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FAMILY ALCEDIN.E 



KINGFISHERS. 



GENUS ALCEDO— LINN 



KINGFISHER. 



[Bill long, straight, compressed — higher than broad at the base, tapering ; 

 head large ; neck short ; wings long — tail of moderate length, even — tarsi ex- 

 ceedingly short — feet rather stout — toes four.] 



ALCEDO ALCYON— LINN. 

 BELTED KINGFISHER. 



Belted Kingfisher, Alcedo alcyon, Wils. Amer. Orn. 



Alcedo alcyon, Bonap. Syn. 



Alcedo alcyon. Belted Kingfisher, Sw. & Rich. 



Belted Kingfisher, Nutt. Man. 



Belted Kingfisher. Alcedo alcyon, Aud. Orn. Biog. 



Specific Character — Head crested ; throat and neck all round, 

 except a narrow space on the hind neck, white ; the upper parts, 

 and a broad band on the fore part of the breast, blue. Adult male 

 with the upper parts and a broad belt across the fore part of 

 the breast, blue ; throat, sides of the neck, and a spot before the eye 

 white — the lower parts of the breast of the same color ; wings 

 black ; primaries barred with white — the inner webs, for half their 

 length, same color ; secondaries barred and tipped with white, the 



