FAMILY ALCEDINID^E. KINGFISHERS. 



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FAMILY ALCEDINID^E. 



Kingfishers. 



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

 fastened together for more than half their length. 



Back, bluish gray ; throat and belly, white ; a 

 band of bluish gray on the breast (male) ; 

 underparts, without chestnut brown; sides 

 of the body and a band on the belly, chestnut 



(female). 



Belted Kingfisher. 



Ceryle alcyon. 

 See No. 322. 



