﻿MELIDORA MACRORHINA. 



(HOOK-BILLED KINGFISHER.) 



Dacelo macrorhinus 



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Less. Voy. Coq. I, p. 692, pi. 31 bis, fig. 2 (1826). 

 Gray, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 154. 

 Less. Traite d'Orn. p. 249 (1831). 

 Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av. I, p. 153 (1850). 

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



Reich. Handb. Alced. p. 41, t. ccccxxviii, fig. 3166-67 (1851). 



Sclater, Proc. Linn. Soc. II, p. 156 (1858). 



Rosenb. Journ. f. Orn, 1864, p. 117. 



Gray, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 189. 



Schl. Mus. Pays Bas. Alced. p. 22 (1863). 



Schl. Vog. Ned. Ind. Alced. pp. 17. 51, pi. 4 (1864). 



M. pileo saturate brunneo, maculis apicalibus ochracescentibus : striga angusta ab oculo pileum circumdante, 

 la?tc cyanea : dorso cum scapularibus et tectricibus alarum saturate brunneis late ochraceo maculatis : subtus albida, 

 rufo-tincta. 



Hab. in Nova Guinea. 



Head and hinder part of the neck deep brown, each feather tipped with a small spot of 

 greenish-ochre; cheeks and ear-coverts black; a spot in front of the eye and a stripe from 

 the base of the lower mandible to the ear-coverts, ochre; a narrow band of bright blue 

 from the eye, encircling the head ; feathers of the nape and back of the neck brown tipped 

 with rufous ; back, scapularies and wing-coverts dark brown, the tips of each feather deep 

 greenish ochre ; wing-feathers brownish, the inner web light yellowish from the base, 

 some of the primaries edged and the secondaries tipped with greenish ochre; under 

 surface of the body whitish tinged with rufous, especially on the throat and sides of the 

 neck ; upper mandible black, lower mandible yellowish ; feet olive brown. Total length 

 11 inches, of bill from front 1.6, from gape 2.0, wing 4.7, tail 3.8, tarsus 0.6, middle toe 

 0.75, hind toe 0.3. 



Hab. Dorey, New Guinea (Lesson, Wallace). 



