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THREE-TOED KINGFISHERS. 



TRIDACTYLE KINGFISHER. 



Aleedo tridactyla. A, brachyura supra caudaque rufa, subtusjluva, 



pedibus tridactylis. Lath. ind. orn. 

 Short-tailed rufous Kingfisher, yellow beneath, with three-toed 



feet. 

 Aleedo tridactyla. A. pedibus tridactylis. Lin. Mant.l'tfl. Pall. 



spic. 6. t. 2./. 1. Votmaer monogr. 1/68. t. 1. 



Var. 



A. brachyura pallide violacco-rubescens, mbtus alba, alif cwuleo- 

 atritf remigibus margine cceruleis. Lath. ind. orn. 



Short-tailed lilac-coloured Kingfisher, white beneath, with dark- 

 blue wings edged with paler blue. 



Martin-pecheur de Flsle de Lu^on. Sonner. voy. pi. 32. 



THIS species was first described by Monsr. Vos- 

 maer. It is considerably smaller than the Com- 

 mon Kingfisher, measuring only four inches in 

 length, and admits of two varieties: perhaps sex- 

 ual differences. In one the crown is ferruginous, 

 with a cast of violet : on the temples is a blue spot, 

 beneath which is a white streak: the parts between 

 the shoulders and the tips of the wing-feathers are 

 also blue : the cheeks and under parts of the body 

 yellowish white; the throat pure white: the quills 

 brown black, ferruginous within $ and the tail fer- 

 ruginous. 



In the other variety the bird is rufo-ferruginous 



