﻿CARTDONAX. FULGIDUS. 



(BLUE AND WHITE KINGFISHER). 



Halcyon fvlgidus '. . Gould, P.Z.S. 1857, p. 65. 



„ . . „ Birds of Asia, pi.— (I860). 



,. . Wall. P.Z.S. 1863, p. 484. 



Caridonar ,. . Cab. and Heine, Mus. Hein. th. II. p. 162 (1860). 



Daeelo . . Schl. Mus. Pays Bas, Alced. p. 24 (1863). 



.. fvlgida . . .. Vog. Ned. Ind. Alced. pp. 21, 54, pi. 9 (1864). 



C. supra saturate exndeus: eapite toto nigro : uropygio argenteo, csruleo tincto : subtus albus : hrpochon- 

 driis et fcectricibus subalaribus nigris, bis albo mixtis : remigibus brunnesecnte-nigris : rostro lajtissinu- 

 coralline: iride brnnnca : pedibus rubris. 



llnh. in rcgione Indo- Malayana. 



Head, cheeks, Hanks, and feathers of the leg, black; back, wing-coverts, and upper 

 surface of the tail, deep blue, more conspicuous on the tail ; lower part of the back silvery 

 white, the outer feathers tinged with rich blue; the entire under surface white; wing- 

 feathers and under surface of the tail brownish black ; under wing coverts black, mixed 

 with white; bill rich coral-red; eye dark brown; feet red. Total length 12.5- Length 

 of bill from front 1.8, from gape 2.3, wing 5.4, tail 4.5, tarsus .6, middle toe .8, hind 

 toe .4. 



Hah. Lombock, Flores {Wallace). 



The present species has as yet only been met with in the islands of Lombock and 

 Flores, where it was discovered by Mr. Wallace, from whom most of the specimens now 

 in Europe were obtained. It was first described by Mr. Gould at a meeting of the 

 Zoological Society in April 1857, and has since been figured bv him in his " Birds of 

 Asia." 



Mr. Wallace has very kindly sent me the following note relative to its habits: — 

 " This beautiful species was found in a few localities in the Island of Lombock, in 

 low woods and thickets, where it feeds on coleopterous insects, and probably also on 

 M i/riapoda, small Crustacea and land shells, darting down from its perch to seize them on 

 the ground, and returning to the same post, just as a Kingfisher seizes a fish." 



The figure in the accompanying plate is drawn from a specimen obtained in Lombock 

 by Mr, Wallace, now in the Leiden Museum, and I have taken the description from a very 

 fine bird, which he has kindly lent me out of his own collection. 



