S. Expl. Exp. p. 214 (1858) ; Wall. P. Z. S. 1862, p. 338, et 1863, pp. 23, 181 ; Guild, Handb. B. of 

 Austr. I, p. 128 (1865) ; Earns. Ibis, 1866, p. 327. Dacelo sancta, Schl. Vog. Ned. Ind. Alced. pp. 27, 59 pi 

 10 (1864); Finsch, Neu Guinea, p. 161 (1865). 



