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Zoological Illustrations,
OR
ORIGINAL FIGURES AND DESCRIPTIONS
OF
NEW, RARE, OR INTERESTING
ANIMALS,
SELECTED CHIEFLY FROM THE CLASSES OF
Ornithology, Entomology, and Conchology,
AND ARRANGED ON THE PRINCIPLES OF
CUVIER AND OTHER MODERN ZOOLOGISTS.
BY
WILLIAM SWAINSON, F.R.S., F.L.S.,
MEMBER OF THE WERNERIAN SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH, ETC.
VOL. II.
London:
PRINTED BY JAMES MOYES, GREVILLE STREET;
FOR BALDWIN, CRADOCK, AND JOY, PATERNOSTER-ROW;
AND W. WOOD, STRAND.
1821-2.
TO
SIR JAMES EDWARD SMITH, M. D.
FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF
THE LINNÆAN SOCIETY OF LONDON,
FELLOW OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY, AND MEMBER OF THE
PRINCIPAL SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES BOTH IN
EUROPE AND AMERICA,
THE FIRST AND SECOND VOLUMES
OF
Zoological Illustrations
ARE DEDICATED,
AS A SMALL, BUT SINCERE TRIBUTE TO THE EMINENT TALENTS OF
THE PHILOSOPHER,
AND THE EXCELLENT QUALITIES OF
THE MAN.
HALCYON cinnamominus,
Cinnamon Crabeater.
Generic Character.—See Pl. 26.
Specific Character.
H. cæruleo viridis; pileo, collo, plumisque totis subtùs pallidè cinnamominis; auribus viridibus; nuchâ torque nigro gracili ornatâ.
Blue-green; upper part of the head, neck, and all beneath, pale cinnamon colour; ears green; round the nape a slender black collar.
As far as I can ascertain, this beautifully coloured bird is quite new, and hitherto u
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