﻿TODIRHAMPHUS 



VENEEATU S. 



(SOCIETY ISLANDS' KINGFISHER.) 



Venerated Kingfisher .... Lath. Gen. Syn. I, p. 623 (1772). 



Alcedo venerata Gm. Syst. Nat. I, p. 453 (1788, ex Lath.) ; Lath. Ind. Orn. 



I, p. 251 (1790). 



Todirhamphus divinus .... Less. Voy. Coq. I, p. 687 (1826); id. Mem. Soc. d'Hist. Nat. 



Ill, p. 419, pi. 12 (1827); id. Mau. d'Orn. p. 101 

 (1828); id. Traite d'Orn. p. 250 (1831) ; Cass. Cat. Hale. 

 Phil. Mus. p. 12 (1852); id. TJ. S. Expl. Exp. pp. 

 199, 217, pi. xviii (1858). 



Halcyon venerata Gray, Gen. of B. I, p. 79 (1846); Pek. Sitz. Akad. Wien. 



xx, p. 503 (1856) ; id. Eeis. der Novara, p. 47 (1865); 



Finsch & Hartl. Faun. Centr. Polyn. p. 43 (,1867). 



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



Alcedo collaris ..... Forst. Descr. Anim. p. 162 (1844). 



Dacelo nullitorquis Peale, U. S. Expl. Exp. p. 155, pi 42, fig. 1 (1848) ; Hartl. 



Archiv. f. Naturg. p. 110 (1852). 

 Halcyon tutu (err) .... Gray, Cat. Fiss. Brit. Mus. p. 58 (1848). 

 Todirhamphus venerata .... Eeieh. Handb. Alced. p. 33 (1851). 

 Todirhamphus divina .... Eeich. Handb. Alced. p. 34 (1851). 

 Halcyon venerata .... Gray, Cat. B. Trop. Isl. Pacif. Oc. p. 6 (1859). 



Halcyon sacra, pt Gray, Cat. B. Trop. Isl. Pacif. Oc. p. 6 (1859). 



C'oporhamphus veneratus .... Cab. Mus. Hein. II, p. 160 (1860). 

 Erooro and Buru of the Natives of Otaheite (Forsten, Zelebor). 



T. supra, viridis, sub certa luce brunncscens : torque nuchali nullo. 

 Hah. in Oceania. 



Adult. Upper surface green, inclining to verdigris, especially above the eye, -where 

 there is a distinct superciliary stripe of this latter colour ; lores, cheeks and sides of the 

 neck white, tinged with rust-colour; quills and tail blackish, washed with bluish-green ; 

 entire under surface of the body white, with a very distinct tinge of rust-colour on the 

 upper part of the breast; bill black, yellowish at the base of the lower mandible; feet 

 black, with a reddish tinge. Total length 7'5 inches, of bill from front 1*3, from gape 1*6, 

 wing 3*8, tail 3'7, tarsus 0'G, middle toe 0*6, hind toe 0'35. 



