FAMILY ALCEDINID/E. — KINGFISHERS. 189 
FAMILY ALCEDINIDA. 
Kingfishers. 
Feet, syndactyle ; toes, four, the middle and outer ones joined, being 
fastened together for more than half their length. 
pee Se 
Ta se = a . Se eV 
G 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 aleyon. 
See No. 322 
