LORD HOWE ISLAND KINGFISHER. 
brown ; lower back verditer-green ; rump and upper tail-coverts brighter verditer-green • 
lesser, median and greater wing-coverts dull verditer-green, each feather margined with 
buff, producing a uniform waved appearance ; primary-quills brownish-black, margined on 
the outer web with dull blue and on the inner web with pale buff ; secondaries brownish- 
black on the inner web, the outer web dull blue ; tail-feathers dull verditer-blue with 
shining black shafts ; lores rich buff ; eye-brow dull bluish-green mixed with white ; feathers 
round the eye black, with a narrow line of white feathers below the eye; side of the face 
ear-coverts and cheeks black, joining the black collar; chin and throat pure white- 
lower throat white with dusky tips to each feather ; sides of the neck pale buff, freckled 
with black ; fore-neck and chest white with broad dusky-black margins; breast and 
abdomen white, strongly shaded with pink ; sides of the body, flanks and thighs rich bull; 
under tail-coverts whitish-buff; under wing-coverts and axillaries rich tawny-buff! 
Eyes dark brown, bill black, base of lower mandible horn, feet dark yellowish-grey. 
Collected at the Pines on the 28th of February, 1914. 
Immature male. Top of the head black, shaded with dull grey, each feather margined with buff; 
back of the head and lower neck dull bluish-green, a broad ring of black feathers surrounding 
the neck, joining the ear-coverts, followed by a broad collar of rich creamy-buff ; scapulars 
and upper back brownish-black, faintly glossed with dull green ; lower back, rump and 
upper tail-coverts bright cobalt-blue ; lesser wing-coverts blackish-brown; median coverts 
greenish-blue, each feather margined with a rich buff, producing a waved appearance; 
primary-quills brownish-black, margined on the outer web with cobalt-blue; secondaries 
brownish-black on the inner web, with the outer webs cobalt-blue; tail-feathers cobalt- 
blue, the central pair brightest ; shafts of all the quills shining black ; lores rich buff, this 
colour continued in a thin line over the eye ; eyebrow white, changing into greenish-blue 
down the sides of the crown ; feathers round the eye black ; sides of the face and ear- 
coverts black ; cheeks rich creamy-buff, continued round the liind-neck where it broadens 
out to form a wide collar ; chin and upper throat pure white ; lower throat white, some of 
the feathers with indistinct black tips ; fore-neck, chest and breast rich buff, each feather 
broadly margined with black ; abdomen, sides of the body, flanks, thighs, under wing- 
coverts and axillaries rich reddish-buff. Eyes brown, bill black, base of lower mandible 
dark horn, feet dark yellowish-grey. Collected at the Pines, Lord Howe Island, on the 
28th of February, 1914. 
Eggs. These will probably not differ appreciably from the eggs of the Norfolk Island bird. 
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