EASTERN KINGFISHER. 103 



wanting the rufous eye-streak, instead of which a 

 small spot only of that colour is visible on each 

 side the back part of the head. Native of Bengal. 



EASTERN KINGFISHER. 



Alcedo orientals. A. viridis, subtus rvfa, svperciliis albis, verticc 



gula fascia per oculos remigibusque cceruleiy, sub oculis macula 



rufa. Lath. ind. orn. 

 Green Kingfisher, rufous beneath, with white brows, blue crown, 



throat, eye-stripe and quill-feathers, and a rufous spot under the 



eyes. 



Ispida Indica. Briss. av. 4. pi. Sj.f. 1. 

 Eastern Kingfisher. Lath. syn. 

 Alcedo orientalis. Lin. Gmcl. 



DESCRIBED and figured by Brisson, from a draw- 

 ing by Monsr. Poivre. It is about a third part 

 less than the Common Kingfisher; with the head 

 and throat fine blue ; the upper parts of the neck, 

 the body, wings, and tail brilliant green, but the 

 quill-feathers blue: over the eyes passes, on each 

 side, a white stripe, and beneath them is a rufous 

 spot : the bill is red, and the legs black. Native 

 of the East Indies. 



