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Halcyon sancta
Halcyon Hal"cy*on, n. [L. halcyon, alcyon, Gr.?: F. halcyon.] (Zo["o]l.) A kingfisher. By modern ornithologists restricted to a genus including a limited number of species having omnivorous habits, as the sacred kingfisher (Halcyon sancta) of Australia. Amidst our arms as quiet you shall be As halcyons brooding on a winter sea. --Dryden.

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- tb00115.x. The title page is dated 1826. Peters, J.L. (1945). "Halcyon sancta sancta Vigors and Horsfield". Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 5...
- H. sancta may refer to: Halcyon sancta, a synonym of Todiramphus sanctus, the sacred kingfisher Hadena sancta, a species of moth This disambiguation page...
- yorki, Collocalia vanikorensis granti, Ceyex lepidus solitarius, Halcyon sancta sancta, Tanysiptera galatea galatea, Meropa ornatus, Eurystomus orientalis...
- novaeseelandiae) Grey warbler (riroriro) (Gerygone igata) New Zealand kingfisher (Halcyon sancta) Wood pigeon (kererū) (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae) Welcome swallow (Hirundo...
- flycatcher plŋ, wet robin flycatcher plolom Halcyon megarhyncha mountain yellow-billed kingfisher plolom Halcyon sancta sacred kingfisher pluan, pulwan Melodinus...
- White-throated needletail Hirundapus caudacutus Apodidae Sacred kingfisher Halcyon sancta sancta Alcedinidae White-backed swallow Cheramoeca leucosterna Hirundinidae...
- following year he designed two substantial private residences in Strathfield. Halcyon at 110 Homebush Road, Strathfield, and Wawona at 96 Albyn Road, Strathfield...
- String Quartet No.16 in F, Op.135 (2nd movement) Monteverdi Sonata sopra Sancta Maria (from Vespro della Beata Vergine) Henry Purcell In the midst of life...