AMAZONIAN KINGFISHER. 



Alcedo Amazona. A. iriridi-nitens, subtus lunulaque colli alba, la- 



teribus vindi-variegatis, remigibus rectricibusque albo-maculatis. 



Lath. i/id. orn. 

 Glossy-green Kingfisher, white beneath ; the sides of the neck 



white ; those of the body variegated with green, and the wing 



and tail-feathers spotted with white. 

 Amazonian Kingfisher. Lath. syn. suppL 



SIZE of the Belted Kingfisher, if not larger : 

 length thirteen inches: bill three inches long, 

 strait, and black: under mandible yellow at the 

 base: upper parts of the body shining green: 

 chin, throat, and belly white, passing backwards 

 in a ring to the nape: sides of the body, and parts 

 over the thighs mottled with green : breast clouded 

 with the same: quills spotted with white: the two 

 middle tail-feathers green; the others the same, 

 but darker, and spotted on each side the web 

 with white : legs black. Native of Cayenne. De- 

 scribed by Dr. Latham in the Supplement to his 

 Synopsis of Birds. 



