Produced by Chris Curnow, Keith Edkins and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) Transcriber's note: The listed Addenda & Corrigenda have been applied. * * * * * 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 LINNAEAN 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. * * * * * Pl. 67 [Illustration] HALCYON cinnamominus, _Cinnamon Crabeater._ * * * * * GENERIC CHARACTER.--See Pl. 26. * * * * * SPECIFIC CHARACTER. _H. caeruleo viridis; pileo, collo, plumisque totis subtus pallide cinnamominis; auribus viridibus; nucha torque nigro gracili ornata._ 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 undescribed. It is in the possession of Mr. Leadbeater, of Brewer Street, by whom it was received from New Zealand; and who gave me the opportunity of now publishing the accompanying figure and description.