Order ALCEDINIFORMES. Family DACE LON I DM. 
No. 21. 
SAUROPATIS SANCTA. 
(ADAMSI.) 
LORD HOWE ISLAND KINGFISHER. 
(Plate 18.) 
Saupopatis [sic] sanctus adamsi Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. III., No. 3, p. 68, April 7th, 
1916 : Lord Howe Island. 
Sauropatls sanctus adamsi Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. III., No. 3, p. 68, April 7th, 1916; 
id., Syst. Av. Australas, p. 380, June 13th, 1927. 
Distribution. Lord Howe Island. 
Adult male. Upper back and scapulars dull bluish-green ; lower back, rump, upper tail-coverts, 
lesser and median wing-coverts bluish-green ; greater wing-coverts ultramarine-blue ; 
quills ashy-black, margined on the outer web with greenish-blue ; tail-feathers purplish-blue 
with shining black shafts ; fore-head, crown of head and occiput brownish-black tinged 
with greenish-blue ; nape and hind-neck dull greenish-blue, a band of black feathers 
surrounding the back of the head, joining the ear-coverts ; a broad white collar round 
the hind-neck, with a few mixed feathers of buff ; lores bullish-white, shading into the 
narrow white eye-brow ; feathers round the eye black ; sides of the face, ear-coverts and 
cheeks black, shaded with dull green ; cheeks, cliin and throat white ; remainder of the 
under-surface of the body creamy-buff, excepting the under tail-coverts which are 
white ; under wing-coverts and axillaries rich creamy-buff ; quills below ash, widely 
margined on the inner web with pale buff. Bill black, with lower base grey, eyes brown, 
feet blackish-yellow. Total length 225 mm. : culmen 43, wing 95, tail 61, tarsus 14. 
Figured. Collected on Lord Howe Island on the 14th of October, 1913. 
Adult female. Head brownish-black, tinged with dull green, especially on the sides ; back and 
scapulars dull olive-brown ; lower back and rump dull greenish-blue ; upper tail-coverts 
bright greenish-blue ; lesser wing-coverts dull olive-brown ; median and greater coverts 
bluish-green ; quills blackish-brown, margined on the outer web with olive ; tail-feathers 
blue with black shafts ; lores bluish-white, this colour continued over the eye ; feathers 
round the eye black ; sides of the face, ear-coverts and cheeks black tinged with dull green ; 
chin and throat pure white ; sides of the neck whitish-buff, this colour continued in a collar 
round the hind-neck; chest and breast rich creamy-buff, continued on to the sides of the 
body ; abdomen white ; flanks rich buff ; under tail-coverts creamy-white ; under wing- 
coverts and axillaries rich buff ; quills below blackish, margined on the inner web with 
pale buff. Bill black, basal half of lower mandible huffish, feet dark yellowish-grey, eyes 
dark brown. Total length 225 mm. : culmen 43, wing 100, tail 63, tarsus 14. 
Collected at the Pines, Lord Howe Island, on the 8th October, 1913. 
Adult male. Similar to the adult female. 
This bird has a much wider, heavier bill than specimens from Norfolk Island. 
Immature feinale. Head brownish-black, each feather very faintly margined with dusky ; fore¬ 
head more distinctly margined with pale buff, and a few concealed white feathers at the base 
of the neck; a broad black band surrounding the neck from the ear-coverts, succeeded by 
another broad band of white feathers tipped with black ; back and scapulars dull blackish- 
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