. The birds of South Africa. Birds -- South Africa. HALCYON 87 Halcyon albiventris, Aijres, Ibis, 1869, p. 290 [Limpopo] ; Sharpe, Monogr. Alced. p. 177, pi. 65 (1870) ; Bucldeij, Ibis, 1874, p. 364 [Limpopo] ; Shelley, Ibis, 1875, ix 68 [Durban] ; Sharpe, ed. Laijard's B. S. Afr. pp. 115, 807 (1875-84) ; Barratt, Ibis, 1876, p. 198 [Eustenbiu-g] ; Aijres, Ibis, 1879, p. 292; Oates, Mataheleland, p. 303 (1881); Holuh d Peheln, Orn. Siid-Afr. p. 63 (1882) ; Butler, Feilden, mid Eeid, Zool. 1882, p. 207 [Ladysmith] ; Sliarpe, Cat. B. M. xvii, p. 236 (1892) ; Shelley, B. Afr. i, p. 11
. The birds of South Africa. Birds -- South Africa. HALCYON 87 Halcyon albiventris, Aijres, Ibis, 1869, p. 290 [Limpopo] ; Sharpe, Monogr. Alced. p. 177, pi. 65 (1870) ; Bucldeij, Ibis, 1874, p. 364 [Limpopo] ; Shelley, Ibis, 1875, ix 68 [Durban] ; Sharpe, ed. Laijard's B. S. Afr. pp. 115, 807 (1875-84) ; Barratt, Ibis, 1876, p. 198 [Eustenbiu-g] ; Aijres, Ibis, 1879, p. 292; Oates, Mataheleland, p. 303 (1881); Holuh d Peheln, Orn. Siid-Afr. p. 63 (1882) ; Butler, Feilden, mid Eeid, Zool. 1882, p. 207 [Ladysmith] ; Sliarpe, Cat. B. M. xvii, p. 236 (1892) ; Shelley, B. Afr. i, p. 117 (1896); Bendall, Ibis, 1896, p. 167 [Barberton] ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1897, p. 497 [Zulu- land] ; Woodward Bros. Natal B. p. 93 (1899) ; Millar, Zool. 1899, p. 148 ; Woodjoard Bros. Ibis, 1900, p. 520 [St. Lucia bay]. "Bush Kingfisher" of the colonists, " 'nongozolo " of Natal Fig. 31.—Halcyon albiventris. x |. Description. Adult male. —Crown ashy-brown streaked profusely with darker, round the neck a conspicuous dirty white collar, also with brown streaks ; mantle and scapulars and most of the coverts black, primary coverts blue tipped with black; wing-quills blue with black tips and pale ochre on the inner webs ; lower back, rump, upper tail-coverts, and tail-feathers cobalt-blue, rather duller on the tail; lores, eyebrows, cheeks, and ear-coverts dirty-white streaked with brown ; chin and throat pure white becoming a pale fulvous on the lower breast, under wing-coverts, flanks, abdomen, and lower tail-coverts ; wing and tail-quills dusky below. Iris brown ; bill red, black towards the tip ; legs and feet dark red. Length about 8-40 ; wing 4-0; tail 2-60; culmen 1-70; tarsus 0-60. The female differs from the male, having the back brown not black, the crown, on the other hand, is darker than that of the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appeara
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