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The present Kingfisher appears to be omnivorous in its food. David 
never saw it fishing in China, but found it to be especially partial to beetles 
(Cantharidae and Mylabridue) \ the nest already noticed, found by Kaliuowski in 
Chrea, was bedded with the bones of frogs and lizards; in the Malay Peninsula 
K el ham, who has seen it dart down with a splash into the water and catch 
a frog, found that it fed there upon frogs, small fishes, and crabs (8). 
90. HALCYON SANCTA Vig. Horsf. 
Sacred Kingfisher. 
Halcyon sancta (1) Vig. & Horsf., Tr. L. S. 1826, XV, 206; (IIJ Grid., B. Austr. 1840, II, 
pi. 21; (III) Diggles, Orn. Austr. 1869, ijl. 2, fig. 2; (IVJ Sharpe, Monogr. Alcedin. 
1870, 239, pi. 91; (5) Pinscli, Jom-n. Mus. Godef. 1875, Vin, 50; (6) Briiggem., 
Abh. Ver. Bremen 1876, V, 54; (7) E. L. & L. C. Layard, Ibis 1882, 503, 543; (8) 
Eiiiscb, Vog. der Siidsee 1884, 8, 24 (Mitth. Orn. Ver. Wien 1884, 55, 95); (9) 
Bams., Pr. L. S. N. S. W. 1886, 2. ser. I, 1086; (10) id., Tab. List Austr. B. 1888, 
3; (11) Cox & Hamil., ib. 1889, IV, 401 ; (12) Xorth, Nests & Eggs B. Austr. 1889, 
37; (13) Everett, J. Str. Br. B. A. S. 1889, 161; (14) Wiglcsw., Avcs Poljn. 1891, 
13; (15j Sharpe, Cat. B. XVH, 1892, 267; (16) M. & Wg., J. f. O. 1894, 242 
partim; (17) Madarasz, Aquila 1894, 99; (18) M. & Wg., Abh. Mus. Dresden 1896, 
Nr. 2, p. 12; (19) Hart., Nov. Zool. 1896, 551, 571, 595. 
a. Todirhamphus sanctus Gj Bp., Consp. 1850, I, 156; ('JJj Beichb., Hb., Alcedin. 1851,33, 
t. 418 fig. 3131—33; (3) Wall., P. Z. S. 1862, 338; (4) Gld., Hb. B. Austr. 1865, 
I, 128. 
b. Sauropatis sancta (1) Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. I860, H, 158; (2) Wald., Tr. Z. S. 1872, 
VHI, 44; (3) Salvad., Cat. Ucc. Borneo 1874, 104; (4) Moyer, Tins 1879, 62, 145; 
(5j Salvad., Orn. Pap. 1880, 1, 476; (6) Meyer, Isis, Dresden 1884, 6; (8) Guillem., 
P. Z. S. 1885, 548, 568, 627; (9) W. Bias., Ornis 1888, 575; (10) Salvad., Oim’. 
Pap. Agg. 1889, I, 58; (11) Vorderman, N. Td.sohr. Ned. Ind. 1891, 440; (12) id.. 
Notes Leyden Mus. 1891, 124. 
c. Dacelo sancta (1) Schl. , Mus. P.-B. Alcedin. 1863, 35; (II) id., Vog. Ned. Ind. Alcedin. 
1864, 27, 59, pi. X, f. 1; (3) id., Bevue Alcedin. 1874, 26. 
“Dadubatang bahewa”, Karkellang, Talaut. 
‘•Saika anej", Kabruang, Talaut. 
“Bengka budia”, Great Sangi. 
“Sisakomang kadio”, Siao. 
“Bengka”, Tagidandang and Biarro. 
“Kiskis posiposi”, Manado tua. 
“Tengkesi ise ise”, Tonkean, E. Celebes. 
“Tengkesi mosoni”, Banggai. 
The above native names have all been communicated to us by our native 
hunters there. 
For further synonymy and references see Salvadori h 5, b 10] Sharpe 15. 
Figures and descriptions. Gould II] Beicbb. a II] Schlegel c II] Diggles III] Sharpe 
IV, 15] Salvad. h 5] Bamsay 9] North 12 (egg). 
Adult. Head above, mantle and scapulars bluish sage-green, shading off on the sides 
of the occiput into verditer-blue, the colour of the back, rump and upjjer tail- 
coverts; wing-coverts, quills and tail duller bhie, inner webs and ends of quills 
