BLUE KINGFISHER. 
Alcyone diemenensis * Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.) 1846, p. 19 : Tasmania ; tof., 
Introd. Birds Austr., 8vo ed., p. 31, 1848 ; id., Handb. Birds Austr., Vol. I., p. 141, 
1865 ; Sharpe, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.) 1869, p. 355 ; id., Monogr. Alced., p. 47, 1870 ; 
Ramsay, Pi’oc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., Vol. II., p. 179, 1878 ; Legge, Papers Proc. Roy. 
Soc. Tasm., 1886, p. 238, 1887 ; Ramsay, Tab. List Austr. Birds, p. 3, 1888. 
Alcyone pulchra Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.) 1846, p. 19: Port Essington, Northern 
Territory ; id., Introd. Birds Austr., 8vo ed., p. 31, 1848 ; Elsey, Proc. Zool. Soc. 
(Lond.) 1857, p. 25 (N.T.) ; Gould, Handb. Birds Austr., Vol. I., p. 141, 1865 ; 
Sharpe, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.) 1869, p. 356; id., Monogr. Alced., p. 45, pi. 14, 
1870 ; Ramsay, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.) 1875, p. 583 (Q.) ; Castelnau and 
Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., Vol. I., p. 380, 1876 (Q.) ; Ramsay, ib., Vol. II., 
p. 179, 1878 ; Masters, ih., p. 270 (N.T.) ; Ramsay, Tab. List Austr. Birds, p. 3, 
1888; Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., Vol. XVII., p. 169, 1892; Ramsay, Cat. 
Austr. PicarisB, p. 20, 1894 ; Hall, Key Austr. Birds, p. 56, 1899 ; Mathews, Handl. 
Birds Austr., p. 53, 1908 ; id., Emu, Vol. IX., p. 6, 1909 (N.W.A.) ; G. F. Hill, 
ib., Vol. X., p. 271, 1911 (N.W.A.) ; Barnard, ib., Vol. XI., p. 23 (N.Q.) ; G. F. Hill, 
ib., Vol. XII., p. 255, 1913 (N.T.) ; MacgiUivray, ib., Vol. XIII., p. 159, 1914 (N.Q.) ; 
Barnard, ib., Vol. XIV., p. 43, 1914 (N.T.) ; H. L. White, ib., Vol. XVI., p. 219, 
1917 (N.T.). 
Alcyone azurea var. diemenensis Ramsay, Cat. Austr. Picariae, p. 19, 1894. 
Alcyone azurea subsp. pulchra Campbell, Nests and Eggs Austr. Birds, Vol. II., p. 549, 1901 ; 
Le Souef, Emu, Vol. II., p. 93, 1902 (N.T.). 
Alcyotie azurea azurea Hartert, Nov. Zool., Vol. VI., p. 427, 1899 ; Rothschild and Hartert, 
ib., Vol. Vin., p. 142, 1901 ; Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVEII., p. 285, 1912 ; 
id., List Birds Austr., p. 145, 1913. 
Alcyone azurea pidchra Hartert, Nov. Zool., Vol. VI., p. 427, 1899 (Cape York) ; Robinson 
and Laverock, Ibis, 1900, p. 639 (N.Q.) ; Rothschild and Hartert, Nov. Zool., 
Vol. VIII., p. 142, 1901 ; Mathews, ib., Vol. XVIII., p. 285, 1912 ; id.. List Birds 
Austr., p. 145, 1913. 
Alcyone azurea victorice Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 285, 1912 ; Frankston, 
Victoria ; id.. List Birds Austr., p. 145, 1913. 
Alcyone azurea diemenensis Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 285, 1912 ; id,., List Birds 
Austr., p. 145, 1913. 
Alcyone azurea mixta Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 286, 1912 ; Cooktown, 
N. Queensland ; id.. List Birds Austr., p. 145, 1913. 
Alcyone azurea alisteri Mathews, Austral Avian Record, Vol. I., p. 37, 1912 : Parry’s 
Creek, North-west Australia ; id., List Bh’ds Austr., p. 145, 1913. 
Distribution. New South Wales ; Victoria ; South Australia ; Queensland ; Northern 
Territoi-y ; North-west Australia. 
Adult male. General colour above deep ultramarine blue, including the head, back, wings, 
tail, sides of the face and sides of the body ; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, primarj"- 
and secondary-quiUs dark brown with cumamon-rufous edges to the inner-webs ; 
* Also spelt d'iemenais. 
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