106 TRIDIGITATED KINGFISHER. 



At some distance beyond the eye, on each side the 

 head, is a lengthened pale-orange spot, and a very 

 small one of a much deeper colour is placed on 

 each side the base of the upper mandible : the bill 

 is black, and very sharp-pointed; the legs and feet 

 red, with three toes only, the two foremost con- 

 nected, as usual in the Kingfisher tribe. 



The Azure Kingfisher, described by Dr. Latham 

 in his second Supplement, seems much allied to 

 the above, but no mention is made in the descrip- 

 tion of any particular structure in the feet. Dr. 

 Latham describes his Azure Kingfisher as follows, 

 viz. " Length six inches and a half: size of the 

 European species : bill an inch and half long, and 

 black: the plumage on the upper parts of the body, 

 wings, and tail, is of a fine deep blue: between the 

 bill and eye a buff-coloured streak: on each side 

 of the neck a long oblique streak of white: all the 

 under parts of the body, from chin to vent, deep 

 buff-colour: quills brown: legs red." 



