﻿MONACHAL CYON MONACHUS. 



(HOODED KINGFISHER.) 



Dacelo princeps .... Forsten, M.S. 

 Dacelo cyanocephalus . . . Forsten, M.S. 



Dacelo monachus .... Temm. M.S. in Mus, Lugd : Gray Cat. Fiss. Brit.Mns. p. 53 



(1848); Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. Beng. p. 46, (1849). 

 Halcyon monachus .... Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av. I, p. 154 (1850 ex Temm.); Gray, 



Gen. of B. I, p. 79 (1846) ; Cass. Cat. Hale. Phil. 



Mus. p. 8 (1852); Wall. Ibis, (1862), p. 142. 

 Paralcyon monachus .... Bonap. Consp. Vol. Anis. p. 9 (1854). 

 Monachalcyon princeps . . . Reich. Handb. Alced. p. 38, t. ccccxxv, fig. 3157 (1851). 

 Halcyon princeps .... Cass. Cat. Hale. Phil. Mus. p. 8 (1852). 

 Dacelo princeps .... Schl. Mus. Pays Bas, Alced. p. 24 (1863); id. Vog. Ned. Ind. 



Alced pp. 20, 53, pi. 7. (1864) ; Gray, Handl. of B. I. 



p. 89 (1869). 



M. supra olivaceo-viridis : pileo saturate cyaneo : subtus rufa : gutture albo : torque nuchali rufa 

 interrupts. 



Hab. in insula ' Celebes' dicta. 



Adult. Head deep blue, much brighter on the cheeks and ear-coverts ; a chesnut collar 

 round the neck, divided in the centre by the blue of the head which reaches to the green of 

 the back ; back dull olive-green, wing-coverts of the same colour, but slightly tinged with 

 dull blue ; quills brown, pale rufous at the base, the outer web washed with dull blue ; 

 lower part of the back and rump a little brighter green than the rest of the back ; tail dull 

 blue above, greyish brown beneath ; throat white, rest of the under surface rich sienna ; iris 

 dark brown ; bill and feet coral-red. Total length 12 inches, of bill from front 2*0, from 

 gape 2'5, wing 5*2. tail 4*3, tarsus 0*7, middle toe, 0*9, hind toe 0'4. 



Young Male. Similar to the adult, but has all the colours very much duller, forehead 

 and eyebrow rufous, and the cheeks rufous slightly washed with greenish-blue, the bill dull 

 coral-red, black at the base of the lower mandible. Total length 12-0 inches, of bill from 

 front 16, wing 5*2. 



Young. Head deep blue ; lores and a few feathers round the eye buff ; back and wing- 

 coverts umber brown, each feather edged with ochre; quills dull brown, inclining to reddish 

 on the outer web ; tail blackish brown ; a nuchal collar bull" marked with black ; throat 



