m* 



NEW SOUTH WALES. 477 



with the outer edge of the wing near the 

 shoulders blue; on the sides of the body is a 

 patch of red, and round the beak are a few 

 feathers of the same colour ; the long feathers 

 of the wings are of a deep blue-black, edged 

 with yellow ; the tail is of a very deep ferrugi- 

 nous colour towards the base, but each feather 

 is tipt with blue ; the feet and bill are of a pale 

 brown. 



SOUTHERN MOTACILLA. 



This bird in size resembles the Motacilla 

 Flava of Linnaeus, or yellow water wag-tail, 

 but is much stouter made. The beak is pale, 

 and the legs are brown ; the two middle tail 

 feathers are marked with white at the ends ; 

 the general colour of the bird is ash-coloured 

 on the upper part, and yellow beneath. 



SACRED KINGS FISHER. 



This bird is about the size of a thrush, and 

 measures nearly ten inches in length ; the top 

 of the head is blue and crested ; the sides of 

 the head, and back part of it, over the eye 

 from the nostrils, a rusty coloured streak ; the 

 chin, middle part of the neck, and under part 

 of the belly, buff colour ; the plumage on its 

 upper part is blue ; the beginning part of the 

 neck is black, of which colour are the inner 

 sides of the tail feathers, the external part* 



