NORFOLK ISLAND KINGFISHER. 
Immature. Fore-head black, a few of the feathers indistinctly margined with huff; sides and 
back of the head black, glossed with dull olive-green; a broad buff collar surrounding 
the hind-neck, each feather white at the base and broadly tipped with black; scapulars 
and upper back black, glossed with olive-green ; lower back, rump and upper tail-coverts 
cobalt-blue ; lesser wing-coverts, median and greater coverts and primary-coverts cobalt- 
blue ; quills black, broadly margined on the outer web with deep cobalt-blue, secondaries 
black on the inner web and greenish-cobalt on the outer web; tail-feathers cobalt-blue, 
shafts shining black ; lores rich buff, freckled with black ; eyebrow whitish ; feathers 
round the eyes black ; sides of face, cheeks and ear-coverts black, tinged with dull olive- 
green ; chin and throat white, the feathers of the lower throat indistinctly margined with 
black ; fore-neck, chest, breast, side of the body, flanks and thighs rich buff, black at 
the tips, producing a somew r hat barred appearance ; abdomen and under tail-coverts 
uniform rich buff ; under wing-coverts and axillaries rich pinkish-buff; quills below dark 
grey, pinkish-grey on the innermost web. Bill black, basal half of lower mandible grey, 
feet greyish-black, eyes dark brown. Collected near the Cascades, Norfolk Island, on the 
5 th of May, 1913. 
Eggs. Clutches of 3 and 4 eggs were found on the 10th of December, 1912. The eggs are white 
and glossy, and measure: 27'4 X 22, 29 X 22 - 5, 27 X 22'8; 295 X 22T, 28 X 23‘5, 
29'3 X 22-3, 28 X 22'5 mm. 
Breeding-season. December. 
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