U-IIJ.AD? f) KINGFISHER. 



Alcedo erithaca. A. brachi/ura, dorso cxrulco, abdominc luteo, 

 cnpitc uropygioque purpureis, gula nuchaque albis. Lin. Syst. 

 Nat. 



Kingfisher \\iih blue hack, luteous abdomen, purple head and 

 rump, and white nape and throat. 



I->pk!a Bengalensis torquata. L'ws. ar. 



L< Marthi-pecheur a front jaunc. Buff. ois. 



Bengal Kingfisher. A/bin. 3. pi. 29. 



R&Kheaded Kinfisher. Lath. ind. orn. 





A MOST beautiful species: size of the Common 

 Kingfisher: length about six inches and a quarter: 

 in the individual described by Brisson the upper 

 part of the head was dull red, with a yellow spot 

 in front; and from each side the base of the bill 

 passed a black band or streak across the eyes, be- 

 hind which was a second streak of deep blue : the 

 upper part of the neck was surrounded by a white 

 collar, the remainder of the neck, the back, and 

 scapulars were deep blue: the wings cinereous: 

 the rump and upper tail-coverts, as well as the tail 

 itself, dull red: the throat white; the sides of the 

 head beneath the eyes, lower part of the neck, and 

 whole under parts of the bird, fine yellow : the bill 

 and legs red. 



VAR. 



This is of smaller size than the preceding. It 

 is figured in Mr. Pennant's Genera of Birds, from 



