CAPE KINGFISHER. 



Alcedo Capensb. A. cinereo-thalassina subtus svblutca, rostro 

 maxima rubro. 



Cinereous sea-green Kingfisher, subluteous beneath, with very 

 large red bill. 



Alcedo Capensis. A. macroura cinereo-c&ruka, subtusfuha, pec- 

 tore tcstaceo, rostro rubro. Lin. Syst. Nat. Lath. ind. orn. 



Martin pescheur a gros bee. Buff. ois. Bvff. ois. PI. Enl. 5QO. 



Cape Kingfisher. Lath. si/n. 



A LARGE species, measuring fourteen inches in 

 length: bill extremely large, and of a bright red 

 colour, as are also the legs: crown of the head 

 yellowish ash-colour: upper parts of the body 

 blue-green, growing more brilliant on the lower 

 part of the back and rump : wings and tail blue- 

 green: whole under parts, from bill to vent, pale 

 orange-colour. In some specimens the crown of 

 the heac^js brownish, and the tips of the wings 

 black. Native of Africa, and chiefly observed 

 about the Cape of Good Hope. 



v. viii. p. i. 



