The Birds of Australia, Vol. 2 of 7

by John Gould

HALCYON SANCTUS: Vig. & Horsf.
J. & E. Gould del C. Hullmandel Imp.

HALCYON SANCTUS, Vig. and Horsf.
Sacred Halcyon.

Sacred Kingsfisher, Phill. Bot. Bay, pl. in p. 156.—White’s Voy., pl. in p. 193.

Halcyon Sanctus, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 206.—Gould, Syn. of Birds of Aust., Part III.

Halcyon sacra, Jard. and Selb. Ill. Orn., vol. ii. pls. 96 and 97.

Dacelo chlorocephala, var. β. Less. Traité Orn., p. 246.

Kingsfisher of the Colonists.

Kün-yeë-nüh of the Aborigines, Western Australia.

On reference to the synonyms given above, it will be seen that a difference of opinion is entertained from the authors of the “Illustrations in Ornithology” respecting this species being identical with the Halcyon collaris of Mr. Swainson, a bird which I have not yet seen from Australia, although it may possibly be found in the northern part of that continent, since it is common in Java; and I find that Mr. Swainson, in his recently published “Classification of Birds,” has arranged them as distinct.