BIRDS OF THE BAHAMA ISLANDS. II; 



FAM. ALCEDINID^. 



KINGFISHERS. 



CERYLE ALCYON. {Linn) 

 Belted Kingfisher. 



Adult Male. — Above, ashy blue; head with crest, throat, band 

 around the neck, a spot anterior to the eye, belly and crissum, 

 white ; a band across the breast and sides of the body the color of 

 the back; primaries with white on the basal half; tail with bands 

 and spots of white. 



Adult Female. — Easily distinguished from the male by having 

 the sides of the body and a band across the upper part of the belly, 

 liirht chestnut. 



Length 12.50, wing 6, tail 3.65, tarsus .36, bill 2. 



The Kingfisher becomes common during the winter, generally 

 frequenting the small lakes and ponds in the interior of the islands. 

 I rarely visited Lake Cunningham, in the neighborhood of Nassau, 

 without observing one or more of this species. Dr. Bryant found 

 it common during the winter, but did not observe any after April i. 



Fig. Aud. Bds. N. A., Vol. IV. pi. 255. 



