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VENERATED KINGFISHER 



Alcedo vencrata. A. fusca viridi naria^ subtus pallida, fasrid su 

 pcrciliari riridi-albida. Lath. ind. orn. 



Brown Kingfisher, varied with green, beneath pale, with a green- 

 ish-white band over each eye. 



Venerated Kingfisher. Lath. syn. 



LENGTH nine inches: upper parts of the body 

 pale brown, but more or less glossed with green^ 

 especially along the sides of the head, forming a 

 kind of zone: the wing-coverts, quills, and tail- 

 feathers are also edged with green: the under 

 parts of the body are whitish : the bill black, with 

 the base of the lower mandible white; the legs 

 dusky. Native of the Friendly Islands in the 

 South Sea, where it is said to be held in venera- 

 tion, like the preceding kind. 



RESPECTED KINGFISHER. 



Alcedo tuta. A. macroura viridi-olivacea, subtus alba, coUari > ci- 



ridi-tiigro, superciliis albis. Lath. ind. orn. 

 Olivaceous-green Kingfisher, white beneath, with black-green 



collar, and a white streak over the eyes. 

 Respected Kingfisher. Lath. syn. 



DESCRIBED by Dr. Latham. Size of the Com- 

 mon Kingfisher : length eight inches and a half: 

 bill depressed, black, an inch and half in length; 



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