FAMILY ALCEDINID^:. 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. 



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r.ack, hluisli ^riiy; throat and belly, white; a 

 l):iud of Itluish gray on the ))n-ast (male); 

 uiulerparts, without chestnut brown; sides 

 of the l)ody and a band on the belly, ehestniit 

 (female). 



Belted Kingfisher. 



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