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KINGFISHER. Class II. 



VIII. KING- Strait, ftrong, ftiarp pointed BILL. 

 FISHER. Tongue (hort and pointed. 



Three lowed joints of the outmoft TOE connedled 

 to the middle toe. 



88. Ki NC- 



FI S H E R 



Le Martinet pefcheur. Be/on 



a-v. 2 1 8. 

 Ifpida (Isfogel) Gefner a-v, 571. 

 Aldr. a'V. III. 200. 

 Olina 39, 40. 

 JVil. orn, 146. 

 Rail Jyn. a<v. 48. 

 PL Enl -jj. 



Alcedo ifpida. Lin. fyft. 179. 

 Le Martin-pecheur. Brtjfon 

 ecu. iv. 471. 



Piombino, Martino pefcatore, 

 Pefcatore Sel re. Zinan 

 116. 



Isfogel. Muf. Fr, ad, 16. 

 Scopoli^Q. 64. 



Jis-fugl. Brunnkh in Ap- 

 pend, , ^ 



Eisvogel. Frifch. II. 223. 



Meerfchwalbe. Krant. 337* 



Br. Zool. 82. plate I. 



Descrip. ri^HIS bird weighs an ounce and a quarter: its 

 X length is feven inches ; its breadth eleven : 

 its fliape is very clumfy, the head and bill being 

 very large, and the legs difproportionably fmall : 

 the bill is two inches long; the upper mandible 

 black, the lower yellow : the irides are red : the co- 

 lors of this bird atone for its inelegant form : the 

 crown of the head, and the coverts of the wings are 

 of a deep blackifh green, fpotted with bright azure: 

 the fcapular feathers, and coverts of the tail are alfo 

 of a moft fplendent azure: the whole underfide of 

 the body is orange colored ; a broad mark of the 



fame 



