BRAS1LIAN KINGFISHER. 



Alcedo Brasiliensis. A t rufescens, castaneo fusco alboque varia, 

 subtus alba, fascia ocularifusca. Luth. ind. orn. 



Rufescent Kingfisher, variegated with chesnut brown and white, 

 beneath white, with a brown eye-stripe. 



Le Gip-gip. fiujf> ois. 



Brasilian Kingfisher. Lath. syn. 



THIS, according to Brisson, is of the size of the 

 Common Kingfisher: the head, upper part of the 

 neck, the back, wing and tail coverts are pale ru- 

 fous, mixed or varied with chesnut, brown, and 

 white : the quill-feathers rufous, marked by trans- 

 verse white spots; and the tail is of similar co- 

 lour: the bill black, and the legs brown. Native 

 of Brasil. 



SUPERCILIOUS KINGF1SHEIJ. 



Alcedo superciliosa. A. viridis svltus fuhci , gula abdomincqnc al- 

 bidis, fascia pectorali viridi. 



Green Kingfisher, fulvous beneath, with whitish throat and abdo- 

 men, and green pectoral bar. 



Alcedo superciliosa. A. submacroura viridis, subtiis alba fascia 

 viridi, superciiiis fulvis. 



Little green and orange-coloured Kingfisher. Edw.pl. 245. 



Le Martin-pecheur vert et orange. Biff. ois. PL Enl. ?56. 



Supercilious Kingfisher. Lath. syn. 



THIS elegant species is accurately described by 

 Edwards, and is in length about five inches. " The 



