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 FISSinoSTRES 



HALCYUMD.E. 



THE KINGFISHER. 



Alcetlo ispidu, Coniinon Khigfisher, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 326. 

 ,, ,, ,, Mont. Ornitli. Diet. 



The 



Common 



The 



Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 129. 

 Flem. Brit. An. p. 89. 

 Selby, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 136. 

 Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 157. 

 Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. i. 



Marthi Pecheur Alcyon, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 423. 



AicEDO. Generic Characters Beak long, straight, quadrangular, and acute. 



Nostrils placed at the base of the beak, oblique, and nearly closed by a naked 

 membrane. Feet small, tarsi short, naked ; toes three in front ; the external 

 toe united to the middle toe as far as the second articulation, and the middle 

 toe united to the inner one as far as the first ; hind toe strong, but short. 

 Wings short ; the second or third quill-feather the longest. 



