﻿TODIRHAMPHUS TUTUS. 



(OTAHEITE KINGFISHER.) 



Respected Kingfisher 

 Alcedo tuta .... 



Todirhamphus tuta (pt.) . 

 Todirhamphus tutus 

 Todirhamphus sacer 



Coporhamphus sacer 

 Todirhamphus sacra . . 

 Halcyon sacra .... 



Lacelo sacra .... 

 Kooto-o-oo of the Natives of Otaheite 



T. collo postico albo : subtus albus. 

 Hob. in Oceania. 



Adult. Head green, forehead white as well as a broad eyebrow extending backwards 

 and encircling the neck ; below this another broad line of black washed with green, also 

 encircling the neck ; back and sides of the neck white, forming a broad collar ; upper 

 surface of the body green tinged with blue, especially on the rump and upper wing-coverts ; 

 tail blue above, greyish black beneath; under surface of the body white; bill black, depressed, 

 yellowish at the base of the lower mandible ; feet olive brown. Total length 8*0 inches, 

 of bill from front 1"4, from gape 1*8, wing 4*0, tail 2*7, tarsus 0'65, middle toe - 65, 

 hind toe 0'3. 



Young. Head dull green ; forehead and superciliary line indicated by a few buffy- 

 white feathers ; back and scapulars brown, with a faint lustre of green here and there, the 

 nuchal collar indicated by a few buffy-white feathers ; wing- coverts, lower portion of the 

 back and rump greenish blue, broadly margined with fulvous ; quills and tail brown, washed 

 with green ; under surface of the body dull white, the feathers of the upper part of the 

 breast edged with brown ; bill black, yellow at the base of the under mandible ; feet olive- 

 brown. Total length 8 inches, of bill 1*35, wing 3 - 9. 



Lath. Gen. Syn. I, p. 624 (1772). 



Gru. Syst. Nat. I, p. 453 (1788, ex Lath.); Lath. Ind. Orn. 



I, p. 251 (1790). 

 Cass. U. S. Expl. Exp. pp. 192, 206, pi. xr.,fig. 3 only (1858). 

 Selater, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 9. 



Less. Voy. Coq. I, p. 686 (1826) ; id. Mem. Soc. d'Hist. 



Paris, III, p. 11; id. Man. d'Orn. II, p. 100 (1828); 



id. Nat. Traite d'Orn. p. 249 (1831). 

 Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. th. II, p. 160 (1860). 

 Eeich. Handb. Aleed. p. 34, t. ccccxxiii, figs. 31 18-49 (1851). 

 Gray, Cat. B. Trop. Isl. Pacif. Oe. p. 6 (1859) ; id. Handl. of 



B. I, p. 93. 

 Schl. Mus. Pays Bas, Aleed. p. 38 (1863). 



Hub. Otaheite (mus. Brit.). Marquesas Islands {mm. Lu<ni ). 



