CRAB-EATING KINGFISHEB. 71 



fous or orange-colour. Native of India, China, 

 ;m<l the Indian islands, and admitting of some 

 varieties in the intensity and disposition of tho 

 colours. 



CRA1J-EATING KINGFISHER. 



Alcedo caiicrophaga. A. viridi-cceruka, sulrfusjtaresccns, tcctriei- 

 busfasciaque traiisuculari nigris, rostra fcrrugineo. 



Greenish-blue Kingfisher, yellowish beneath, with black wing- 

 coverts and eye-stripe, and Ion u^inous bill. 



Alcedo cancrophaga. A. macroura arrttko-vlridjf, rubtu* Jtarct- 

 centi-fuha, fascia per oculos tec t tidbits alarum remigibu&qve apicc 

 nigris. Lath. ind. orn. 

 i.irtin-prclieur apelle Cmlm-r. Buff. ois. PI. Enl. 334. 



Crab-eating Kingfisher. Lath. tyn. 



SIZE equal to that of the Java Kingfisher: bill 

 ferruginous, and rather bending towards the tip, 

 then subascending, as in the preceding bird: crown 

 of the head, middle of the wings, back, and tail fine 

 blue-green: wing-coverts and tips of the wings 

 black, or rather brownish black: from the bill, 

 across the eyes, a black streak: whole under parts, 

 from bill to vent, pale buff, or yellow-ferruginous: 

 legs dull red. Native of Senegal, where it is called 

 the Crab-Eater. 



