FAMILY ALCEDINID^E. KINGFISHERS. 



1811 



FAMILY ALCEDINID/e. 



Kingfishers. 



Feet, syndactyle ; toes, four, the middle and outer ones joined, being 

 fastened together for more than half their length. 



_ ' Buck, bluish gray ; throat and belly, white ; a 

 band of bluish gray on the breast (male) ; 

 nuclei-parts, without chestnut brown; sides 

 of the body and a band on the belly, chestnut 



(female). 



Belted Kingfisher. 



Ceryle ulcyon. 

 See No. 322, 



