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Birds of Celebes: Alcedinidae. 
Halcyon pileata (I) Sharpe, Monogr. Alcedin. 1868, 169, pi. 62; (2) Armstr., Str. F. 1876, 
IV, 306; (S) Hume & Davison, Str. F. 1878, VI, 75, 499; (4) Legge, B. Ceylon 
1880, 301; (5) Vidal, Str. F. 1880, IX, 49; (6) Bingh., t. c. 154; (7) Butler, 
t. c. 382; (8) Kelham, Ibis 1881, 380; (9) Oates, B. Brit. Bnnmih 1883, 11, S3; 
(10) Guillem., P. Z. S. 1885, 548; (11) Blittik., Notes Leyd. Mus. 1887, 38; (12) 
Taczan., P. Z. S, 1888, 462; (12^'’>) Hartert, J. f. 0. 1889, 305; (13) Everett, 
J. Str. Br. E. A. S. 1889, 160; (14) Whitehead, Ibis 1890, 45; (15) Steere, List 
B. Philipp. B. 1890, 11; (150'‘) Hagen, T. Ned. Aard. Genoots. 1890 (2) VH, 144; 
(16) Styan, Ibis 1891, 317, 325, 483; (17) Stejm, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1891, XIV, 
495; (18) De La Touche, Hu's 1892, 479; (19) Hose, Ibis 1893, 409; (20) Styau, 
t. c. 433; (21) Hart., Nov. Zool. 1894, 480; (22) Bourns & AVorces., B. Menage 
Exped. 1894, 34; (23) Everett, Ibis 1895, 30; (24) Blanf., Faun. Br. Ind. B. HI, 
1895, 133. 
c. Entomobia 1) pileata (1) Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. 1860, H, 155; (2) Salvad., Cat. Hcc. 
Borneo 1874, 102; (3) Wald., Tr. Z. S. 1875, IX, 154; (4) David & Oust, Ois. 
Chino, 1877, 75; (5) Meyer, Ibis 1879, 61; (6) Tacz., J. f. O. 1881, 180; (7) 
AV. Bias., ib. 1883, 124, 147; ('S^id., Ornis 1888, 307; (9) Vorderman, N. Tdschr. 
Ned. Ind. 1889, XLIX, 423; (10) Salvad., Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. 1891, 48; (11) Tacz., 
Faun. Oni. Sib. Orient. 1891, I, 192. 
d. Dacelo pileata (1) Schh, Mus. P.-B. Alcedin. 1863, 27; (II) id., Vog. Ned. Ind. Ijsv. 1864, 
22, 54, pi. IX, fig. 2; (3) id., Kevue Alcedin. 1874, IS. 
e. Halcyon pileatus (1) Sharpe, Cat. B. XVHI, 1892, 229. 
For further synonymy and references see Sharpe el. 
Figures and descriptions. Gould d J; Sharpe J, el] Schlegel d II] Hume .3; Legge 4] 
David & Oust, e 4] Oates 9] Taczanowski ell] Blanford 24. 
Adult Above, bright French-blue; entire head, including malar region and nape, and 
wing-coverts black; chin, throat and a broad collar round the neck wliite, 
passing into cinnamon -rufous on lower breast, abdomen, and under tail- and wing- 
coverts; reniiges and tail below black, the primaries for their basal half or more 
white, forming a broad patch. 
AVing 124 mm; tail 89; tarsus 14, bill from nostril 53. (Main, Minahassa, 
16. Feb. 1894: Nat Coll. — C 13241). 
“Bill deep red; mouth pale red; eyelids pinkish plumbeous, covered with wliite 
feathers, except on the edges where they are black; feet dark red, brownish in front 
of the tarsus; claws dark liorn-colour; iris dark brown” (Oates 9). Length 280 mm; 
cuhnen 61; wing 127; tail 86; tarsus 14 (Sharpe I, el]. 
Adult female. Does not differ in colour from the male. Length 280 mm; cuhnen 61; wing 130; 
tail 76; tai'sus 13 (Sharpe ib.). 
Young. Birds of the year have the black of the upper parts and the blue of the back and 
rump less pure, and the sides of the chest and breast, as also the feathers of the 
hind -neck collar, marked with crescentic tippings of blacldsh brown; but in some 
examples the latter part is striated with brown instead of barred. These crescentic 
markings appear to remain until the bird is fully aged, as they are present in many 
specimens wliich have the upper surface in beautiful adult feather (Legge 4). Bill 
shorter, yeUow-brown in colour (Styan 16), Irides bluish grey; legs and feet dark 
red-brown; soles pale red; bill dark brown, except at extreme tip of lower mandible 
for about 0.25 in. from tip, the sides and angle of gonys, the gape and one-third of 
upper mandible from tip gradually coming to a point on ridge of cuhnen, which 
1) Entomobia — uomen nudum. 
