HALCYON SANCTUS, Fig. % Horsf. 
Fig. 1. 
Mas. Hale, vertice, dorso superiore, scapuUsque 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 mctallice viridibus ; caudd ceeruleo- 
viridi ; gidd alba ; torque nuchali, pectore, corporeque subtiis cei'vinis ; rostro nigrescente, man- 
dibuld inferiore ad basiii earned ; pedibus rufeseenti-fuscis. 
Junior. Differt dorso plus fuseo tineto, tectricibus alarum cervino marginatis, plumis peetoralibus, 
fusco circumdatis, necnon rostro breviore. 
Long. tot. 7| unc. ; rostri, 2 ; alee, 2>^ ; eaudcB, 2^ ; tarsi, 
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 suiTounding 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 Kingsjisher, Phill. Voy., pi. in p. 156. ? 
Habitat. Australia : locality, New South Wales. 
HALCYON COLLARIS, Swains. 
Fio-. 2. 
Hale, vertice, dorso superiore, scapuUsque olivaceo-viridibus ; lined a naribus ad oculos cervinis ; 
strigd occipitali nigrescenti-fuscd ; dorso imo metallice cceruleo; tectricibus alarum, secondariisque 
intense viridi-cceruleis ; primariis nigrescentibus, extiis cceruleo marginatis ; caudd intense carided; 
guld, torque nuchali, corporeque subtus albis ; rostro nigrescente, mandibuld inferiore ad basin 
corned ; pedibus nigrescentibus. 
Long. tot. 9 unc. ; rostri, 2^ ; alae, ^ ; caudcB, 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 : localitjvNew South Wales. 
HALCYON CINNAMOMINUS, Swains. 
Fig. 3. 
Hale, capite, collo, corporeque subtiis cinnamominis ; plumis auricular ibus, linedque angustd occipitali 
nigris, viridi lavatis ; dorso, scapuUsque intense viridibus ; tectricibus alarum, secondariisque 
cceruleis ; primariis nigris, extiis cceruleo marginatis ; tectricibus caudce metallice coeruleo-viridibus ; 
caudd intense cceruled ; rostro nigrescenti-fusco, mandibidd. inferiore ad basin earned; pedibus 
rufesccnti-f useis. 
Long. tot. 9 unc. ; rostri, 2^ ; alee, 4 ; caudce, 3:]- ; tarsi, |. 
Head, neck, and all the under sui'face 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 cin7iamominus. Swains., Zool. 111., 1st ser., pi. 67- — Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., 
vol. XV. p. 206. 
Remark. In the Collection of the Linnaean Society. 
Habitat. Australia : locality, New South Wales. 
