HALCYON SANCTUS, Vig. $ Horsf. 

 Fig. 1. 



Mas Hale, vertice, dorso superiore, scapulisque fuscis, viridi tinctis ; lined a naribus ad oculos cervind ; 

 strigd lata occipitali nigra ; tectricibus alarum, secondariisque obscure viridibus ; primariis nigre- 

 scentibus, viridi marginatis ; dorso imo, tectricibusque caudce metallice viridibus ; caudd cozruleo- 

 viridi ; guld alba. ; torque nuchali, pectore, corporeque subtus cervinis ; rostro nigrescente, man- 

 dibuld inferiore ad basin earned ; pedibus rufescenti- fuscis. 



Junior. Differt dorso plus fusco tincto, tectricibus alarum cervino marginatis, plumis pectoralibus, 

 fusco circumdatis, necnon rostro breviore. 

 Long. tot. 7f unc. ; rostri, 2 ; aim, 2>\ ; caudce, °L\ ; tarsi, -fa. 



Adult. Crown of the head, upper part of the back, and scapularies dull brownish green ; stripe from 

 the nostrils to the eye rich buff; from the gape a broad stripe of greenish black passes round the head, 

 and bounds the green of the crown ; wing-coverts and secondaries dull green ; primaries blackish 

 brown margined externally with dull green ; lower part of the back, and upper tail-coverts metallic 

 green • tail bluish green ; throat white ; collar surrounding the back of the neck, chest and all the 

 under 'surface buff, which is lightest on the centre of the abdomen; upper mandible and point of the 

 lower blackish brown, base of the latter fleshy white ; feet reddish brown. 



Young. Differs in having the back more brown, the wing-coverts margined with buff, the feathers 

 on the breast margined with dark brown, and a shorter bill. 



Syn. Halcyon sanctus, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 206. 

 Sacred Kingsfisher, Phill. Voy., pi. in p. 156.? 



Habitat. Australia : locality, New South Wales. 



HALCYON COLLARIS, Swains. 



Fig. 2. 



Hale, vertice, dorso superiore, scapulisque olivaceo-viridibus ; lined a naribus ad oculos cervinis; 

 strigd occipitali nigrescenti-fuscd ; dorso imo metallice cceruleo; tectricibus alarum, secondariisque 

 intense viridi-cccruleis ; primariis nigrescentibus, extus cceruleo marginatis; caudd intense coertded; 

 guld, torque nuchali, corporeque subtus cdbis ; rostro nigrescente, mandibuld inferiore ad basin 

 corned ; pedibus nigrescentibus. 

 Long. tot. 9 unc. ; rostri, 2| ; aim, 4 ; caudce, 3 ; tarsi, J. 



Crown of the head, upper part of the back, and scapularies rich olive green ; stripe from the nostrils 

 to the eye buffy white ; from the gape a stripe of brownish black passes round the back of the head 

 and bounds the green colouring of the crown ; lower part of the back, and upper tail-coverts verditer 

 blue ; wing-coverts and secondaries deep greenish blue ; primaries blackish brown, margined on the 

 outer webs with deep blue ; tail deep blue ; throat, collar surrounding the back of the neck, and all 

 the under surface white ; upper mandible, the point of the under mandible, and feet blackish brown ; 

 base of the under mandible fleshy white. 



Syn. Halcyon collaris, Swains. Zool. 111. 1st ser., pi. 27. 



Habitat. Australia : locality, New South Wales. 



HALCYON CINNAMOMINUS, Swains. 



Fig. 3. 



Hale, capite, collo, corporeque subtus cinnamominis ; plumis auricularibus, linedque angustd occipitali 

 nigris, viridi lavatis ; dorso, scapulisque intense viridibus; tectricibus alarum, secondariisque 

 cceruleis; primariis nigris, extus cceruleo marginatis; tectricibus caudce metallice cazruleo-viridibus ; 

 caudd intense cceruled ; rostro nigrescenti-fusco, mandibuld inferiore ad basin earned; pedibus 

 rufescenti-fuscis. 

 Long. tot. 9 unc. ; rostri, 2£ ; alee, 4 ; caudce, 3J; ; tarsi, J. 



Head, neck, and all the under surface cinnamon brown ; ear-coverts, and a narrow line encircling 

 the back of the head greenish black ; back and scapularies dark green ; wing-coverts and secondaries 

 greenish blue; primaries black, margined externally with greenish blue; upper tail-coverts metallic 

 bluish green ; tail deep blue ; bill blackish brown, the base of the under mandible fleshy white ; feet 

 reddish brown. 



Syn. Halcyon einnamominus, Swains., Zool. 111., 1st ser., pi. 67— Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., 



vol. xv. p. 206. 

 Remark. In the Collection of the Linnsean Society. 

 Habitat. Australia : locality, New South Wales. 



