HALCYON SENEGALOIDES. — Smith. 
Aves. — Plate LXIII. — Male. 
H. capite fusco-griseo ; corpore supra coeruleo-beryllino, subtus albido ; remigibus tricoloratis, — coeruleo- 
beryllino, alboque brunneo ; cauda dorsoque concoloribus ; rostro rubro ; pedibus purpureo-rubris. 
Longitudo ab apice rostri ad basin caudtB 6 unc. 6 lin . ; caudal 2 unc. 1 0 lin. 
Halcyon Senegaloides, Smith. — South African Quarterly Journal, second 
series, vol. i. p. 143 ; 1834. 
Colour. — The upper surface of the head and the back of the neck dusky 
smoke-grey, tinted with dull verdigris-green ; the feathers of the top of the 
head variegated with narrow, light, reddish brown bars. The interscapulars 
verdigris-green, the colour changing in certain lights to light azure-blue ; the 
back and a few of the feathers at the tips of the shoulders bright cobalt-blue. 
The shoulders, lesser wing-coverts, and secondary quill-coverts velvet-black ; 
the primary quill coverts greenish blue tipt with brownish red, the shafts and 
a portion of each inner vane towards the quill the latter colour. The basal 
half of the outer vane of each primary quill feather intermediate between ver- 
digris-green and ultra-marine blue, the corresponding portions of inner vanes 
white with a satin lustre, the last half of each feather deep liver-brown ; the 
secondary and tertiary quill feathers exhibit the same colours, only the blue 
occupies most if not all of the outer vanes, while the white exists only towards 
the base of each inner vane, and the liver-brown towards the point. Tail 
feathers greenish blue like the outer vanes of wing feathers, the shafts 
brownish red. The chin, the throat, the belly, the vent, and the under tail 
coverts reddish white, the breast and flanks greenish white finely freckled 
with duskv-brown. The feathers between the eyes and the base of the bill 
as well as the lower eyelids black, and between the nostril and the eye there 
is a narrow whitish stripe, from the feathers in that situation being white to- 
wards their base. Bill scarlet-red. Eyes dark brown. Legs, toes and claws 
dull purplish red. 
Form, &c.— Figure robust. Head large ; bill strong and quadrangular, the 
upper mandible considerably longer than the lower, pointed at the tip, and 
channelled internally. Nostrils small, suboval, and extending parallel to the 
feathers at the base of the bill and nearly in contact with them. The feathers 
in front of eyes scanty, short, and wiry. Wings short and rounded, the 
